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Former Southern University Official Pleads Guilty in Embezzlement Scheme
Former Southern University Official Pleads Guilty in Embezzlement SchemeBATON ROUGE, La.A former Southern University official has pleaded guilty to charges regarding a scheme in which money was skimmed from a work-study program. Moses K. Dupre, 41, entered the guilty plea last month to charges of aiding and abetting embezzlement, misapplication and obtaining federal funds by […]
Community Colleges
UC’s New Admissions Policy Expected To Increase Minority Enrollment
UC’s New Admissions Policy Expected To Increase Minority EnrollmentSAN FRANCISCOCalifornia students who graduate in the top 12.5 percent of their high school class will be guaranteed admission to the University of California, though some may have to go to community college first. Six years after doing away with affirmative action, the university’s board of regents […]
Latinx
Bill Targets Minority-Serving Institutions with Agriculture Programs
Bill Targets Minority-Serving Institutions with Agriculture ProgramsMinority-serving institutions could get federal funds for agriculture research projects to meet food needs in developing countries under legislation from Congressional Black Caucus and Congressional Hispanic Caucus members.Historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions and tribal colleges all would be eligible for funds under the Biotechnology and Agriculture in […]
HBCUs
CBC Member Says Minority Communities Need Help With Disaster Preparation
CBC Member Says Minority Communities Need Help With Disaster PreparationLegislation proposed for federal research program with HBCU involvementHistorically Black colleges and universities may have a vital role to play in helping minority communities prepare for weather emergencies and other hazards, a Congressional Black Caucus member says.Persons of color are 2 ½ times more likely than […]
Students
There’s a Football Revival Goin’ On
There’s a Football Revival Goin’ OnWithin the last two years, five historically Black colleges have dusted the cobwebs off their football programs.     By Craig T. GreenleeStrange as it might sound, football’s recent revival at the smaller Black colleges is all about the bottom line. True, it is an expensive sport to maintain. That’s why schools […]
Faculty & Staff
A World-Class Education
A World-Class EducationRewards abound for those who dare to teach or study abroad.By Robin V. SmilesWhen information about Brethren Colleges Abroad’s international seminars for faculty and administrators came across Dr. Amee Carmines’ desk, she glanced at it quickly and put it aside. Caught in the middle of a hectic semester advising senior English majors and […]
Leadership & Policy
HBCU Presidents Stress Need for Greater Financial Help
HBCU Presidents Stress Need for Greater Financial HelpCongressional hearing draws 300 people to Wilberforce University in Ohio By Mark FisherWILBERFORCE, OhioHistorically Black colleges and universities need greater federal financial help to make college affordable for students and to install the technology necessary to best prepare those students, four college presidents told congressional leaders last month. […]
Leadership & Policy
Professional Appointments
Professional AppointmentsDr. Jess Carreon was recently selected as the next president of Portland Community College in Portland, Ore. Previously, Carreon was the superintendent and president of the Rio Hondo Community College District in Whittier, Calif. Carreon earned a bachelor’s from San Diego State University, a master’s from the University of California at Irvine and a […]
Latinx
Big-Time Computing for Minority-Serving Institutions
Big-Time Computing for Minority-Serving InstitutionsWhile many colleges and universities, including minority-serving institutions, have worked diligently to avoid being permanently designated as  “have nots” in the digital divide, the pace of information technology innovation continues to keep virtually all American higher education institutions in a scramble to stay current on the latest advances.   Nonetheless, historically Black […]
Students
Louisiana Scholarship Isn’t TOPS with Two-Year Students
Louisiana Scholarship Isn’t TOPS with Two-Year StudentsBy Scott DyerBATON ROUGE, La.For the most part, Louisiana’s community and technical college students have missed the state scholarship boat. Virtually all of the 36,000 students who cashed in this year on the state-funded Tuition Opportunity Program for Students, or TOPS, are attending four-year universities.To qualify, a student must […]
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Community Colleges
Events
EventsJULYJuly 25-30Noel-Levitz 15th National Conference on Student RetentionNew OrleansContact: Linda RobertsonPhone: (800) 876-1117Fax: (319) 337-4700E-mail: linda-robertson@noellevitz.com Web: www.noellevitz.comJuly 27-29The Leadership Alliance’s 6th Annual National SymposiumEvergreen Conference CenterStone Mountain, Ga.Contact: Lydia GarnerPhone: (212) 854-2968E-mail: log2@columbia.edu July 28-31National Association of College and University Business OfficersHilton TowersNew YorkContact: Maureen McCarthyPhone: (202) 861-2523Fax: (202) 296-1592E-mail: mmccartju@nacubo.org Web: www.nacubo.org AUGUSTAugust […]
Community Colleges
Professional Appointments
Professional AppointmentsCarol Moseley Braun will join the Morris Brown College faculty as a visiting distinguished professor and scholar in residence. She recently served as ambassador to New Zealand and as a Democratic U.S. senator from Illinois from 1992-1998. She earned a bachelor’s from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a juris doctorate from the […]
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