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The HBCU Mission: A Fresh Look For a New Congress

For organizations like the United Negro College Fund that are stakeholders in national education policy decisions…

African-American

Carter G. Woodson’s Black History Month Organization Is On The Rebound

As the Association for the Study of African American Life and History headed into Black History Month, its senior management told Diverse that the most important factor in the association’s ability to teach history was its ability to learn basic economics. The association that Carter G. Woodson founded in 1915 was on the edge of bankruptcy in the 1990s, but is now on the rebound.

Leadership & Policy

College Presidents Give Lessons on Boosting Diversity, Handling Racial Incidents

Historically Black Colleges and Universities do not have to change their missions to achieve diversity, but college presidents do need to be more proactive, said Dr. Belle S. Wheelan, president of the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, at the final day of the American Council on Education’s annual conference.

Leadership & Policy

Despite Harvard’s Historic Move, Appointment of Women, Minority President Is Lacking, Says Study

In a historical first, Dr. Drew Gilpin Faust, the dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, has been named the 28th president of Harvard University. According to a press release issued on the university’s Web site, Faust, a Civil War scholar, was confirmed by the Board of Overseers on Sunday.

Getting to Know Dr. James T. Minor

Growing up in Detroit, James Minor bypassed the drugs and gang life that plagued his neighborhood and graduated from the city’s public school system…

Minority-Serving Institutions Find New Technology Advocates

When the new U.S. Senate opened for business in January, it didn’t take long for minority-serving colleges to find a new sponsor for a…

For-Profit Schools Popular Destination For Minorities

A disproportionate percentage of degrees from proprietary colleges go to Black and Hispanic graduates

Four Players In Super Bowl XLI Represent HBCUs.

Four participants in Super Bowl XLI are alums of historically Black colleges or universities. The Indianapolis Colts’ three HBCU grads are all expected to start in the game. Chicago Bears:# 21 Dante Wesley — Cornerback — University of Arkansas Pine Bluff Indianapolis Colts:# 41 Antoine Bethea — Free Safety — Howard University # 25 Nick […]

Leadership & Policy

NCCU’s Ammons Chosen To Be FAMU’s Next President

Florida A & M University on Thursday picked the chancellor of North Carolina Central University, Dr. James H. Ammons, to become FAMU’s new president.

For-Profit Schools Popular Destination for Minorities

A disproportionate percentage of degrees from proprietary colleges go to Black and Hispanic graduates. While Black students earned 8.9 percent of bachelor’s degrees in the United States during the 2004-2005 academic year, they accounted for 15 percent (20,070) of the degrees conferred by proprietaries.

HBCU Students More Civic Oriented, Says Survey

A new survey says 79 percent of students attending historically Black colleges and universities highly value civic concerns, and more than half (52.7 percent) say “becoming a community leader” is an “essential” or “very important” goal. By comparison, only 35.2 percent of all students held such a view.

African-American

TSU Troubles

Dr. [Priscilla] Slade wasn’t doing anything that other presidents aren’t doing at larger…

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