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African-American
UNCF Conference Town Hall Meeting Focus on Creative Strategies for Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Panelists offered up a wide array of solutions — from beefing up community and corporate partnerships to seeking diversified funding sources – as ways to tackle the problems that show no sign of subsiding.
Faculty & Staff
UMBC’s President Hrabowski Pursues Greatness Agenda
Dr. Freeman Hrabowski has been instrumental in shaping the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, into a STEM success story.
African-American
Improved Minority Teacher Recruitment Tied to Increasing Alternative Certification Programs
A Center for American Progress panel discussion on Wednesday sought to elevate the discussion on the merits of making America’s K-12 teaching force more diverse.
Sports
Governor: Let University of North Dakota Dump Fighting Sioux Nickname
Gov. Jack Dalrymple asked North Dakota lawmakers on Monday to reverse a decision they made eight months earlier and allow the University of North Dakota to drop its Fighting Sioux athletics nickname.
Students
Tuskegee University Launching Ambitious Capital Campaign
Tuskegee University, a historically Black private university in Tuskegee, Alabama, has announced that it is launching the largest capital campaigns in its 130-year history.
African-American
Black Classic Deal Is Off
Black Classic Press, one of DiverseBooks.net’s member publishers, said it has cancelled plans to acquire the Howard University Press backlist.
Students
Lumina Foundation Launches Latino College Completion Initiative
The Lumina Foundation is giving organizations and colleges that are building a pipeline of Latino students and promoting college completion a boost with a four-year, $600,000 grant for each institution.
African-American
Rev. Jesse Jackson Honored at Georgetown University
Activists, scholars and supporters who paid tribute to the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. Monday applauded the idea that the Voting Rights Act, the Civil Rights Act and Jackson’s run for the presidency in 1984 paved the way for President Barack Obama’s historic candidacies in 2004 and 2008.
Latinx
Professor Honored for His Work in Unearthing Treasures From Spain’s Golden Age
Dr. Ralph DiFranco excavates libraries and literary collections in the U.S. and abroad, digging for forgotten poetry and ballads from Spain’s Golden Age.
Faculty & Staff
College Prep Summer Programs Target Talented, Low-Income Students
Elite colleges team up to give talented yet impoverished youths the skills necessary to apply, gain admission and thrive at the nation’s most selective higher education institutions.
Disabilties
Tennessee Educators Seek to Improve College Completion
Tennessee’s higher education leaders are strategizing about how to help more students finish college.
Students
Congressman Bobby Rush Compares NCAA to Mafia
The Democratic congressman from Chicago compared the NCAA to the Mafia over how it controls the lives of student athletes.
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