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SPECTRUM : GETTING TO KNOW LISA MENZIES

No one has to teach Lisa A. Menzies about the significance of the nationâ€™s 103 historically Black colleges and universities, and there is no need to remind her that these institutions produce some of the brightest students.

Strange Bedfellows and HBCUs: The Politics behind the Black College Act

An insider captures the behind-the-scene events that led up to the passing of the Historically Black College and University Act.

New Web Site Evaluates Colleges and Universities on Core Requirements

When it comes to college, paying a lot doesn’t necessarily mean getting a lot, a new Web site reports. WhatWillTheyLearn.com, launched by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA), evaluates colleges and universities on their general education curricula and many of the most expensive schools received poor marks for requiring little study in core subjects.

Leadership & Policy

Getting to Know Lisa Menzies

No one has to teach Lisa A. Menzies about the signifi cance of the nation’s 103 historically Black colleges and universities, and there is no need to remind her that these institutions produce some of the brightest students in the nation. As a former HBCU student, she already knows. That is why six years ago […]

HBCU News Nuggets

With more than 100 historically Black colleges and universities in the country, we could not cover them all. Here’s a glimpse at initiatives some of them are pursuing.

HBCU Power Brokers on Capitol Hill

Meet some of the movers and shakers who make things happen in Washington, D.C.

Leadership & Policy

Building the Bridge to the Obama Administration

New White House Initiative leader Dr. John Silvanus Wilson Jr. seeks to forge relationships between HBCUs and Obama.

Thinking Outside of the Fundraising Box

From black-tie events to direct deposit donations from alumni, private HBCUs are finding success in creative fundraising.

Leadership & Policy

ASSIGNMENTS GETTING TOUGHER FOR TRUSTEES

When Miami attorney Larry R. Handfi eld joined the board of trustees of Bethune-Cookman University, the oversight drill for trustees of the small, historically Black liberal arts institution in Florida was routine as it was for most schools around the country: ensure the president was not running amok with the school’s money or mission, help put out occasional “fires,” and secure or deliver a favor to and from the school on occasion.

Are Endowments Making a Rebound?

For more than a year, college endowments have been an investment train wreck, but things appear to be turning around.

Woman with no known relatives donates large sum to university

A homeless woman who lived out of a shopping cart in Manhattan had secretly amassed a small fortune and stunned a university when she left it $100,000 upon her death. According to NBC New York, the 92-year-old Holocaust survivor — who appeared destitute and had no known relatives — bequeathed the large sum to Hebrew […]

Community colleges play critical role in American Graduation Initiative

Higher education, particularly community colleges, has a significant role to play in helping the Obama administration achieve its goal of creating a more educated work force to boost the struggling U.S. economy, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Friday.

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