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Inspire Scholarships Help Boost Delaware State’s In-State Enrollment

This school year, Delaware State’s in-state freshman student enrollment is up 43 percent to 433 from 302, the first significant enrollment turnaround in six years, school officials say.

Southern University System’s Online Program To Expand

Southern System President Ronald Mason Jr. said the project — gotosouthernuniversityonline.com — will help Southern attract more out-of-state and older, nontraditional students.

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Fisk University Gets Green Light to Sell Half Ownership of the Stieglitz Collection

It could be as much as a year before any of the money is seen, as the appeals court sent Fisk’s latest plan for the sale back to a trial court in Nashville with orders to provide a long-term plan to maintain and care for the collection.

Tribal College ‘Beats the Odds’ to Find Academic Success

In 2011, the college awarded 204 diplomas and certificates, 155 in 2010 and 133 in 2009.

Death of FAMU Band Member Puts Other Universities on Notice

With FAMU’s internationally known “Marching 100” band suspended for an indefinite period, presidents, student life officials and band directors at many schools say they are taking new steps to reinforce their anti-hazing policies.

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Attorney: There Was ‘Culture of Hazing’ at FAMU

Florida A&M University had a “culture of hazing” that led to the recent death of a marching band member, an attorney for the student’s family said Monday.

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Attorney Says Lawsuit Planned in FAMU Band Death

The family of a Florida A&M University drum major who died in what authorities suspect was a hazing incident will sue the school, an attorney said Friday.

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Nursing Program Aims To Train Minority Students for Service in Rural Areas

Built on more than a year of outreach and recruitment at minority-serving institutions, the federally funded PRIDE program has attracted 26 students to Frontier Nursing University who are training as either nurse practitioners or nurse midwives.

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New Models in Research, Publishing Among Topics Explored During African Studies Meeting

At annual meeting, experts discussed the challenges and promises related to creating useful archives of work and models of research and publishing in African studies.

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Black-owned Newspapers Join HBCUs, Black Churches in HIV/AIDS Fight

A group of African-American newspaper publishers have enlisted the support of Black colleges and churches as they prepare to wage a war against HIV/AIDS.

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College Faculty Lauded for Excellence, Work in Promoting College Goal

Assistant U.S. Secretary for Postsecondary Education Eduardo Ochoa delivered the keynote talk at U.S. Education Department event that honored top U.S. college and university faculty members.

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CUNY Panel Explores Challenges Facing Black Gay Males in Higher Education

Safe spaces, positive role models and conversation are instrumental in improving college graduation rates among gay men of color, panelists say.

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