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Clark Atlanta University Goes Virtual

Dr. G. Dale Wesson

Norfolk State Facilitates Campus-Wide Deployment of Apple Products

HBCU Week Shares Best Practices on Graduating STEM Majors, Applying to Grants

The National Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCU) conference focused on a variety of topics, including HBCUs graduating STEM students.

Lenora Hammonds, associate professor of jazz studies at North Carolina Central University, received support recently from the National Endowment for the Arts. Hammonds shared advice on her application process at the national HBCU conference this week.

Harvard Signals End to Investments in Fossil Fuels

Harvard Fossil Fuel Divestment Petition

HBCUs Have Unique Opportunities to Apply for Grants and Funding that Helps Shape the Future

The National Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCU) conference provided opportunities for HBCU faculty, staff, and students to learn about funding and grant opportunities at the federal, state, and local levels.

Dr. Goulda Downer

$4M Grant Supports Climate Justice Initiatives at Texas Southern University

Dr. Robert D. Bullard

Fisk University's Risk Management Institute Receives $2.5 Million Donation

Fisk University’s Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Risk Management Institute has received a $2.5 million donation from R.I.S.E. Opportunity Foundation. The Institute will create a pipeline of Fisk students into the insurance industry.

Patrick Phillips, CEO of R.I.S.E. Opportunity Foundation

Virginia Tech Honors First Known Black Employee

Andrew Jackson Oliver

Community Colleges

Study Reveals Transportation Assistance Helps Community College Students Succeed

A new study has shown that students with access to discounted or free transit performed better in student retention, credits earned, and completion, than those without an assisted transit card.

Dr. Russell Castañeda-Calleros

Tribal Colleges

$11 Billion Could Change Education and Life on the Reservation

After years of lagging infrastructure and decades of broken promises, Indian country is set to receive potentially lifechanging funding: $11 billion to improve broadband, transportation, water and electricity access.

Dr. Cheryl Crazy Bull, president of The College Fund

The Hope Center and Jobs for the Future Partner to Address Basic Needs at Community Colleges

The Hope Center and Jobs for the Future (JFF) have partnered in an effort to accelerate the distribution of emergency aid to college students affected by the pandemic.

Ashley Bliss Lima

Gender Discrimination Case Likely to Proceed Against Morgan State University

According to the EEOC, Morgan State University had “subjected [Hollis] to unequal pay because of her sex." Now, her team of lawyers is completing their discovery and preparing to go up against the historically Black college and university.

Dr. Leah Hollis

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