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Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions to Research Effects of COVID on MSIs

The Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions has partnered with the College of Southern Nevada and the Higher Education Research Consultants of Abarema to study long COVID and COVID-related mental health issues at MSIs.

Rutgers Graduate School Of Education

Leadership & Policy

What MSIs Can Teach Higher Ed About Bringing Underrepresented Students Into STEM

At this week’s annual meeting of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU), university leaders shared strategies from Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) to support underrepresented students in STEM.

Dr. Larry Robinson, president of Florida A&M University

Webinar Tackles Philanthropic Inequities for MSIs

While big gifts to MSIs, especially to HBCUs, have made headlines, the panelists on a Tuesday webinar discussed fundraising challenges such institutions still face.

Dr. Michael Sorrell, the president of Paul Quinn College, an HBCU in Texas

MSI Aspiring Leaders Program is Creating Results

What’s making this program so successful and what lessons are learned about leading a Minority Serving Institution?

Dr. Levon T. Esters

UIC Awarded $5 Million for Latinx Humanity Scholar Program

Two NSF Grants to Boost Collaboration Among Minority Serving Institutions

Report Analyzes Institutions’ Racial Justice Statements and Action Plans

After the killing of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and other Black Americans at the hands of police officers last year, many colleges and universities were quick to release statements expressing their solidarity and intent to create anti-racist campuses. Over a year later, have institutions moved from making promises to taking action? NASPA-Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education and the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE) sought to find out in two-part report.

Department of Education Increases COVID-19 Relief Funding to Historic and Under-Resourced Institutions

The U.S. Department of Education announced an additional $3.2 billion in funding for historic and under-resourced institutions under the Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds (HEERF). The funding will go to historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), tribal colleges and universities (TCUs), minorities serving institutions (MSIs) and other underserved institutions, like some community colleges. The funding […]

Dr. Miguel A. Cardona

Trinity Washington University Settles More than $1.8 Million in Balances for Nearly 400 Full-time Undergraduates

Using federal funds from the American Rescue Plan, Trinity Washington University—a Predominantly Black Institution and Hispanic Serving Institution located in the nation’s capital—has fully paid off $1,828,901 in balances for nearly 400 full-time undergraduate students who owe balances to Trinity, more than 40% of the full-time undergraduate student body. According to Trinity officials, the average […]

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University of Illinois Chicago Granted $2.25 Million for Next Generation Energetic Materials

The University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) has been granted $2.25 million to create a research center by the U.S. Army through a program to diversify its research base through partnerships with historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and minority-serving institutions (MSIs). The five-year grant will establish EXtreme EnErgy Density (EXEED), a research center focused on […]

University of Illinois Chicago

NAACP Calls on Biden Administration to Cancel Student Debt

The NAACP—the nation’s oldest civil rights organization—is stepping up its efforts to pressure the Biden administration to cancel student debt, after the administration excluded debt forgiveness from its $6 trillion budget proposal last week.

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Reducing the Cost of Higher Education Through the Invaluable Mission of Community Colleges and Affordable HBCUs

There is a significant need to foster better collaborative relationships among community colleges and HBCUs. Throughout history, HBCUs and community colleges have played a critical role in educating diverse students seeking to receive higher education.

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