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A Mandate for More Students:
A Mandate for More Students: HBCUs shore up their images in effort to boost enrollmentsELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — Pressured by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors to boost enrollments, the state’s five public historically Black universities are revising their images and crafting aggressive sales pitches to attract more students. Officials at Fayetteville State […]
Students
The Need for Closure
The Need for Closure Mississippi HBCUs look for light at end of tunnel despite judge’s call for more other-race scholarships JACKSON, Miss. — Officials at Mississippi’s historically Black universities are not overly concerned about a federal judge’s order to use 65 percent of their endowment trust fund income to provide scholarships to attract White students to […]
Leadership & Policy
Unlikely Alliances: HBCU Officials Meet with GOP Leaders
Unlikely Alliances: HBCU Officials Meet with GOP LeadersWASHINGTON — To most outsiders, they seemed like strange bedfellows. Nonetheless, leaders from the GOP and historically Black colleges met here last month to hash out legislative funding and other concerns.The brainchild of Rep. J.C. Watts, R-Okla., the first-ever Congressional House Majority HBCU Summit drew a who’s who […]
HBCUs
The Top 100: Interpreting the Data
The Top 100: Interpreting the DataFor the ninth consecutive year, we present to you one of the simplest and most compelling rankings of higher education data: listings of the institutions that confer the most postsecondary degrees to students of color. As with any ranking publication, we have our critics, many of whom bring up valid […]
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Washington Briefs
Black Colleges Get More Time to Work on DefaultsWASHINGTON — Legislation likely to gain approval in Congress would allow historically Black colleges an extra two years to work on their loan default problems without penalty.The bill would give HBCUs until July 1, 2004, to straighten this out or else face  sanctions that could include loss […]
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Is It Just a Campaign Commitment
Is It Just a Campaign Commitment Despite Texas’  election-year settlement with the Office of Civil Rights, future HBCU funding levels remain uncertainAUSTIN, Texas — Funny what a political election can do for higher education. Some schools in key communities get greater state funding. Others get varied gifts that can come in the form of sizable grants, […]
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More Must be Done for Minority Education
More Must be Done for Minority EducationBlack Issues has performed a great service for the American people by sharing the results of its annual survey on  African Americans who have earned college degrees. Behind these data are great stories of human sacrifice, faith, perseverance, hard work, luck, love and dedication. The force of history also […]
State Postsecondary Education Research
HBCUs
Washington Briefs
Pell Grants May Increase Next YearWASHINGTON — Education lobbyists are a step closer to their goal of a large increase in the maximum Pell grant — particularly if an aid-friendly Senate proposal takes effect.The Senate in mid-May proposed a $350 increase in the top Pell grant for the neediest students, which would push the maximum […]
Latinx
New Legislation Could Bring Major Money to Minority Schools
New Legislation Could Bring Major Money to Minority SchoolsWASHINGTON — In their rush to wrap up action in an election year, congressional leaders are proposing major funding increases for minority-serving colleges and universities next year.Historically Black colleges, Hispanic-serving institutions and tribal colleges all are due for major increases under new legislation being developed in the […]
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Retilling The Field
Retilling The FieldHistorically Black land-grant institutions are growing agricultural programs despite a difficult climate.“As my mother used to say: ‘There’s more than one way to get in a house other than going in the front door.’” That piece of wisdom is offered by Dr. James H. Walker Jr., the senior associate research director of the […]
HBCUs
Eliminating the Last Vestiges of Segregation
Eliminating the Last Vestiges of SegregationI was recently asked to speak at the annual President’s Leadership Summit of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund and provide the group with an update of federal higher education desegregation activity. The question-and-answer period that followed my presentation impressed upon me the need for broader clarification regarding federal policy on […]
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Tech Briefs
Hobsons HBCU Guide To Include Atlanta University SchoolsATLANTA — The four historically Black schools that make up the Atlanta University Center are the latest institutions to sign up for inclusion in Hobsons Publications “The Guide to Historically Black Colleges and Universities.” The interactive CD-ROM will feature detailed information about Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, Morris […]
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