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Community Colleges

Embracing the (Corporate) Work

Embedded in the mission of community colleges is the intent to provide career development, work force training and continuing education for the communities colleges serve.

Professional Development

Getting a Piece of the Stimulus

Economic stimulus package provides major funding opportunities for HBCUs and students

Leadership & Policy

UNCF Wrestles with New Economy, Old Issues

Despite the bleak economy, UNCF president has high hopes for HBCUs with the Obama administration.

Preclearance Provision of Voting Rights Act at Core of Supreme Court Case

Just months after the election of the nation’s first Black president, in which African-American voter registration and voter turnout was at its highest, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments today on whether states with a history of racial discrimination at the polls still need federal oversight.

Faculty & Staff

Study Finds Minorities Underrepresented in Graduate School

To broaden the participation of graduate studies among underrepresented minorities, graduate studies programs must go beyond simply recruiting students from diverse groups and provide students with the support and resources needed to graduate, says a new report released by the Council of Graduate Schools.

EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson Promotes a More Inclusive Environmental Movement

Lisa Jackson, the first African-American to serve as head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is committed to diversifying the landscape of environmental advocacy, which is often defined by the contributions of White Americans.

Prague University Bans Lecture By David Duke

Prague’s Charles University says it has banned a lecture by former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke.

In Memoriam: Dr. John Hope Franklin (1915-2009)

Warm, generous, compassionate, a giant among American historians,” is how one University of Chicago colleague of Dr. John Hope Franklin remembers him.

Getting to Know Dr. Sidney Ribeau

Dr. Sidney A Ribeau on Friday will be officially inducted as the 16th president of Howard University, marking a new chapter in the university’s 142-year history.

Faculty & Staff

Obama Agenda Focuses on Degree Completion

Advocates applaud $2.5 billion college retention proposal, but say insufficient financial aid is barrier to degree completion.

Community Colleges

Unemployed Seek Training for ‘Green Collar’ Jobs

As the economy sheds jobs, community colleges across the country are reporting a surge of unemployed workers enrolling in courses that offer training for “green-collar” jobs.

Surge in Economic Dropouts Spurs UNCF Into Emergency Mode

The glaring message atop the Web site says it all: “The recession is hitting UNCF college seniors hard. Hundreds may not graduate this spring.”

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