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Tom Joyner Foundation to Launch Full Ride Scholarship Program for HBCU Students

For one lucky student planning to attend a historically Black college or university next fall, the Tom Joyner Foundation is willing to pick up the entire tab.

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Poll: When Choosing a College, High School Students Say Diversity Matters

A new poll indicates that minority high school students believe that racial diversity is one of the most important factors when deciding which college they will attend.

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

Diverse recently conducted a survey in order to compare the compensation and salary packages of head coaches at public historically Black colleges and universities.

Historically Black Oakwood Set to Become University Next Year

HUNTSVILLE Ala. Oakwood College will become Oakwood University on Jan. 1, a name change that will make it Alabama’s 18th university. More than 125 delegates attending a constituency meeting at the school approved the name change Sunday. School President Delbert Baker said the change reflects “new horizons” at Oakwood. The historically Black college was founded […]

Addressing the Mental Health Ailments Facing Black College Students

BALTIMORE If the walls of Cicely Evans’ office could talk, they would tell of the mental health ailments facing Black college students, including domestic violence, depression, anxiety, stress, unresolved issues of homosexuality and thoughts of suicide.

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Duke’s New Wrongful Convictions Clinic Takes Shape

DURHAM, N.C. James E. Coleman Jr., a professor and associate dean at Duke University’s School of Law, says the lacrosse case in which three White students were wrongly charged in the alleged rape of a Black woman was not the catalyst for Duke’s new Wrongful Convictions Clinic and Innocence Project.

Growth In Minority Student Enrollment Gives Rise To More MSIs

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

Leadership & Policy

New University of Hawaii Chancellor Says School’s a Tarnished Jewel

HONOLULU The University of Hawaii’s new Manoa chancellor says the campus is a tarnished jewel.

New Leader Gives Troubled Texas College a Makeover

DALLAS (AP) — Jeans, flip-flops, sneakers, T-shirts, sweats. These define the college student wardrobe, right? Not at Paul Quinn College. Not anymore.

University of Houston Has a Beehive Jam

HOUSTON Most folks probably think Texans would have a simple way to handle a major insect infestation: Kill them varmints.

Second Acts

After reaching the pinnacles of their high-profile careers, two women, with ties to higher education, let their passions lead the way.

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From the Classroom to the Boardroom

When Thurgood Marshall College Fund officials discovered that corporations were not recruiting students at Black colleges as aggressively as students enrolled in traditionally White institutions, they sought a solution.

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