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Freddie Mac, HBCUs Team Up to Launch CreditSmart Initiative

Freddie Mac, HBCUs Team Up to Launch CreditSmart InitiativeWASHINGTONFreddie Mac, one of the nation’s biggest mortgage investors, launched a community-based consumer education outreach program last month designed to help consumers get and keep good credit.The CreditSmart program is the newest addition to “Don’t Borrow Trouble,” the national award-winning campaign to help people strengthen their credit, […]

Former Southern University Official Pleads Guilty in Embezzlement Scheme

Former Southern University Official Pleads Guilty in Embezzlement SchemeBATON ROUGE, La.A former Southern University official has pleaded guilty to charges regarding a scheme in which money was skimmed from a work-study program. Moses K. Dupre, 41, entered the guilty plea last month to charges of aiding and abetting embezzlement, misapplication and obtaining federal funds by […]

Bill Targets Minority-Serving Institutions with Agriculture Programs

Bill Targets Minority-Serving Institutions with Agriculture ProgramsMinority-serving institutions could get federal funds for agriculture research projects to meet food needs in developing countries under legislation from Congressional Black Caucus and Congressional Hispanic Caucus members.Historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions and tribal colleges all would be eligible for funds under the Biotechnology and Agriculture in […]

CBC Member Says Minority Communities Need Help With Disaster Preparation

CBC Member Says Minority Communities Need Help With Disaster PreparationLegislation proposed for federal research program with HBCU involvementHistorically Black colleges and universities may have a vital role to play in helping minority communities prepare for weather emergencies and other hazards, a Congressional Black Caucus member says.Persons of color are 2 ½ times more likely than […]

There’s a Football Revival Goin’ On

There’s a Football Revival Goin’ OnWithin the last two years, five historically Black colleges have dusted the cobwebs off their football programs. By Craig T. GreenleeStrange as it might sound, football’s recent revival at the smaller Black colleges is all about the bottom line. True, it is an expensive sport to maintain. That’s why schools […]

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HBCU Presidents Stress Need for Greater Financial Help

HBCU Presidents Stress Need for Greater Financial HelpCongressional hearing draws 300 people to Wilberforce University in Ohio By Mark FisherWILBERFORCE, OhioHistorically Black colleges and universities need greater federal financial help to make college affordable for students and to install the technology necessary to best prepare those students, four college presidents told congressional leaders last month. […]

Dear BI Career Consultants:

Dear BI Career Consultants:What types of programs can be implemented to educate and motivate Black alumni to increase giving at their HBCU alma mater and HBCUs in general?Trisa Long Paschal Vice President for Institutional AdvancementSpelman CollegeAtlantaSpelman College and other HBCUs have wrestled with this issue of increasing alumni giving for several years. There is a […]

Capital Campaigns

Capital CampaignsAs competition grows for philanthropic dollars, and federal and state funding decreases, colleges and universities are launching record-breaking capital campaigns. But do HBCUs face different fund-raising challenges than their White counterparts?By Eleanor Lee YatesHampton University recently set a record among historically Black colleges and universities by raising $200 million in a capital campaign that […]

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Ole Miss, MSU Could Help Jackson State in Fund-Raising Efforts

Ole Miss, MSU Could Help Jackson State in Fund-Raising Efforts JACKSON, Miss. A Jackson State University fund drive that the school hopes will be the largest ever may be receiving help from two of Mississippi’s majority White universities. Next year, Jackson State plans to announce what would be the school’s largest national capital campaign ever, […]

It’s All About the Benjamins

It’s All About the BenjaminsColleges and universities, to their credit, are raising more money than ever. I must receive a few press releases a week from schools announcing either their record-breaking fund-raising results or that they are about to launch a capital campaign. For the average person, it is difficult to conceive that schools are […]

UNCF Launches New Jersey Law Scholars Program

UNCF Launches New Jersey Law Scholars ProgramNEWARK, N.J.Over the next three years, nine students from historically Black colleges will get full scholarships to New Jersey law schools through a donation from a Lucent corporate executive and his wife. The United Negro College Fund’s New Jersey Law Scholars Program is the first of its kind in […]

Minority Bachelor’s Degrees on the Rise:

Minority Bachelor’s Degrees on the Rise:Number of African American Bachelor’s Degree Holders Tops 100,000 by Phaedra Brotherton In the 1999-2000 academic year, the number of African Americans earning bachelor’s degrees topped the 100,000 mark — coming in at 103,874, an increase of 8,350 degrees, or 8.74 percent, over 1997-1998 figures. After promising gains in 1997-1998 […]

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