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Are U.S. News’ Rankings Inherently Biased Against Black Colleges?

The U.S. News & World Report’s annual college rankings have long had their share of critics, and Dr. Walter Kimbrough, president of historically Black Philander Smith College, is trying to enlist his HBCU counterparts in boycotting the rankings.

Community Colleges

Establishing a Real-World Credential

Community College of the Air Force to award 300,000th associate degree.

Tribal Colleges

Connecting the Disconnected

The Internet to the Hogan project will provide Web access to residents of a Navajo reservation.

Recognizing the Importance of ‘Keeping It Real’ Language for Today’s Students

Attending convocation at a historically Black college or university, you’re likely to experience eloquent prayers, well-trained singers and rousing speeches imbued with cultural pride — all trademark performances of the HBCU tradition.

Leadership & Policy

Board approves tuition hike at community colleges

FAIRFIELD Maine Tuition at the state’s seven community colleges will go up by 2.5 percent next year under a plan approved Wednesday by the Maine Community College System board of trustees.

Leadership & Policy

Sporting a new look – Historically Black colleges and universities promote sports

There is a new dimension to athletics that is taking shape at some of the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

Leadership & Policy

University of the District of Columbia: truncated, but still alive – huge cuts proposed to save the university

In order to survive, the University of the District of Columbia — which has already had furloughs and delays in opening — faces the loss of more than one hundred faculty members and serious cuts in its programs.

Leadership & Policy

Central State University: what happened? – financial crisis in Central State University, Ohio

WILBERFORCE, OHIO Dr. Herman B. Smith Jr. stepped onto Central State University’s campus in early 1995 with hope, ambition and a clear idea of the task he faced.

Bill May Build Consensus on Aid To Predominantly Black Colleges

A series of changes on Capitol Hill is providing new momentum for efforts to create a federal aid program for predominantly Black colleges — institutions that enroll a large number of African-Americans but are not recognized as historically Black schools.

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Community Colleges

Tuition hike at community colleges eyed

FAIRFIELD Maine Trustees of the Maine Community College System are expected to consider a tuition rate increase of about 2.5 percent when they meet Wednesday.

Faculty & Staff

Faculty hears explanation on probation

TALLAHASSEE Fla. The interim head of Florida A&M University told hundreds of faculty and staff Monday that he was stunned to learn in a telephone call last week that the school was being put on probation, largely for chronic financial mismanagement.

Community Colleges

Many with degrees returning to community colleges

GREENSBORO N.C. Many North Carolinians with degrees are returning to community colleges to further their education, largely the result of majoring in a subject that doesn’t bode well in today’s job market, officials said.

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