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New Investments Expand, Strengthen National Network of Early College High Schools

New Investments Expand, Strengthen National Network of Early College High SchoolsSEATTLE The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in December announced $29.6 million in grants to eight organizations to expand the early college high school network to more than 25 states. Early college high schools provide traditionally underserved students with a rigorous, college-level curriculum and the […]

‘Reclaiming Alumni,’ Fund Raising, Focus of UNCF Conference

‘Reclaiming Alumni,’ Fund Raising, Focus of UNCF Conference By Phaedra BrothertonReclaiming alumni and fund raising are just two of the issues that will be addressed at the National Alumni Council (NAC) of the United Negro College Fund’s (UNCF) 59th annual meeting to be held Feb. 3-6, in Orlando, Fla.The NAC-UNCF is made up of alumni […]

Former Morris Brown College President, Financial Aid Director Indicted for Fraud

Former Morris Brown College President, Financial Aid Director Indicted for FraudFederal authorities say Dolores Cross, Parvesh Singh were involved in student loan scheme By Tracie PowellATLANTA Morris Brown College officials in Atlanta are being mum about the recent indictment of their former president and financial aid director. Dr. Dolores Cross, who now teaches at DePaul […]

Tom Joyner Foundation Kicks Off 2005 Fund-Raising Campaign

Tom Joyner Foundation Kicks Off 2005 Fund-Raising CampaignATLANTAA driving force in raising much-needed funds for students attending historically Black colleges and universities, the Tom Joyner Foundation recently announced the 11 schools that will receive funding in 2005. Recipients include: Arkansas Baptist College, Little Rock, Ark.; Bluefield State College, Bluefield, W.Va.; West Virginia State College, Institute, […]

Howard, Other HBCUs Launch Initiative in Teaching and Learning

Howard, Other HBCUs Launch Initiative in Teaching and LearningWASHINGTONThe Howard University Graduate School has joined Jackson State University, Talladega College and Xavier University of Louisiana in a major initiative funded by the U.S. Department of Education Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education. Titled “Learning Communities for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Academic Achievement […]

Native Americans

New England Tribal College Would Be The First to Serve Eastern Tribes

New England Tribal College Would Be The First to Serve Eastern TribesHARTFORD, Conn. The modern-day reawakening of American Indian groups across New England could spawn something never seen on the East Coast: a college dedicated to the region’s estimated 40,000 people with native roots. A tribal college would offer a connecting point for New England’s […]

Report: Community Colleges Challenged to Serve Diverse, Multi-Tasking Students

Report: Community Colleges Challenged to Serve Diverse, Multi-Tasking StudentsAUSTIN, TexasA national report released last month offers new findings on students’ experiences in community colleges, where almost half of the undergraduate students in American public colleges and universities are now enrolled. Results from the 2004 Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) help community colleges assess […]

Leadership & Policy

College Board Approves Ayers Funding

College Board Approves Ayers FundingJACKSON, Miss. The state College Board in November approved $59 million in funding for historically Black colleges, money that had been stalled pending an appeal of Mississippi’s college desegregation case. Board spokeswoman Sarah Nicholas said the proposal will be sent to lawmakers to consider during the 2005 Legislature. The money is […]

After Delays, Congress Wraps Up Budget Bill

After Delays, Congress Wraps Up Budget Bill Minority-serving colleges gain small increasesBy Charles DervaricsCollege access programs and minority-serving colleges would gain small increases while Pell Grants may face more uncertainty under a long-awaited 2005 education budget bill that will become law soon.Part of a $388-billion omnibus spending bill for more than a dozen federal agencies, […]

Community Colleges

Cybercitizen Awareness Program Targets College Students

Cybercitizen Awareness Program Targets College StudentsWASHINGTONThe Business Software Alliance (BSA) has launched “Define the Line” , an awareness program designed to educate students about the importance of being good cybercitizens and respecting the intellectual property of copyrighted works online. The program also encourages students to use only legal software and to understand the impact of […]

Faculty & Staff

Erasing An Absence

Erasing An AbsenceThe Paul R. Jones Collection’s Inaugural Exhibition of African American Art Treasures Debuts at University of DelawareBy Ronald RoachWith the opening of “A Century of African American Art: The Paul R. Jones Collection” at the University of Delaware this fall, the inclusion of African American art in the annals of American visual art […]

North Carolina HBCU Working to Produce Textbooks for Benin

North Carolina HBCU Working to Produce Textbooks for BeninRALEIGH, N.C. With a little help from a boy named Bio, educators and students at historically Black St. Augustine’s College are trying to improve education in the West African nation of Benin. They are part of a U.S. Agency for International Development program called Textbooks for a […]

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