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Wiley College Receives Warning From Accreditor
Wiley College – a historically Black college in Marshall, Texas – received a warning from its accreditation agency, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. The school has a year to address sanctions regarding the qualifications of its administrative and academic officers, its policies for offering credit, student outcomes, its financial resources […]
African-American
Funding and Investment in HBCUs, a Focus of Discussion on Capitol Hill
During the 2020 fiscal year, there will be a 15% increase devoted to strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities and minority-serving institutions (MSIs). Additionally, the maximum Pell grant award will increase by $150 from $6,195 to $6,345 for the 2020-21 academic year, according to the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations.
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SUNO Suspends All Athletic Programs Due to Financial Issues
Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO) suspended all athletic programs as a result of lingering financial issues, according to Victory Sports Network. The suspension will impact around 60 student-athletes and coaches. SUNO had five athletic programs including men’s and women’s basketball teams, men’s and women’s track-and-field teams and a women’s volleyball team. The historically Black […]
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Seeking to Diversify Teaching Ranks, N.C. Governor Looks to HBCUs
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said he wants to expand the Teaching Fellows program to every Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in the state, as part of a larger push to increase teacher diversity, according to a WRAL-TV report. Right now, the program — which provides loan forgiveness for STEM and special education teachers […]
African-American
UNCF Celebrates as FUTURE Act Awaits Trump’s Signature
The latest version of the FUTURE Act, a bipartisan compromise on funding for minority serving institutions, now awaits the signature of President Trump, having been passed by the House and Senate yesterday, hours after a United Negro College Fund press conference touted the bill’s merits.
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Achieve3000 Partners with EDU, Inc. to Provide CBCA Discounts
Achieve3000, a provider of differentiated instruction, recently partnered with EDU, Inc. to allow its customers discounted access to EDU, Inc.’s Common Black College Application (CBCA). For a single fee, students can apply to any number of 56 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) at the same time after completing their CBCA. “The completion of our […]
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Stepping Away from the Brink Part V: The Call to Action for HBCUs
It is no secret that, from their inception, HBCUs have filled a series of voids within the Black community. Against a backdrop of centuries of deprivation to live out their full potential, newly enfranchised Africans and their progeny born in this country possessed few skills that would make them competitive in the mid-to-late 19th & 20th century American industrial economies.
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Senators Introduce a Bipartisan Plan to Renew HBCU Funding
After months of political wrangling, U.S. senators introduced a bipartisan plan to renew long-term funding for minority serving institutions, including historically Black colleges and universities. The original funding expired on Sept. 30 when the FUTURE Act stalled in the Senate. The revised version of the FUTURE Act will reauthorize $255 million in annual funding for […]
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Coppin State University Selects Dr. Anthony L. Jenkins as its Next President
Coppin State University—the historically Black university located in Baltimore—has tapped the president of West Virginia State University to be its next president.
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Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick Balances Life of a Surgeon and University President
Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick — president of Howard University — may be the only U.S. college president who actively sees patients and conducts surgeries despite a punishing schedule as the leader of one of the country’s most prominent HBCUs, located in the nation’s capital.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders Proposes Plan to Support HBCUs
After his recent tour of historically Black colleges and universities, Sen. Bernie Sanders, a 2020 presidential candidate released a plan to cancel HBCUs’ public loan debt, make private and public HBCUs free and issue an executive order strengthening the HBCU White House Initiative, Essence reported. He also proposed a $5 billion fund to expand teacher-training […]
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Cheyney University’s Accreditation is Reaffirmed
After years of struggle, the Middle States Commission on Higher Education announced that Cheyney University—the historically Black university located in Pennsylvania—will keep its accreditation.
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