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Voting Advocates Sue Tennessee Over Tougher New Law

A foundation that promotes civic engagement among young Americans is among several groups that have sued to block enactment of a new Tennessee law that they contend would suppress voting on college campuses and elsewhere with strict new registration rules and substantial penalties for violating them.

Cast Your Buckets Down Where You Are

Have young Black professionals at Historically Black Colleges and Universities been working too hard ‘on the wrong side of the boat?’ Have we reached a point where we are casting all of our nets with no avail? For some of us, the short answer can often feel like yes. For the rest of us, typically the upper-side of the Millennial Generation, the answer is found in navigating ‘the system.’

Community Colleges

Pellissippi State Breaks Ground on Bill Haslam Center for Math and Science

Pellissippi State Community College broke ground Wednesday on its new, $27 million academic building, which will be named the Bill Haslam Center for Math and Science. The 82,000-square-foot Bill Haslam Center for Math and Science – named for the former governor of Tennessee – is expected to open for classes by fall 2021. Located on […]

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Educational Policy that is Inclusive of the LGBTQ Students at HBCUs

Unfortunately, when we talk about diversity, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) students are often excluded from the conversation. The gaps in federal educational policy and a lack of institutional policy fails to address queer issues and leaves college students that identify as Queer unprotected from discrimination.

When Blackness is on Full Display

It’s graduation season for the nation’s colleges and universities, including the little more than 100 institutions that bear the federal designation as historically Black colleges and Universities (HBCUs).And we feel good. I mean, we are Black excellence and Black joy unparalleled—for ourselves, our institutions, and for our people.

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Achieving the Dream Welcomes 16 New Member Institutions

The Achieving the Dream (ATD) National Network has expanded to include sixteen more colleges that are strengthening their commitment to improving student success. Teams from each new college will convene in Phoenix this June to begin their work as ATD Network institutions, the organization said. ATD’s 2019 cohort brings its total network to more than […]

Tom Joyner Foundation Launches New Podcast ‘HBCUBiquity’

The Tom Joyner Foundation recently launched a new podcast that will offer “in-depth, honest and straightforward conversations” about the future of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). Titled ‘HBCUBiquity,’ the hour-long, weekly podcast will feature interviews and commentary with HBCU students, faculty, administrators, celebrities, experts and other guests about the efforts to increase fundraising, maintain […]

More Qualified Teachers Needed: Xavier Responds to The Call

It’s no secret that in K-12 education, states across the nation are facing teacher shortages, low numbers of state-licensed educators, high teacher retention rates, etc. The overarching challenge is school systems are now having to figure out solutions and quick. How do we address the teacher shortage? How do we recruit more teachers?

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College Funds, HACU Laud Bipartisan, Bicameral Title III Legislation

While federal lawmakers often face criticism for failure to work together across party lines, they have drawn praise for introducing legislation that would extend funding for minority serving institutions under Title III and allocate about $100 million.

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Moral Centrality in Educational Equity

Just last year in May of 2018, we witnessed the resurrection of Resurrection City as the new Poor People’s Campaign continued the fight against poverty, structural racism, voter suppression, militarism, and a host of others. This demonstration also spanned 40 days of community organizing with thousands of participants.

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TMCF Lauds HBCU Benefits in House Labor Bill

The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) issued a statement thanking House Appropriations chair Nita Lowey, D-NY, and House Appropriations Labor-HHS Subcommittee chair Rosa DeLauro, D-CT, for proposing a historic investment in historically Black colleges and universities in the House version of the Labor-HHS FY20 appropriations bill. The bill would provide $375 million in direct funding […]

‘Wilberforce Unite’ Campaign Seeks to Raise $2M in 60 Days

Wilberforce University, which was placed on probation last year by a regional accrediting agency for running a deficit of more than $19 million in fiscal year 2017, has launched a campaign to raise $2 million in 60 days. Wilberforce president Dr. Elfred Anthony Pinkard announced that the “Wilberforce Unite” campaign is hoped to meet the […]

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