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Enrollment on the Rise at Grambling State University

Grambling State University’s preliminary enrollment report for the 2011-12 academic year shows enrollment has risen to 5,207, a 4.27 percent increase from the previous academic year.

Federal Student Loan Default Rate Rises Sharply

The federal student loan default rate for borrowers who entered repayment in 2009 shot up to 8.8 percent from 7 percent for the previous year’s cohort.

Faculty & Staff

Diversity Advocates Voice Caution on Community College Study

Although a new study has found that underrepresented community college students fare better in classrooms with an instructor of their ethnic background, diversity leaders warn the study is too limited in scope to draw any solid conclusions.

Fisk University Hopes To Stay Off Accreditation Watch List

Officials of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools visited Fisk University last week as the private, historically Black school seeks re-accreditation.

Fisk University President Hazel O’Leary

Tribal Colleges

Obama Administration Jobs Plan Has Higher Education Funds

Community and tribal colleges would receive $5 billion for construction projects under President Obama’s new jobs plan, which also could shore up state education budgets and provide post-secondary job training opportunities.

Obama jobs plan

Morehouse, Howard Football Teams Launching AT&T Nation’s Football Classic

Activities tied to the inaugural AT&T Nation’s Football Classic – including debates, symposiums and receptions – suggest that pressing social issues, along with athletics, will be at the forefront this weekend in Washington, D.C.

Nation’s Football Classic

Commentary: Historically Black Colleges and Universities Are Vital to a Diverse U.S. Workforce

U.S. higher education does not have to operate as a zero-sum game where one type of institution wins and another loses, a UNCF senior vice-president writes.

Battle of the Bands highlights

Selected visuals from the 2010 Honda Battle of the Bands in Atlanta, featuring the top HBCU marching bands in the country including Florida A&M University and Southern University.

African-American

Virginia State University Drumline Performs at the White House

Less than a month after they performed with fellow band members in the Honda Battle of the Bands showcase, an eight-person drumline from the Virginia State University’s Trojan Explosion marching band entertained guests at the Feb. 26 executive order signing for the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities by President Barack Obama.

Faculty & Staff

Talking ‘Microaggressions’ With Dr. Derald Wing Sue

Columbia University psychology professor Derald Wing Sue recently spoke to Diverse about his latest book, Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation. The book insightfully describes the existence of subtle, often unintentional biases and their considerable impact on members of traditionally disadvantaged groups.

For Public HBCUs, A New Type of Advocacy

Dr. Lorenzo Esters of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities, rallies higher education stakeholders behind effort to boost funding for public historically Black college and universities.

SWAC Coping with Academic Woes, Postseason Bans

Three Southwestern Athletic Conference schools, Jackson State, Southern and Grambling, have received postseason bans in either football or men’s basketball for failing to meet the NCAA’s Academic Progress Rate standards.

Commissioner Duer Sharp

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