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Study: Public HBCUs Are Not Funded Equitably Compared to Traditionally White Institutions

Public historically Black institutions are usually on the losing end when government dollars and permission to create graduate programs are being handed down, according to the new study, “Contemporary HBCUs: Considering Institutional Capacity and State Priorities.”

President’s Budget ‘Shortchanges’ MSIs

Minority-serving colleges and universities would lose some of last year’s hard-fought funding gains under President Bush’s proposed education budget plan for next year.

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Couple Gives $1M to UCLA to Boost Chinese-U.S. Relations

LOS ANGELES Two Bel-Air residents said they will donate $1 million to the University of California, Los Angeles, to set up the nation’s first endowed academic chair on U.S.-China relations and Chinese American studies. Walter and Shirley Wang, who own a plastic piping firm, said Friday they want to promote understanding of China in the […]

HBCU Bands Battle It Out

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

Leadership & Policy

Duplicate Degrees at Black, White Colleges Sparks Debate Again

ANNAPOLIS Md. A measure to allow Morgan State University to take the Maryland Higher Education Commission to court in a dispute over a duplicative MBA program is stirring debate again, a year after it caused contention in the General Assembly. Opponents say the bill would enable entities in state higher education to sue each other, […]

Leadership & Policy

Perspectives: AME-affiliated Colleges Need To Band Together in Cluster Endowment Trusts

It has been said that financially struggling AME-affiliated colleges should be allowed to die, leaving the strong to survive. An institutional development officer says small, religious-based colleges can all survive if they tackle fundraising as a coalition.

Leadership & Policy

Bishop State Community College Among Three HBCUs Placed On Accreditation Probation

The nation’s second-largest historically Black university received a laundry list of issues it needs to address in the next year to regain full accreditation, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools officials said at its annual meeting in New Orleans last month.

2008 Budget: A Mix of Winners and Losers

Controversial Upward Bound experiment halted, and some MSIs win in earmarks.

Leadership & Policy

Accreditation Probation for Country’s Two Largest HBCUs

Institutions must address laundry lists of issues after the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools’ meeting last month.

2008 Budget: A Mix of Winners and Losers

For higher education, Congress’ long-awaited omnibus 2008 spending bill is a decidedly mixed bag with a few victories and some unexpected setbacks.

Leadership & Policy

In Brief: College Advertisement Has Unintended Double Meaning

The advertisement said Blackhawk Technical College was a good fit for “the White family,” with White being the proper name of an actual family, but some read racial overtones. Also, the University of North Dakota opposes affirmative action ban. University of Maryland, Eastern Shores becomes the first HBCU with an accredited golf program.

HBCU Students Head to South Carolina to Help Obama

Early on, the presidential campaigns of Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton were dividing Black Democrats across the country, but students on Black college campuses are unifying in support of Obama.

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