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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.

Rising Tuition Rates, Recession Having Impact on Students, Schools

Many of the nation’s colleges and universities are raising tuition for students this school year, and the economic recession is having an effect on several Minority-Serving Institutions.

African-American

CONFRONTING CLIMATE CHANGE

For more than two decades, Dr. Warren M. Washington, one of the nationâ€™s leading meteorologists, has been among the U.S. scientists that have studied and predicted the long-term impact greenhouse gas emissions.

WASHINGTON UPDATE – Power Players for HSIs and Tribal Colleges

In Washington, D.C., many individuals aspire to become power players. But the true test is the ability to influence policy and legislation.

Confronting Climate Change

A Black think tank convenes a commission to focus on the disparate impact of climate change on minority communities and help involve historically Black institutions in clean energy projects.

Ex-Nova Southeastern University janitors testify on firings

Several former janitors who worked at Nova Southeastern University testified before a federal labor judge Tuesday, saying that they were fired because they worked to have a union at the school three years ago. According to the Miami Herald, this National Labor Relations Board case involves six workers, the Service Employees International Union and the […]

FAMU Law School Granted Full Accreditation

The Florida A&M University College of Law reached a milestone accomplishment last week when the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions granted full accreditation to the Orlando-based law school.

Historically black college alums network with students

Graduates of Historically Black Colleges and Universities are on a mission to ensure their alma maters are a visible option to North Carolina high school graduates and returning students. According to the Daily Reflector, though many local alumni chapters are active advocates for their own schools, they joined together for the first time this […]

Faculty & Staff

HBCU Battle It Out

Highlights from the 2008 Honda Battle of the Bands, held in Atlanta. Music from North Carolina Central University’s marching band, Sound Machine, directed by Jorim E. Reid, is featured in the slide show.

Sallie Mae Suffers Revenue Losses From Economy and Federal Loan Reforms

Sallie Mae, the largest private funding source for student loans, is under fire both from the recession and political reforms in student lending heralded by the Obama administration.

Faculty & Staff

New HBCU Initiative Leader Seeks to Forge Relationships Between HBCUs and Obama Administration

Dr. John Silvanus Wilson Jr. looks back at his days as a Morehouse College student as a time when faculty, staff and administrators formed a campus community that was nurturing and family-oriented – a distinguishing characteristic of many of the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities.

Leadership & Policy

REINVENTING ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS

To remain relevant, alumni associations must do more than plan class reunions and promote their schools, experts say.

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