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Leadership & Policy

Pogue Retires from Cheyney University, Ready for Next Challenge

A successful veteran higher-education executive who has been characterized by peers as among a group of “presidents-for-rent” has retired for the fifth time, saying he already has plans to continue working in higher ed.

Dr. Frank Pogue Jr.

Leadership & Policy

Bynum Named Jackson State President Despite Opposition

JACKSON, Miss. — College Board trustees are naming William Bynum as the next president of Jackson State University despite opposition from some students and alumni. The board had already named Bynum, now president of Mississippi Valley State University, as its preferred candidate last week. Bynum says he can lead Jackson State out of financial difficulties, […]

Advocates View HBCUs’ Future Warily

TMCF President Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. suggested that HBCUs and their advocates need to begin planning what the institutions need to look like 50 years from now, to ensure they are keeping up with the constant changes in the generations to come.

Johnny C. Taylor, Jr.

Leadership & Policy

Tuskegee University Fires President Johnson

Tuskegee University — the private Alabama institution founded by Booker T. Washington — has fired its current president.

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African-American

Trump Budget Draws Ire, Concern from Minority Communities

WASHINGTON — Advocates for minority communities say President Donald Trump’s proposed budget answers the question he famously posed to Black Americans during his campaign: “What the hell do you have to lose?” His $4.1 trillion spending plan for the budget year beginning Oct. 1 generally makes deep cuts in safety net programs, including Medicaid, the […]

Study: Reduced Community College Tuition Not Impacting 4-year Enrollment

A recent study found that a steep drop in community college tuition typically sparks significant enrollment increases of recent high school graduates without diverting many from four-year, public institutions.

Dr. Jeffrey Denning

Leadership & Policy

Middleton Named Interim President of Lincoln University

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The former interim president of the University of Missouri system will take on the same role at Lincoln University in Jefferson City. Lincoln University’s governing board announced Thursday that Mike Middleton will start next Thursday as the interim president at Lincoln until a permanent successor to Kevin Rome is named. After […]

Faculty & Staff

UNC Responds to 3rd Set of NCAA Charges in Academic Case

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina has responded to the third set of charges it received from the NCAA in the long-running academic fraud case. The 102-page document released Thursday marked the latest step in the seven-year investigation. UNC faces five top-level charges, including lack of institutional control, in the multiyear probe centered on irregular courses […]

Faculty & Staff

Wilberforce University Announces Layoffs, Pay Cuts to Handle Debt

WILBERFORCE, Ohio — One of the country’s oldest historically Black private colleges is laying off workers and imposing steep pay cuts in an ongoing struggle to survive. Wilberforce University cut $750,000 from its payroll last year, but the president of the small Ohio school says that’s not enough to deal with large debts that threaten […]

DeVos to Review Rejected College Prep Grants Applications

The U.S. Department of Education will reconsider awarding grants to dozens of programs that help low-income students prepare for college after their initial applications were rejected due to formatting errors such as not being double-spaced. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos told a House subcommittee on Wednesday in Washington that her agency will reconsider the 77 rejected […]

Bethune-Cookman and Notre Dame’s Common Denominator

In my opinion, both universities made the wrong choices in commencement speakers.

Why Betsy DeVos Will Never be the HBCUs’ ‘Boo’

What the Betsy DeVos debacle at Bethune-Cookman University provides is an opportunity for critical reflection and a “teachable moment.”

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