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Students
Community College Stakeholders Implement Supports to Guide Students to Graduation
Community colleges provide opportunities for low-income, first-generation, minority and rural students to gain valuable jobs skills or begin a journey in post-secondary education. Despite well-intentioned administration and faculty, completion rates have remained under 50%, but innovative practices are making an impact.
April 13, 2020
HBCUs
Study: Amid Pandemic, U.S. Colleges More Financially Vulnerable Than International Peers
U.S. colleges and universities are more vulnerable than international peers to financial hardships caused by coronavirus-related shutdowns, says a new study from Moodyâs Credit Rating Agency.
April 13, 2020
Students
20/20 Vision in the Wake of a Crisis
Lately I have wondered â if I could have predicted COVID-19 three or four years ago â how I would have prepared differently for a public health pandemic as the president of a private, church-related HBCU.
April 11, 2020
Leadership & Policy
âPressure is Turning Way upâ: College Presidents Plan Layoffs, Budget Cuts Due to Coronavirus, Says Survey
In response to the upheaval caused by the coronavirus pandemic, more than 72% of college presidents expect to lay off employees, almost 55% project across-the-board budget cuts and almost 40% will likely cut research-and-development spending, according to a recent survey of higher education leadersâ priorities amid campus shutdowns.
April 9, 2020
Leadership & Policy
Strengthening Governance at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Once this pandemic has receded or is over, higher education as we have known it will not return to normal. Effective governance will be more important than ever because it affects all aspects of an institutionâs sustainability including accreditation, tuition and fee policies, curricular offerings and services, learning outcomes, facilities, and technology infrastructure, among others.
April 5, 2020
Students
New Yorkâs Tuition Free Program Leaves Out Many Low-Income, Community College Students
The Excelsior Scholarship, New Yorkâs tuition-free program, only reaches a small portion of low-income and community college students within the state, according to a new brief.
March 30, 2020
Students
Higher Ed Groups: $14 Billion for Colleges, Universities in Stimulus Package Insufficient
Higher education groups arenât happy with the $14 billion earmarked for colleges and universities in the $2.2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package passed by the Senate late on Wednesday, saying institutions are facing severe cash flow problems and have been hit hard financially due to closures necessitated by the pandemic.
March 26, 2020
African-American
UNCF: $1 Billion for HBCUs, TCUs, MSIs in Federal Coronavirus Stimulus Package
Congress and the White House have agreed to provide $1 billion in emergency funds to historically Black colleges and universities, tribal colleges and universities, and other minority serving institutions to help them cope with the coronavirus pandemic, said the United Negro College Fund in a statement on Wednesday.
March 25, 2020
African-American
EAB Analyst: Under-Resourced Colleges Could Face Closure Due to Coronavirus
The coronavirus crisis will âaccelerate a closure of colleges and universities,â especially under-resourced institutions, said a higher education analyst from EAB to Diverse. EAB, which on March 19 held a flash poll of 500 university enrollment officials during a webinar, said that the vast majority of respondents said they felt the highest levels of concern about meeting enrollment targets.
March 23, 2020
African-American
Sens. Booker, Jones Urge $1.5 Billion in Support for HBCUs, MSIs Amid Coronavirus Crisis
Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Doug Jones (D-AL) on Thursday pressed for $1.5 billion in emergency funding to help historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and other minority-serving institutions (MSIs) respond to the coronavirus pandemic.
March 22, 2020
African-American
Bill Allotting $577 Million to Maryland HBCUs Clears Legislature
The Maryland Senate on Sunday unanimously passed legislation that would allot $577 million to the stateâs four historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) over 10 years. The Maryland House of Delegates, in a near-unanimous vote, passed the bill last week. It now goes to Republican Gov. Larry Hogan for consideration.
March 16, 2020
African-American
HBCUs Face An Additional Set of Coronavirus Concerns
Campuses across the country are temporarily closing in response to the coronavirus, encouraging students to go home and offering online classes to prevent the virus from spreading. Historically Black colleges and universities â and other minority serving institutions â are no exception. But these schools face an extra set of concerns as they try to keep underrepresented students safe on tighter budgets than predominantly White institutions.
March 15, 2020
Community Colleges
Community Colleges Prepare for Coronavirus, Distance Learning
With the coronavirus (COVID-19) declared a pandemic Wednesday by the World Health Organization (WHO), office spaces are temporarily switching to telecommuting, professional sports leagues are suspending their seasons and national conferences are being cancelled within the United States.
March 15, 2020
Sports
NFL Cancels First-Ever HBCU Combine Amid COVID-19 Concerns
Amid COVID-19 concerns, the NFL has canceled its first-ever, much anticipated HBCU Combine, an event for players from historically Black colleges who are eligible for the draft but werenât formally invited to the regular Scouting Combine, which has also been canceled. Both events were scheduled for March 27-29 at the Miami Dolphinsâ Health Training Dolphins [âŚ]
March 13, 2020
Community Colleges
AACC, Other Conferences Cancelled Amid Coronavirus Crisis
Hours after the American Council on Education (ACE) on Monday canceled its annual conference, the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) and the University Professional & Continuing Education Association (UPCEA) followed suit canceling or postponing their own annual events in the face of the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
March 10, 2020
Students
Research on STEM Graduation and Enrollment Rates to be Discussed at Clemson Summit
Clemson Universityâs Charles H. Houston Center for the Study of the Black Experience in Education recently published an infographic highlighting graduation and enrollment rates among underrepresented males in science, technology, engineering and mathematic (STEM) fields.
March 3, 2020
African-American
Despite Passage of FUTURE Act, HBCUs Still âWoefully Underfunded,â Says UNCF President
One could argue itâs been a victorious year for historically Black colleges and universities. The FUTURE Act â legislation sustaining federal funding for minority serving institutions â made a fraught, winding journey to President Donald J. Trumpâs desk, where it was signed into law in December. But on Tuesday, Dr. Michael Lomax, president and CEO of the United Negro College Fund, discouraged unbridled optimism at the organizationâs second annual âState of the HBCU Addressâ where HBCU leaders and allies gathered in Washington D.C.
March 3, 2020
HBCUs
A Warning to Anyone Thinking About Being the Next TSU President
The entire Texas Southern University board must be replaced. Immediately. All Texas Southern supporters should pressure Governor Greg Abbot to make this happen.
March 2, 2020
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