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Look Broadly for Funds, Fed Official Urges

Hispanic-serving institutions must think beyond programs targeted just at HSIs, or minority-serving colleges, and look toward broader competitive federal grants open to all of higher education, says an Obama administration official.

African-American

HBCUs Must Embrace Online Education

Black college leaders recognize the importance of distance learning but remain hesitant to take the online leap, writes online education expert.

Michael Hill, Lincoln University’s executive vice president, said the school recently upgraded its distance learning facilities and hopes to offer at least one online program within a year.

African-American

Malcolm X Scholar Manning Marable Dies at 60

Dr. Manning Marable, an influential historian whose forthcoming Malcolm X biography could revise perceptions of the slain civil rights leader, died just days before the book described as his life’s work was to be released.

Obama Woos Hispanic Vote on Education

President Barack Obama, aware of news that the U.S. Hispanic population has hit 50 million, is turning his attention on issues key to Hispanics, including education.

Student Body President Steve Glickman

African-American

Teen Girls Discover Digital Technology as ‘COMPUGIRLS’

Dr. Kimberly Scott, an associate professor in women and gender studies at Arizona State University, the digital divide is not just about “who has access to computers, but what happens during that access.”

Leadership & Policy

Southern University’s Chancellor Candidates Narrowed Down

The top 10 applicants for the chancellor’s job at Southern University – Baton Rouge include Philander Smith College’s “hip-hop prez” and a former LSU administrator.

Criminal Justice Think Tank Exits Medgar Evers Campus

The Brooklyn District Attorney’s office will now partner with Medgar Evers on a Community Justice Program for formerly incarcerated students that will involve professors and students from the college’s departments of social work and education and include student internships in the DA’s office.

Prison To Policymaking

African-American

University of Pennsylvania Program Seeks To Boost Enrollment of Black Men In Ph.D. Programs

The Grad Prep Academy is helping create a fraternal network of Black education researchers and leaders.

Grad Prep students

Faculty & Staff

AACR Recognizes HBCU and HSI Faculty Contributions to Cancer Research

The American Association for Cancer Research will recognize leaders in the minority cancer community with the Minority-Serving Institution Faculty Scholars in Cancer Research Awards. The 36 recipients will be honored at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011, held April 2-6.

African-American

Alabama State University Students Get World of Experience

The Mass Communication program of study at Albany State University has evolved into something of a mini-United Nations.

Leadership & Policy

FAMU Restructuring Plan Would Shut Down Numerous Programs

Faced with mounting financial challenges, Florida A&M University President James Ammons announced a major academic overhaul, proposing to close or merge about two dozen programs.

New Census Milestone: Hispanics Reach 50 Million

Hispanics accounted for more than half of the U.S. population increase over the last decade, exceeding estimates in most states as they crossed a new census milestone: 50 million, or 1 in 6 Americans.

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