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Higher Education Provision Stripped from Ga. Immigration Bill

Georgia lawmakers on Tuesday stripped a provision that would have barred undocumented immigrants from state colleges, universities and technical schools from a bill making its way through the state Legislature.

Barry Loudermilk

African-American

FAMU E-mails Detail Hazing Warnings

Hundreds of pages of records show years of repeated warnings about brutal hazing passed without any serious response from the school’s leadership until last November’s beating death of drum major Robert Champion.

African-American

Conference: Though HBCUs Urged To Tout Successes, Lack of Federal Support Remains a Challenge

The Hampton University president says that, although President Obama is an “ardent supporter of HBCUs,” the federal government continues to shortchange HBCUs when it comes to grant funding.

African-American

Commentary: Probing the Comparison – Trayvon Martin/Mass Incarceration and Emmett Till/Segregation

A historian writes that placing rage in historical context is what comparisons between responses to Trayvon Martin’s death and that of Emmett Till’s show.

Dr. Ibram H. Rogers

Five from Southern Miss Pep Band Disciplined

Southern Mississippi has revoked the scholarships of five members of its pep band who took part in the heckling of a Kansas State basketball player at last Thursday’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament game.

African-American

Commentary: Women’s Colleges, HBCUs Have Nurtured the Best and the Brightest

Researchers have empirically demonstrated that children’s health outcomes, social standing and educational achievement can all be traced to the mother’s successes and aspirations.

Pamela Trotman Reid

African-American

Professional Institute Emphasizes Fundraising Basics for Public HBCUs

Universities that launch successful fundraising campaigns do more than just pick a financial goal, a University of Miami executive told conference attendees on Monday at the Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s Member Universities Professional Institute.

Sergio Gonzalez

Summit Addresses Best Ways to Increase High School Graduation and College Enrollment Rates Among Hispanics

Caring adults can play a role in improving the outcomes of youths born into families of lesser economic means in addition to school reform at the local, state and federal levels.

Jose Antonio Tijerino

African-American

FAMU Provost Steps Down

Dr. Larry Robinson, who returned to FAMU last November as professor and special assistant to the president after a brief stint with the Obama Administration, immediately replaces Dr. Cynthia Hughes Harris as provost.

Dr.Cynthia Hughes Harris

Obama Plan to Raise Dropout Age Draws Mixed Reviews

Raising the high school dropout age may bring more focus to postsecondary education, but analysts express divergent opinions on how such a requirement would impact the dropout dilemma.

Dr. Antonio Flores

African-American

Exploring Civil Rights History over Spring Break

Dozens of college students traveled to Alabama this week to participate in the annual commemoration of the “Bloody Sunday” organized by the National Action Network and other civil rights and labor groups.

Lindsey Lunsford

African-American

South Carolina State President George Cooper Resigning at End of Month

The embattled president of South Carolina State University, Dr. George Cooper, is resigning at the end of the month.

Dr. George Cooper

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