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‘New Orleans in the Hamptons’ Raises College Scholarship Funds

Foundation fundraiser hosted by Soledad O’Brien and husband Brad Raymond brought movers and shakers together to lend a hand to college students.

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VCU Launches Project on Massive Resistance

Virginia Commonwealth University is launching an oral-history project that explores the Massive Resistance policy in Virginia during the 1950s and ‘60s.

Pioneering Law Professor Derrick Bell Dies

Derrick Bell, the first Black professor at Harvard Law School and an uncompromising advocate for social justice, has died at age 80.

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White House Black College Leader Urges Development of HBCU Online Programs

HBCUs and the online learning community need to become “more married” to reach more African-American students, said Dr. John S. Wilson, executive director of the White House Initiative on HBCUs.

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Philosophy Professor Still Teaching after More than 60 Years at Texas Southern

A Texas Southern University professor of philosophy since 1949 and an educator for 66 years, 91-year old Dr. Thomas Freeman has taught and influenced generations of college students.

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New House Bill Cuts Funds for HBCUs, Others

Funding for the Title III Strengthening HBCUs program would drop from $236 million to $152 million; Hispanic-serving institutions would face the largest cutback, as funding would fall from the $104 million to just $17 million in 2012.

Complete College America Report Examines Low Higher Ed Graduation Rates

A new, comprehensive report on college graduation rates released Tuesday revealed why college completion rates, including analyses of Black, Hispanic, Pell Grant and part-time students, are low among Americans.

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Ga. University Learning Community Focuses on Black Freshman Women

At the University of West Georgia, an all-Black, all-female freshman learning community aims to ease the challenges encountered during the first-year transition into college life.

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Historically Black University Works with Maryland’s Seafood Industry Watermen

Watermen in Maryland’s Calvert County have an unlikely ally in their effort to explore aquaculture as a means to shore up the flagging industry—Morgan State University.

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Leaders Sound Alarm for High School Class of 2012

During a Congressional Black Caucus panel discussion titled “The Class of 2012,” Florida Memorial University chief Henry Lewis said one of the biggest societal needs is for more students to get educated in the STEM fields.

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Congressional Black Caucus Forum Highlights Achievement Gap Strategies

To eliminate the oft-cited “achievement gap” between Black and White students, the Howard University School of Education dean recommended the federal government invest more heavily in HBCU teacher preparation programs.

Dr. Leslie Fenwick

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Historic Black Meeting House in Boston Restored

The nation’s oldest existing Black church building is nearing completion of a restoration project done with the help of $4 million in federal stimulus funds.

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