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Aiming for the Top
Aiming for the TopFoundation backing puts school’s journalism and communications program on new footingBy Ronald RoachHAMPTON, Va. When Erin Hill read a magazine article her senior year in high school about Hampton University’s plans for a new journalism and communications building, she saw the project validating her desire to attend the historically Black school in […]
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Program to Help HBCUs Assess Good Financial Practices
Program to Help HBCUs Assess Good Financial PracticesWASHINGTON The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) and the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (KHEAA) announced a pilot partnership this month to provide peer reviews for historically Black colleges and universities under NASFAA’s Standards of Excellence Review Program. The Standards of Excellence (SOE) Review Program, […]
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House Turns Back Pell Proposal
House Turns Back Pell ProposalBy Charles Dervarics The full House of Representatives took a major step toward approving a 2004 education budget in early July after defeating Democrat-led efforts to increase the top Pell Grant for needy students. Democratic leaders had sought to increase the Pell maximum from $4,050 to $4,200 next year. To pay […]
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Grants & Awards
Columbia University’s Teachers College received a $10.8 million gift from Lilo and Gerard Leeds. The gift, to be made over six years, is the largest single gift in the college’s history. The gift will be used to bolster the academic achievement of low-income high school students in New York City and across the United States. […]
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Million-Dollar Black College Donors Honored
Million-Dollar Black College Donors Honored ATLANTA Four prominent African American alumni of historically Black colleges and universities were honored for their generous gifts to their alma maters last month during a ceremony at the Coca-Cola Company headquarters in Atlanta. Dr. Wendell Cox of Detroit, James E. Silcott of Los Angeles, Dr. Velma Speight-Buford of Greensboro, […]
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Babson College, HBCU Consortium to Develop Entrepreneurship Curriculum
Babson College, HBCU Consortium to Develop Entrepreneurship Curriculum WELLESLEY, Mass. Babson College and four historically Black colleges and universities have formed a partnership to support entrepreneurship initiatives. Clark Atlanta University, Spelman College, North Carolina A&T and Southern University will work with Babson to create curricular materials focusing on African American entrepreneurs and minority-owned businesses, and […]
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Southern Law Center’s Increasing White Enrollment Concerns Lawmaker
Southern Law Center’s Increasing White Enrollment Concerns LawmakerBy Scott Dyer BATON ROUGE, La. One of the most powerful African Americans in the Louisiana Legislature is warning that historically Black Southern University Law Center may be turning too White. Caucasian students accounted for 33 percent of the Baton Rouge law school’s total enrollment for the 2002-2003 […]
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Legendary Florida A&M Business Dean Set to Retire
Legendary Florida A&M Business Dean Set to RetireDr. Sybil Mobley is recognized by many as a trailblazer in business educationBy Ben Hammer After spending the last four decades at the helm of Florida A&M University’s School of Business and Industry (SBI), and creating a new standard for business programs around the country, Dr. Sybil Mobley […]
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Black College Panel Undergoes Change
Black College Panel Undergoes ChangeCo-chair resigns; Education Department names new leadershipBy Charles Dervarics The co-chair of the President’s Advisory Board on Historically Black Colleges and Universities has resigned, setting the stage for changes on this federal panel that advises the administration on Black college policy. Dr. Benjamin F. Payton, Tuskegee University president, announced his plans […]
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Getting Through The Hard Times
Getting Through The Hard Times Graduating seniors are confronting one of the tightest job markets in recent years. What are students doing to remain competitive?By Ronald RoachAs a business administration major, Jermanne Perry, a graduating senior at Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio, recognized last year that the slumping U.S. economy showed little promise of […]
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Beacons of Hope
Beacons of HopeSECME Inc. partners with minority-serving institutions to create alternative high schools to increase high school, college completion ratesBy Phaedra Brotherton In 2000, only 18 percent of all African American and 10 percent of Hispanics completed a four-year degree by age 29, compared with 34 percent of Whites (total populations), according to the U.S. […]
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Sorority Launches Science, Technology Radio Show
Sorority Launches Science, Technology Radio Show WASHINGTON Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., has teamed up with a Washington-based talk radio station to bring science and technology information into African American homes. The Science and Everyday Experiences (SEE) radio program is part of the sorority’s ongoing efforts to get young African Americans and their families involved […]
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