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Hometown Hero Clyburn Brings Federal Spending to South Carolina

U.S. House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn brings federal financial support to better Morris College and its surrounding communities in his native Sumter, S.C. This is the second of two features DiverseEducation.com has published this week on Clyburn.

U.S. Rep. James Clyburn

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Clyburn Remains Rooted as a Rising Power in Congress

U.S. Rep. James Clyburn has fought for the historically marginalized since his college days. When he was a student at South Carolina State College in the late 1950s, his political activism compelled classmates to refer to him jokingly as “senator.” This is the first of two features on Clyburn.

Who is Marybeth Gasman?

People are surprised, and not always pleasantly so, to discover that Dr. Marybeth Gasman, one of the leading scholars on historically Black colleges and universities, is White. When she was a graduate student, one professor tried to steer her away from the topic, advising her that research of this nature would be “ghettoized.”

Marybeth Gasman

Virginia HBCU Hosts Latino Student Symposium

The Hispanic Youth Symposium (HYS) is a live-in learning experience for Latino high school students aimed at motivating them to pursue higher education.

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Association Creates Plan for ‘1890’ HBCUs To Meet Modern Challenges

Dr. Lorenzo Esters has spoken resolutely about the “bold, futuristic and intentional” plan launched last month for 18 historically Black land-grant colleges and universities, but he could have easily been summing up his first year as the person tapped by the nation’s oldest higher education association to advance access and diversity among its member institutions.

Dr. Lorenzo Esters

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Grambling Selects New President

Grambling State University has a new president, and he’s a familiar face with decades of experience at public universities around the country. Dr. Frank Pogue will be the school’s eighth president, after the University of Louisiana System board unanimously agreed to the appointment Friday.

Why We Need Diverse Books

Many fine examples of general-interest, academic, literary books from the university and small presses are overlooked when it comes time to hand out accolades. Most are never reviewed, which contributes to their invisibility. Writing about them can be a lonely enterprise. It helps if you have eclectic reading habits, a taste for the esoteric and […]

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Symposium: Education Leaders Recommend Priorities for HBCUs

In the view of the Obama administration’s top education official, historically Black colleges and universities face two looming challenges as they look to define themselves in the 21st century – preparing students to be the next cadre of minority teachers and improving their retention and graduation rates.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan spoke Thursday at the North Carolina Central University Centennial HBCU Symposium in Durham, N.C. (photo by Robert E. Lawson)

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GAO Again Recommends Better Oversight of Grants to Minority Serving Institutions

Since 2004, the Government Accountability Office has been telling the U.S. Department of Education that it needs to improve the way it monitors and provides technical assistance to Title III and Title V grantees.

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Advocates Question Whether Administration’s Proposals Will Leave Minority Institutions Behind

Plans by the Obama administration to consolidate dozens of education, science and community-development programs of interest to communities of color continue to draw concerns from the president’s allies and adversaries alike.

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Former Sheriff Named Interim President at Historically Black Florida-based College

Last week, Nat Glover, a former Duval County sheriff, became interim president of the African Methodist Episcopal-affiliated Edward Waters College and predicted the debt-ridden school would soon return to financial health under his leadership.

Dr. Frank Pogue

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Christian Seminary Leader Faces Questions About Muslim Past

Ergun Caner, the president of Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary who made a career as a go-to authority on Islam for the evangelical world, is being investigated over allegations that he fabricated or embellished his past.

Ergun Caner is a Southern Baptist minister and president of the Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary. (photo courtesy of Liberty University)

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