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Republicans’ HEA Bill Prompts Rebukes From Democrats, Educators

Republicans’ HEA Bill Prompts Rebukes From Democrats, Educators Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have proposed legislation which they say would expand access to higher education for more low- and middle-income students by strengthening Pell Grants, reducing loan costs and fees, and breaking down barriers for non-traditional students — but some critics say it’s […]

Commemorating Brown

Commemorating BrownThis is a list of events from selected institutions leading up to the 50th anniversary of Brown V. Board of Education• Bucknell University 12/03-4/04: “Brown at 50,” a symposium celebrating the 50th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision•Harvard University Law School 4/13/04: panel discussion: Reflections on the Jurisprudence of Justice Thurgood Marshall: A View from […]

N.C. Conference on Liberia Offers Ways to Bring Economic Stability

N.C. Conference on Liberia Offers Ways to Bring Economic StabilityDURHAM, N.C.The Liberian Studies Association conference held at North Carolina Central University recently brought together more than 100 scholars, students and concerned Liberians who want to see a stable government and thriving economy become a reality in Liberia. Eward Lama Wonkeryor was radio manager at the […]

Faculty & Staff

HBCUs Work to Diversify Aviation Field

HBCUs Work to Diversify Aviation FieldHAMPTON, VA. Less than 2 percent of the nation’s 75,000 working commercial pilots are minorities, according to a report by the Organization of Black Airline Pilots, and women accounted for only 4 percent of pilots during 2001, the Federal Aviation Administration reports.To combat this disparity, five historically Black colleges — […]

Graduate Business Students Compete for $10,000 Prize

Graduate Business Students Compete for $10,000 Prize Competition prepares HBCU students for international eventBy Renita MathisATLANTAGusto’s Gaming and Grille and Miss Lou Sweet Potato Chips might have eye-catching names, but they were not enough to capture the attention of the judges at the OFC Venture Challenge last month in Atlanta. Instead, it was the dramatic […]

Contemplating Brown: Conversations Across Generations

Contemplating Brown: Conversations Across GenerationsN.C. symposium draws over 400 to discuss landmark ruling By Eleanor Lee YatesDURHAM, N.C.When noted historian Dr. John Hope Franklin looks back at the 50 years since the Brown v. Board of Education decision, he says he thinks of the heroism of the plaintiff parents along with their attorneys. Thurgood Marshall, […]

Leadership & Policy

NAFEO Board Cites Need to Move in ‘Another Direction’

NAFEO Board Cites Need to Move in ‘Another Direction’Humphries out; Washington-based attorney to serve as interim presidentBy Cassie ChewWASHINGTONCiting the need to “move into another direction with its leadership,” the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO), at an April 26 board meeting, requested that its top officer, Dr. Frederick S. Humphries, step […]

Faculty & Staff

Africanizing Our Historically Black Institutions

Africanizing Our Historically Black Institutions“The Blacker the College the Sweeter the Knowledge,” is a common saying heard among students who attend Black institutions, as well as many proud alumni. These institutions have, from their inception, served a unique mission in educating the masses of Black folk, thus creating the Black middle class. They have done […]

African-American

Arkansas State University Group Traces Graves at Cemeteries

Arkansas State University Group Traces Graves at CemeteriesTULOT, Ark.Descendants of Black sharecroppers in Poinsett County are attempting to get two cemeteries listed on the National Register of Historic Places.Dr. Julie Morrow, archaeologist at the Arkansas State University-Jonesboro station of the Arkansas Archaeological Survey, and eight of her archaeology and geology students traced grave sites at […]

Community Colleges

Report: Higher Education Fiscal Crisis Hardest on Hispanic, Low-Income Students

Report: Higher Education Fiscal Crisis Hardest on Hispanic, Low-Income StudentsWASHINGTONLow-income and Hispanic students are faring worst amid the financial fix gripping American higher education, according to a report by Dr. Eduardo Padrón, president of Florida’s Miami Dade College. The report, “A Deficit of Understanding: Confronting the Funding Crisis in Higher Education and the Threat to […]

Community Colleges

Global Trade Could Hinder Higher Education, Report Says

Global Trade Could Hinder Higher Education, Report SaysAccording to a new report, some U.S. higher education officials are worried that international trade agreements could commercialize education and have a negative impact on the higher education community as a whole, community colleges and four-year institutions alike. The lines are blurred, they say, and many educators are […]

Lawmakers Consider Shifting Aid From Ivies to Public Colleges

Lawmakers Consider Shifting Aid From Ivies to Public CollegesBy Garry BoulardA long-simmering, trans-regional dispute is pitting mostly Southern and Western Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives against their Republican and Democratic counterparts from the East over the way campus-based federal aid is distributed.Rep. John A. Boehner, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Committee on […]

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