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Perspectives: HBCUs and the Coming Era of Growth and Service

In recent days syndicated columnist Walter E. Williams has questioned whether historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have outlived their usefulness and viability.

Lincoln U.: Tolson Gave to Wiley Students What He Received Here

Arguing that Melvin Tolson’s passion, eloquently portrayed by Denzel Washington in “The Great Debaters,” was harvested during his time as an undergraduate at Lincoln University, the Pennsylvania HBCU is on a crusade to claim Tolson as one of its own. Officials hope to reinvigorate debating competition among HBCUs and boost student participation in the Melvin B. Tolson Literary Society, founded at Lincoln in 1966.

Faculty & Staff

Robotics Education Spreads Among HBCUs

Dr. Andrew Williams’ teaching and research efforts has sparked a robotics education movement that now extends from Spelman College to several historically Black colleges and universities.

Grants and Gifts

Clark College’s Corporate Education (Wash.) unit has been awarded a $31,000 Job Skills Program (JSP) grant to provide training for Southwest Washington Medical Center. The grant will provide training for 25 SWMC directors, managers and supervisors on the topics of lean health care, training the trainer and leading change. The Kentucky Adult Learner Initiative has […]

Leadership & Policy

Michigan’s Only HBCU Struggling to Stay Afloat

Senior faculty members at Lewis College of Business in Detroit emerged from a recent meeting nervously optimistic. With the school on the brink of closure, that was all they could be, explains Deolis Allen, dean and chief academic officer of the school.

Leadership & Policy

Fisk Battles Donor Fatigue as Art Sale Bogs Down in Courts

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Despite two years of trying, Fisk University hasn’t been able to turn any of the valuable art donated by painter Georgia O’Keeffe into cash.

African-American

Letters

A ‘New Breed’ I think Christie is a wonderful example of the “new breed” of Indian law practitioners (see “Broadening the Legal Landscape,” Nov. 29). I congratulate her and the University of Tulsa for being legally farsighted and truly responsive to the Native community’s needs. I do take issue with Christie when she used the […]

Growth in Minority Student Enrollment Gives Rise to More MSIs

More minority undergraduate students are enrolled in U.S. colleges and universities than ever, and more of them are choosing minority-serving institutions such as historically Black colleges and universities, Asian-serving institutions and Hispanic-serving institutions.

Georgia HBCU Researches How to Tenderize Goat Meat

Changing “chewy” texture of the meat could position it as the nation’s next health fad, researchers say.

Just the Stats: CRM Tools Help Boost Minority-Serving Institutions’ Enrollment

When institutions with deep pockets shift their marketing strategies to attract students by purchasing Constituent Relationship Management (CRM) tools, minority-serving institutions and community colleges with less resources have a hard time competing.

Just the Stats: What Public HBCU Coaches Are Paid, Part II

Last week, Diverse provided the results of a survey we conducted earlier this year on the compensation and salary packages of head coaches football at public historically Black colleges and universities.

Fisk Receives $3M in Grants; $1M Up Front

NASHVILLE Tenn. Financially-strapped Fisk University took a big step in its fundraising efforts with the announcement that it will receive grants totaling $3 million. The school announced Wednesday that the funds will come from the New York-based Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, which awards grants to historically Black colleges and universities, among several other endeavors. Fisk […]

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