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Civil Rights Panel: Historically White Program Duplication Threatens HBCUs

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights hosted a panel Friday examining the educational effectiveness of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The consensus among panelists was that though HBCUs play an integral role in taking…

Three HBCU football players were chosen in the 2006 NFL Draft.

The number of draftees from HBCUs this year dropped from last year’s total…

Leadership & Policy

Future Uncertain for Howard Pharmacy Students

Students in Howard University’s pharmacy program are growing increasingly nervous about what their degrees will be worth when they graduate…

University of Virginia, Black Colleges Plan Student Exchange

Virginia and five in-state historically Black colleges and universities are finalizing an exchange program for summer research projects…

Grants & Awards

Ashland University (Ohio) has received a $5 million gift from Dwight C. Schar, chairman and CEO of NVR, a home-building and mortgage-banking company. The gift will be used to fund the construction of a new College of Education building, which the university plans to name in Schar’s honor. The Association of African Universities (Accra, Ghana) […]

White House Initiative on HBCUs has New Executive

Former Howard University administrator Charles Greene has been appointed executive director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities…

Clark Atlanta University Settles Federal Lawsuit Over Misused Funds

Clark Atlanta University has agreed to pay $5 million to settle allegations that it misused funds from a federal contract that was supposed to help train minority students in environmental science…

The Evolution of Educational Opportunities

Higher education has evolved to the extent that it touches the lives of most American adults, who at some point, will acquire skills and knowledge in a post-secondary institution…

African-American Males Conference Inspires

The statistics presented at the African-American Males in Education conference held late last month were downright painful at times. But for the 650 educators…

Professioanl Appointments

Dr. Juliette B. Bell has been appointed vice provost and chancellor for academic affairs at Fayetteville State University (N.C.). She had served as dean of FSU’s College of Basic and Applied Sciences, was a professor of chemistry and was director of the Biomedical Research Program. Bell earned a bachelor’s from Talladega College and a doctorate […]

Grants & Awards

The Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry at Ball State University (Ind.) has received a $400,000 grant from the Edmund F. Ball and the Virginia B. Ball Foundation that will allow the center to continue its semester-long immersive interdisciplinary programs. The university also recently received a $186,000 estate gift from the late J.D. Wickersham […]

Rainbow Coalition Will Pay Alleged Duke Rape Victim’s Tuition

The Rev. Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow/Push Coalition will pay the college tuition of a Black exotic dancer who told police she was raped by White members of Duke University’s men’s lacrosse team…

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