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New Report Brings Facts to Light on Minority Serving Institutions

The Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions report, backed by a campaign that utilized 52 data points for 52 weeks, highlights the contributions that MSIs make to higher education.

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Interim NAACP President says Civil Rights Group Remains Relevant

Arguing that President Donald J. Trump has emboldened white supremacists to “walk in public without hoods,” Derrick Johnson — interim president of the NAACP — said the civil rights organization he leads is as relevant today as it was when it began to fight lynchings over a century ago.

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Former Obama Official Helps to Expand the Civil Rights Agenda

Vanita Gupta is the new president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, taking over the mantle from Wade Henderson, who retired this year after leading the organization for more than two decades.

The Value of ‘an HBCU Experience’

During my junior year in high school, my assistant principal pulled me aside and told me something I didn’t quite understand at the time: “Will, you can have a college experience, or you can have an HBCU experience.”

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NAACP President to Leave Office as Group Undertakes Changes

WASHINGTON — NAACP President Cornell William Brooks will not be returning as the leader of the nation’s oldest civil rights organization after his contract expires this summer, officials said Friday. Brooks has been the NAACP’s leader since 2014 but will not be kept on past June 30, the end of his current term. NAACP Board […]

Leaders of Minority-Serving Institutions Ask Congress to Bolster Pell Grant

The presidents and chancellors of 10 minority-serving institutions called on members of Congress to strengthen federal investment in the Pell program, in a letter released on Wednesday afternoon.

Dr. Harold Martin is chancellor of North Carolina A&T State University.

Trump’s Blueprint for Failing Our Nation’s Students

Trump proposes a 13 percent decline in funding to the U.S. Department of Education, with higher education programs comprising most of what will be sliced.

Report: MSIs Key to Texas Reaching Higher Ed Goals

Currently, 35 percent of young adults in Texas age 25-34 hold an associate’s degree or higher. Texas’ goal is to raise that number to 60 percent by 2030.

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Leadership & Policy

Mangum to Join Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions

Dr. Elmira Mangum, former president of Florida A&M University (FAMU), will join the University of Pennsylvania this April, where she will research leadership pathways at HBCUs.

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Penn Center Aims to Boost Hispanic Faculty Pipeline

Many colleges and universities across the United States have committed to recruiting more faculty of color. In some cases, they are facing pressure from students to do so. Recent student protests at institutions like the University of Missouri centered around the dearth of faculty of color on campus, among other issues. Yet, despite intentional efforts […]

Deborah Santiago is co-founder of Excelencia in Education.

Rights Activists: Fight Just Getting Started

Speakers said that mobilizing for protests and marches is critical, but sustained activism would be necessary for effecting actual change.

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The Case for Rebranding Minority-serving Institutions

“Equity-oriented institutions” should replace “minority-serving institutions” in our lexicon.

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