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New Mexico Highlands University break-in prompts identity theft concern
LAS VEGAS N.M. New Mexico Highlands University has alerted 420 students that they could be the targets of identity theft after a break-in at a building on campus.
Faculty & Staff
The physician, the professor and the politico – candidates for the presidency of Spelman College – Cover Story
ATLANTA For Spelman College student Toria Davis, just the thought of getting a new campus president with ties to the White House speaks volumes about the search to replace Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole. “It’s an honor just to think someone who’s so important would be interested in coming to Spelman,” said Davis after learning that […]
African-American
Patterson Research Institute reports on educational profile of African Americans
Late last month, as part of a highly ambitious research effort on African American education, the first volume in a series of reports on the state of education in Black America was released.
HBCUs
The promise and the peril – African American colleges and universities’ hotel and conference center ownership
Filling the Black Hotel & Conference Center Ownership Void: Tuskegee Has High Hopes; Clarke Atlanta Moves Slowly; Howard Throws in the Towel!
Students
Following the leaders – the establishment of Leadership Development Centers in historically Black colleges and universities
Leadership Development Becomes Priority for Many Institutions
Faculty & Staff
From the ivory tower to the White House … and back again – African American public servants who came from, and came back, to the academe – Cover Story
Shortly after resigning as associate director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in February 1995, Christopher Edley Jr. prepared to resume teaching duties at Harvard Law School, where he had been tenured since 1986. But before he could leave the government, Edley was approached by White House officials who wanted him to chair a high-profile, interagency working group on affirmative action.
Students
Student loan default rates fall dramatically – includes related article on default violations of schools
Washington The nation’s student loan default rate has reached its lowest level ever, according to the U.S. Education Department (ED), which nonetheless identified more than 300 colleges and universities that could lose their right to participate in student-aid programs because of excessive defaults.
HBCUs
Knoxville College loses accreditation; accrediting agency warns University of Florida – Knoxville College, Tennessee
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools decided to remove Knoxville College from membership in December because the college had failed to comply with the association’s criteria related to adequate financial resources, administrative processes and financial aid, said James T. Rogers, executive director of the association.
HBCUs
Hazel O’Leary generated energy for HBCUs – historically Black colleges and universities
Despite the harsh Republican congressional attacks that marked a sometimes stormy tenure, departing U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Hazel O’Leary will be remembered for her efforts to transform the agency.
HBCUs
The new crusaders: environmental education producing cadre of freedom fighters – from toxic waste
While studying chemistry at Xavier University in New Orleans, Robert Swayzer III excelled in the classroom during his freshman and sophomore years. Although the twenty-three-year-old Winnsboro, Louisiana, native decided against pursuing medical school early on in his college career, Swayzer’s performance as a chemistry major won him an environmental research scholarship as a junior through Xavier’s Center for Environmental Programs.
HBCUs
Xavier graduate may create new possibilities for HBCUs – Historically Black colleges and universities
Alexis M. Herman nominated by President Clinton to become the first African American (woman to head the Department of Labor, will be one of three Black members of Clinton’s second-term cabinet.
Latinx
HBCU leaders urge expansion of Title III and TRIO programs – Historically Black colleges and universities – Washington Update
Expansion of Title III aid to minority institutions and TRIO programs for disadvantaged youth emerged as top priorities at a December 17 public hearing on Higher Education Act (MEA) reauthorization in Washington, D.C.
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