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Higher education programs got a partial reprieve recently when Congress and the Clinton administration declared a truce in their budget battle and provided important funding, along with student aid guidelines that will last through mid-March.

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22 Black Colleges Risk Losing Student Loan Eligibility Status.

Shutdown blues: between budget debate and blizzard, colleges take a double-barreled blast

Washington — Higher education found itself trapped-recently between conflicting air masses — an icy blast from a howling winter and the hot air of a fractious Congress-White House debate.

Presidential transitions – the appointment of the president of Smith College

Higher education rode a roller coaster in 1995, a year of actions that provoked rage and hope, sorrow and joy.

Efforts Underway To Thwart Controversial Upward Bound Changes

Tucked into a U.S. House of Representatives higher education bill this week is a plan to scuttle a controversial evaluation of the Upward Bound program that would require grantees to enroll twice as many students as necessary and then provide no services to some of the youth as part of a research experiment.

House Committee Approves Increase in Pell Grant, New Funding For Black Colleges

The House education committee on Wednesday approved a higher education bill that would increase Pell Grants, cut lender subsidies and make wide-ranging changes to help low-income students and minority-serving colleges.

TMCF Report Shows Increase In Black Male Enrollment

The Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s latest annual demographics report shows that more and more Black men are hitting the books and attending its member public historically Black colleges and universities.

Congress Extends Tuition Assistance Program for D.C. Students

The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a bill to extend for five years a program that helps District of Columbia high school graduates better afford the cost of attending public universities and historically Black colleges.

Minorities Continue Growth in Degree Attainment But Attend TWIs for Advanced Degrees, Says Report

Minority students accounted for half of the growth in bachelor degree attainment over the last 20 years, and minorities with advanced degrees are more likely to have attended traditionally White institutions, according to a new report released by the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

Fisk Turns to Seasoned Fund-raiser to Reverse its Fortunes

University no longer pinning its financial future on sale of priceless art.

Post Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans HBCUs Invest in Better Communication Systems, Training

Nearly two years after Hurricane Katrina’s floodwaters demolished much of New Orleans, officials at the city’s hard hit historically Black universities are busy updating their disaster plans in the face of another hurricane season.

A Prescription For Success

The Medical University of South Carolina says mentoring program is key to retaining minority medical students.

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