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Jump-Startin Black College Fund-Raising
Jump-Startin Black College Fund-Raising‘It takes money to raise money’ATLANTA — Earlier this year, the Kresge Foundation announced the recipients of $18 million in grants to help historically Black colleges and universities improve their advancement offices. The universities can use the money to hire more staff, prepare for capital campaigns or update their records.Bethune-Cookman College, Dillard […]
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The Changing Face of Philanthropy
The Changing Face of PhilanthropyWhere the color line yields to the bottom lineATLANTA — Just before the winter holiday break, a group of 70 Black professionals gathered here at the Georgia Institute of Technology for a reception. They nibbled hors d’oeuvres and traded business cards as a jazz group played in the background. Even after […]
Leadership & Policy
Professional Appointments
Professional AppointmentsDr. Marshall B. Bass has been elected chairman of South Carolina’s Voorhees College Board of Trustees. Bass is the founder of Marshall B. Bass and Associates Inc., a management consulting firm. Bass earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland, and doctorates of law from North Carolina Central University and civil laws from […]
African-American
Washington Briefs
Congress Hears Support For Completion GrantsWASHINGTON — Leaders of the TRIO community made their case for new college completion grants before a congressional committee late last month.The plan, part of President Clinton’s budget, would provide $35 million for such completion grants, which would help students enter and stay in college. Colleges that participate in the […]
Students
Washington Briefs
Ed. Dept. Speaker Criticizes RepublicansWASHINGTON — A former teacher described Govs. George W. and Jeb Bush as racists during a U.S. Department of Education seminar on promoting diversity last month, and at least one lawmaker is demanding an explanation.Jane Elliot, an author who delivers lectures worldwide on race and bias issues, was invited to the […]
Students
13 HBCUs to Retain Access to Federal Financial Aid
13 HBCUs to Retain Access to Federal Financial Aid WASHINGTON — Thirteen of the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities will retain their access to critical student financial aid programs despite loan default rates that could trigger significant penalties.Congress eliminated a long-standing exemption from sanctions for HBCUs during the last reauthorization of the Higher Education […]
HBCUs
A Few Good Officers: HBCUs Seek Ways to Boost ROTC Pipeline
A Few Good Officers: HBCUs Seek Ways to Boost ROTC PipelineBATON ROUGE, La. —  Leaders from 21 historically Black colleges and universities with Army ROTC programs met at a Southern University conference earlier this month to discuss ways to recruit and train more Black officers.U.S. Department of Defense statistics show that while 29.5 percent of […]
HBCUs
HBCUs Poised To Offer Online Degrees
HBCUs Poised To Offer Online Degrees HAMPTON, Va. — Within the historically Black college and university community, the push to offer online distance learning courses is entering a new phase — the establishment of online degree programs.This summer, Hampton University will begin two degree programs whose courses will be accessible entirely through the Internet. Many […]
Leadership & Policy
Campus Crimes Survey Angers HBCU Officials
Campus Crimes Survey Angers HBCU OfficialsATLANTA — When administrators at Morehouse College here learned that the editors at a crime news Web site had dubbed the campus potentially one of the most dangerous places in America for students to pursue a higher education, they were mortified.After all, this 3,000-student school logged no murders, no sexual […]
Latinx
Minority-Serving Institutions in Line For Funding Gains
Minority-Serving Institutions in Line For Funding GainsWASHINGTON — President Clinton’s final education budget plan would give student aid and Black college programs some substantial funding gains next year.Total funding for historically Black colleges and universities would increase by $30 million, surpassing the $200 million barrier. The overall $209 million plan includes $169 million for the […]
HBCUs
Job Fair Pulls Virginia HBCU Students Into The Technology Mix
Job Fair Pulls Virginia HBCU Students Into The Technology MixRICHMOND, VA — During her years at Virginia State University, Jaunese Harris took note of efforts by the information systems department to improve the resources and course offerings in her major. The school hired new faculty for the department, introduced new courses each year and purchased […]
HBCUs
Capitolizing on the Digital Divid
Capitolizing on the Digital DividIt has dynamic colleges and universities, talented minorities and a red hot high-tech environment — not to mention lots of your federal tax dollars. But can the nation’s capital lead the way in bridging the digital divide?WASHINGTON — After an economic recession and U.S. military budget reductions forced layoffs among federal […]
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