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Leadership & Policy

A Year in Review: Saving Morris Brown

Saving Morris BrownThe Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) stripped Atlanta’s Morris Brown College of its accreditation last winter, citing the school’s mounting debt, institutional ineffectiveness, poor record keeping and difficulties with processing financial aid. When the school’s bid to appeal the SACS decision failed in April, most of the 1,500 enrolled students transferred […]

Top HBCU Bands Selected for Honda Showcase

Top HBCU Bands Selected for Honda ShowcaseATLANTAFrom a field of 43 historically Black college and university (HBCU) marching bands, 10 have been selected to perform at the second annual Honda Battle of the Bands Invitational Showcase, Jan. 24 at the Georgia Dome. With all the votes tallied, the schools set to march in the only […]

Federally Funded Grants, Loans Send More D.C. Residents to College

Federally Funded Grants, Loans Send More D.C. Residents to CollegeMore residents from the District of Columbia are attending colleges far from home, taking advantage of a federally funded grant program that pays for up to $10,000 of out-of-state tuition, and an expanded feature this year that offers $2,500 for students who attend any historically Black […]

Community Colleges

College Students Spending More Time In Remedial Courses, Report Says

College Students Spending More Time In Remedial Courses, Report SaysMore than a third of students at two-year and four-year colleges spent an average of a year in remedial courses, and those that did spent more time in those courses in 2000 than they did in 1995, a new report says.More than 40 percent of entering […]

African-American

House Passes Bill to Create Black History, Culture Museum

House Passes Bill to Create Black History, Culture MuseumThe House voted overwhelmingly last month to establish a national museum of Black history and culture, pushing the plan a step closer to reality after 15 years of efforts by veteran civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga. Lewis has introduced legislation every year in Congress since […]

Community Colleges

Efforts to Improve Transfer Agreements Between Schools Gain $2.5 Million Boost

Efforts to Improve Transfer Agreements Between Schools Gain $2.5 Million BoostWASHINGTONA $2.5 million grant will help a national coalition make postsecondary education more accessible to interested students by changing transfer policies in higher education and improving shared technology for planning, financial aid and enrollment.The National Articulation and Transfer Network (NATN) will use the grant money […]

Community Colleges

Foreign Language Enrollment Hits Record Level

Foreign Language Enrollment Hits Record LevelNEW YORKMore students are studying foreign languages than ever, and the variety of languages being taught is greater than ever, according to a recent survey.“Students are clearly recognizing the importance of learning other languages as we become a more global society,” says Dr. Rosemary G. Feal, executive director of the […]

Hampton controversy illustrates long-standing tension between HBCUs and student press

Hampton controversy illustrates long-standing tension between HBCUs and student pressBy Lydia LumHAMPTON, Va.Hampton University’s confiscation of student newspapers earlier this semester is a reminder of the long-standing problems of maintaining a free press at Black colleges and building strong journalism programs there. In fact, some media professionals have grown so skeptical of the integrity of […]

Education Department, Corporate Sponsors Offer Financial Advice to HBCUs

Education Department, Corporate Sponsors Offer Financial Advice to HBCUsThe Education Department and two blue chip companies held the first of three annual seminars last month to advise presidents of historically Black colleges and universities on how to better manage their institution’s finances.JP Morgan Fleming Asset Management, Coca-Cola and the U.S. Education Department co-sponsored the Financial […]

From Political Speak to Free Speech

Editor’s NoteFrom Political Speak to Free SpeechWith the presidential primaries around the corner, we’re taking a look at what the nine Democratic candidates as well as the Republican Party are doing to connect with Black voters. Similar to visits to Black churches on Sunday mornings, some of the Democratic candidates have taken to visiting a […]

Community Colleges

Virginia Higher Education System Joins Forces to Curb Teacher Shortage

Virginia Higher Education System Joins Forces to Curb Teacher ShortageRICHMOND, Va.Virginia’s higher education system is joining forces to help ease the projected teacher shortage in the state. The partnership is a seamless transfer articulation agreement between Virginia’s community colleges and several four-year colleges and universities designed to facilitate admission to teacher-education programs.Students at Virginia’s community […]

Leadership & Policy

Another Untimely Departure

Another Untimely Departure Fisk University president’s abrupt resignation springs yet another leadership crisis for the HBCU By David Hefner NASHVILLE, Tenn.It’s déjà vu all over again at Fisk University with the untimely departure of another president who is leaving behind a financially depressed school with no stability at the helm and no assurances in sight.Last […]

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