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South Carolina Program’s Success Highlights Minority Access Debate

Centers for Economic Excellence Program has drawn cheers from higher education and political officials as some point to the lack of women and minorities in its research programs.

Dr. Ray Greenberg

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NSF Grant Supports STEM Partnership Between Jackson State and a Mississippi Community College

An innovative collaboration between Jackson State University and a rural community college campus in Mississippi has resulted in a five-year, $1.75 million grant from the National Science Foundation.

African-American

Civil Rights Commission Report Finds That HBCUs Do a Better Job of Graduating Black STEM Majors

Race-conscious admissions at elite institutions lead to academic “mismatch” for Black students, report says.

Gerald Reynolds

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U.S. Civil Rights Commission Announces Reports on HBCU Effectiveness, Minority STEM Pursuit

The commission announced Monday that it has released The Educational Effectiveness of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Encouraging Minority Students to Pursue Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Careers (STEM) briefing reports.

Gerald Reynolds

NAFEO, AT&T Launch Effort To Help Students With Disabilities Attend HBCUs, PBIs

The National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education and the AT&T telecommunications giant have launched an initiative to provide scholarships to students with disabilities attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Predominantly Black Institutions.

Lezli Baskerville

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Miss. College Board Names Top HBCU Presidential Candidates

The preferred candidates to lead two of Mississippi’s historically Black universities have executive experience at HBCUs in other states and are prepared to lead schools with distinct academic missions, state College Board members say.

African-American

Black Colleges Look to Increase Online Education Presence

Online education market could prove lucrative for HBCUs.

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First-Person Narrative: HBCU Alumnus Explores Hampton Humanities Online Class

Diverse correspondent Marlon Walker experiences HamptonU Online, which promises a slice of the historically Black college campus in a virtual world.

Hampton University began offering online courses about 10 years ago as an experiment that began in the school of nursing. (photo courtesy of Hampton University)

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Medical School Association Diversity Chief Talks Health Care Reform

Dr. Marc Nivet, the Association of American Medical Colleges chief diversity officer, says the emphasis on prevention and wellness in the health care reform law will benefit minorities.

Conveying the Black College Experience into Distance Learning

With HBCUsOnline.com, radio personality Tom Joyner ventures into ‘expanding the voice’ of HBCUs by targeting growing contingent of nontraditional students.

Launched by radio personality and longtime HBCU booster Tom Joyner, HBCUsOnline.com seeks to tap into the lucrative online adult higher education market (photo by AP/Mary Ann Chastain).

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Miss. Official: University Merger Dead Issue in 2011 Session

Mississippi Higher Education Commissioner Hank Bounds Jr. says he expects a proposal to merge or close some universities to have no support in the 2011 legislative session.

Mississippi Higher Education Commissioner Hank Bounds Jr.

Faculty & Staff

U.S. Colleges Cutting Courses to Curtail Campus Costs

Reducing or streamlining curriculum has been a difficult yet unavoidable measure at many schools during the recession.

Dr. Walter Kimbrough

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