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African-American
Trump Budget Draws Ire, Concern from Minority Communities
WASHINGTON — Advocates for minority communities say President Donald Trump’s proposed budget answers the question he famously posed to Black Americans during his campaign: “What the hell do you have to lose?” His $4.1 trillion spending plan for the budget year beginning Oct. 1 generally makes deep cuts in safety net programs, including Medicaid, the […]
May 29, 2017
Students
Study: Reduced Community College Tuition Not Impacting 4-year Enrollment
A recent study found that a steep drop in community college tuition typically sparks significant enrollment increases of recent high school graduates without diverting many from four-year, public institutions.
May 25, 2017
Dr. Jeffrey Denning
Leadership & Policy
Middleton Named Interim President of Lincoln University
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The former interim president of the University of Missouri system will take on the same role at Lincoln University in Jefferson City. Lincoln University’s governing board announced Thursday that Mike Middleton will start next Thursday as the interim president at Lincoln until a permanent successor to Kevin Rome is named. After […]
May 25, 2017
Faculty & Staff
UNC Responds to 3rd Set of NCAA Charges in Academic Case
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina has responded to the third set of charges it received from the NCAA in the long-running academic fraud case. The 102-page document released Thursday marked the latest step in the seven-year investigation. UNC faces five top-level charges, including lack of institutional control, in the multiyear probe centered on irregular courses […]
May 25, 2017
Students
Lawsuit Alleges Professor Failed Student for Being Muslim
CRANFORD, N.J. — A student is suing a New Jersey college, claiming her professor gave her an F in a course because she is Muslim. Sahna ElBanna alleged in the lawsuit that she endured a spring 2016 semester of Union County College professor Toby Grodner making derogatory comments that all Muslims were terrorists, but ElBanna […]
May 25, 2017
Faculty & Staff
Wilberforce University Announces Layoffs, Pay Cuts to Handle Debt
WILBERFORCE, Ohio — One of the country’s oldest historically Black private colleges is laying off workers and imposing steep pay cuts in an ongoing struggle to survive. Wilberforce University cut $750,000 from its payroll last year, but the president of the small Ohio school says that’s not enough to deal with large debts that threaten […]
May 24, 2017
Students
DeVos to Review Rejected College Prep Grants Applications
The U.S. Department of Education will reconsider awarding grants to dozens of programs that help low-income students prepare for college after their initial applications were rejected due to formatting errors such as not being double-spaced. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos told a House subcommittee on Wednesday in Washington that her agency will reconsider the 77 rejected […]
May 24, 2017
Students
Bethune-Cookman and Notre Dame’s Common Denominator
In my opinion, both universities made the wrong choices in commencement speakers.
May 23, 2017
Disabilties
MBA for Mom Who Went to All Classes with Quadriplegic Son
ORANGE, Calif. — A Southern California university has awarded an honorary degree to the mother of a quadriplegic student after she attended every class with him and took his notes while he pursued his Master of Business Administration. Judy O’Connor, a retired elementary school teacher, pushed her son Marty in his wheelchair for him to […]
May 23, 2017
Leadership & Policy
CU President to Review Ex-coach’s Domestic Assault Handling
BOULDER, Colo. — University of Colorado President Bruce Benson will have the final say on how to handle university officials’ failure to report claims of domestic violence against a former assistant football coach. The Daily Camera reports the university’s Board of Regents had decided the president should make the decision on Monday after a seven-hour […]
May 23, 2017
Students
Why Betsy DeVos Will Never be the HBCUs’ ‘Boo’
What the Betsy DeVos debacle at Bethune-Cookman University provides is an opportunity for critical reflection and a “teachable moment.”
May 22, 2017
Students
Montana State U., Tribal College Students to Seek Answers Together
Montana State University researchers have received a $282,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to create a new approach to solving issues on Montana’s Indian Reservations.
May 22, 2017
Dr. Ed Dratz said he wants to see the interns “engage in learning new approaches to problem solving.”
Students
Rodriguez: Arizona Court to Decide What We Can Learn
The long-anticipated trial to determine whether there were racial motivations in terminating Tucson Unified School District’s highly effective Raza Studies Department begins next month.
May 22, 2017
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Sports
Study: Tech Workforce’s Lack of Diversity Goes Deeper than Pipeline
A recent study suggests that the top reasons for the technology sector’s racial homogeneity isn’t the absence of a diverse pipeline but young graduates’ lack of industry contacts and an information gap about job prospects.
May 22, 2017
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Students
Carleton College Suspends 13 Over Hazing; Assault Alleged
NORTHFIELD, Minn. — Officials at a small private college say they suspended 13 students over hazing at an initiation into a secret social club that involved extreme alcohol consumption, and police are investigating a reported sexual assault that followed. Carleton College said it suspended the students for three trimesters, or one academic year, for violating […]
May 22, 2017
Women
Film Producer, Parents Donate $25M to St. Lawrence University
CANTON, N.Y. — A private college in northern New York has received a $25 million donation from an award-winning film producer and her parents. Officials at St. Lawrence University in Canton announced over the weekend that it has received the largest gift in the college’s 161-year history from 1982 graduate Sarah E. Johnson and her […]
May 22, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Current Head of Mississippi Valley is Pick for Jackson State
JACKSON, Miss. — The College Board is choosing the head of Mississippi Valley State University as its preferred candidate to lead Jackson State University. Trustee C.D. Smith announced the choice Monday. William Bynum Jr. became president of Mississippi Valley, the smallest of Mississippi’s eight public universities, in 2013. He will meet with members of the […]
May 22, 2017
Students
Swygert: Loan Servicing Change Could Rock HBCUs
Any wrong turn, albeit well intentioned, could further jeopardize the fragile state of HBCUs, Dr. H. Patrick Sywgert warned a crowd of several hundred attendees this weekend at “The Grand Boule Forum on HBCUs.”
May 21, 2017
Dr. H. Patrick Swygert
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