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UNCF Partners with Public Policy Organization to Recruit HBCU Students for Fellowship Program

The United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corporation is helping the Institute for International Public Policy Fellowship Program recruit more students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

ETS and HBCU Deans Work to Improve Students’ Praxis Scores

Deans and other administrators from teacher-education programs at historically Black colleges and universities who attended a conference at the Educational Testing Service here say they are taking back information to give their students a better chance at passing qualifying and certification tests.

Alumni Giving To HBCUs Declined in 2007

Charitable contributions to colleges and universities increased in 2007, while alumni giving decreased, including a 6 percent drop at historically Black colleges and universities, according to a report released by the Council for Aid to Education (CAE).

Morgan State Audit May Lead to Criminal Investigation

Auditors’ findings that Morgan State University made up to $2.4 million in “questionable” and duplicate payments to Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. may lead the state attorney general to launch a criminal investigation into the matter, according to a Baltimore Sun report. The auditors, who work for the Maryland state legislature, found contract irregularities with Morgan State’s […]

Faculty & Staff

Students to Study University of Maryland’s Ties To Slavery

The University of Maryland, College Park is the latest institution of higher education to announce plans to examine its ties to slavery, this time doing so with the help of students in a research course.

Audit: NC Central Administrator Stole Thousands in Grant Money

RALEIGH, N.C. A high-ranking administrator at North Carolina Central University stole thousands of dollars in federal research grant money, possibly to pay off personal items bought with his university credit card, according to a state audit released Tuesday. State Auditor Les Merritt said the assistant provost, who was not identified in the audit, also hid […]

African-American

Perspectives: The Future of Public HBCUs Depends On Exceptional Leadership

HBCUs make up 3 percent of colleges, but 23 percent of Black graduates. Surely, Black institutions add value to American higher education. The question is how can they contribute more?

HEA Bill Passes, Despite White House Objection Over MSI Funding

The House of Representatives on Thursday approved a Higher Education Act bill even as the White House criticized some of its provisions, including two to boost support for minority-serving institutions.

Letters

HBCUS — STILL USEFUL AND VIABLE www.diverseeducation.com, “Perspectives: HBCUs and theComing Era of Growth and Service,” Jan. 17, 2008 I agree wholeheartedly with you, Mr. Larry Rivers. As a proud graduate of Fisk University, I remain dedicated to the philosophies of many of our HBCUs. Amid budget shortfalls and other educational crises, these institutions still […]

It’s Crunch Time for Fisk

Nashville HBCU heads back to court over art dispute, while also trying to meet a fundraising challenge.

Leadership & Policy

Political Pitfalls for Presidents

The South Carolina State University Board of Trustees wasn’t in a very festive mood when they met this past December.

Promoting HBCUs

Black colleges provide a superior education; they just need to toot their horns a little louder.

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