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HBCUs Get On Board With Direct Lending

Direct Loan-only system won’t pose expensive administrative burdens for private and small public historically Black schools, HBCU association leaders say.

Lezli Baskerville

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Lincoln U. Students Upset over Targeted Fitness Requirement

Students at Lincoln University, a historically Black institution in Pennsylvania, say fitness class requirement should apply to all students rather than to only those considered overweight.

Lincoln University graduation

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LASTWORD: Tending to Diversity at an HBCU

Diversity acquires a new meaning and perspective at historically Black colleges and universities, where African- Americans are the majority and others are in the minority.

Grambling President Makes Abrupt Departure

Citing family member’s illness, Dr. Horace Judson leaves top post at cash-strapped historically Black Louisiana university.

Dr. Horace Judson

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Confinement Too Costly For Middle-class Black Women

When Dr. Lisa B. Thompson names modern women who fit the iconic “Black lady” mold – Coretta Scott King, Anita Hill, Condoleezza Rice and Michelle Obama – you know exactly whom she is trying to liberate. Chances are your mother played this role. You probably do, too, if you are a Black woman involved in higher education.

Dr. Lisa Thompson

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New Hampshire Scholar-Lawmaker Wants Monument to Slaves

Dr. David Watters, a state representative from Dover, N.H. and English professor at the University of New Hampshire, has introduced legislation that would authorize a monument to acknowledge and commemorate New Hampshire’s slaves.

Dr. David Watters

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Census: ‘Brain Gains’ for High-Tech Cities

Passing up industrial centers and former hotspots in the Southwest, college graduates are fueling population growth in urban, high-tech meccas, such as Charlotte, N.C. and Austin, Texas.

Charlotte Skyline

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Tough Times: African-American Realities Beneath the Breakthroughs

Despite enjoying progress on political fronts, poverty, HIV/AIDS and unemployment still plague Black America.

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HBCUs once a haven for Jewish refugee scholars

Based on a book and film, the Museum of Jewish Heritage presents: “Beyond Swastika and Jim Crow: Jewish Refugee Scholars at Black Colleges”

Faculty & Staff

SPECTRUM: CONFINEMENT TOO COSTLY FOR MIDDLE-CLASS BLACK WOMEN

It is time for middle-class Black women to break the mold, argues Lisa B. Thompson argues in her new book.

Temple University’s Commitment to Diversity Questioned

When budgetary cuts become necessary at a college, the programs and departments most vulnerable are often the least fundamental to a school’s central mission. But when an institution has been ranked as the most diverse student body in higher education, it can be difficult to explain why an office that caters to multicultural students was downsized dramatically.

Budget cuts to the Office of Multicultural Affairs at Temple University resulted in staffers who mentored and assisted culturally based student organizations being re-assigned to other departments.

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Ayers Settlement Falls Short of Funding

A legislative watchdog panel this month gave a generally rosy report about how Mississippi is meeting its obligations in a decades-old college desegregation case, but a closer examination reveals flaws with a private endowment that has failed to reach its goals.

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