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Section: Institutions
Leadership & Policy
Accrediting Group Sees 2017 as Year of Governance
At a time when the roles and functions of college governing boards are being increasingly debated, the SACSCOC is focusing on “effective governance” at its Small College Initiative meeting next month.
March 23, 2017
Students
State-focused Leaders Backing Free K-14 System
Advocates say policymakers and higher education leaders should initiate a national discussion to establish a free and universal K-14 system to reduce disparities and make college more accessible.
March 22, 2017
Students
Partnership Aims to Boost LGBTQ Inclusion at HBCUs
The Center for Minority Serving Institutions at the University of Pennsylvania is teaming up with the Human Rights Campaign Foundation to launch a three-year initiative to develop LGBTQ-inclusive programming at HBCUs across the nation.
March 21, 2017
Asian American Pacific Islander
Asian-American Studies Pioneer Philip Choy Dies
A self-trained historian who was part of a teaching tandem behind the first college-level, Chinese American course in this country has died. Philip P. Choy, 90, passed away at his San Francisco home last week.
March 21, 2017
Native Americans
Ponca Tribe’s History Played Key Role at Conference
Educators and stakeholders of two-year institutions shared best practices, along with new and different ways to teach, stimulate learning and enhance the community college experience at last week’s League for Innovation.
March 20, 2017
Students
Paul Quinn Becomes 1st HBCU to Gain Work College Designation
Two years after embracing the work college model, Paul Quinn College officially will join the ranks of schools such as Berea College that have earned federal recognition as a work college.
March 20, 2017
African-American
Persistence Puts Turner on Path to Education, Politics
Her mother’s sudden death, left Turner, who was then a 22-year-old sophomore at Cuyahoga Community College, and her police officer husband Jeffery, the task of caring for her six siblings and their own child.
March 19, 2017
Sports
Who’s Winning? Why HBCU Athletic Branding Strategies Matter
If you ask the question “who’s winning?” and routinely cannot answer the question, allow me to answer it. Your team is not winning.
March 19, 2017
Students
New Budget Proposal May Hit Hispanic-Serving Institutions Hardest
So far, President Trump’s budget proposal doesn’t come close to the “aspirational” levels of funding that HBCU advocacy organizations had been seeking.
March 19, 2017
Faculty & Staff
Amid Controversy, Kentucky State Names Brown President
A divided Board of Regents at Kentucky State University selected a new chief executive to lead the troubled state-controlled, land-grant institution, despite concern that the process of selecting a new leader was flawed and concluded too quickly.
March 14, 2017
Students
Expert: College Promise Programs must be ‘Sustainable’
To succeed over the long term, promise programs “should be sustainable,” said Dr. Martha Kanter, meaning that they “shouldn’t just redirect federal or state aid.”
March 13, 2017
Students
Venerable Basketball Coach, Mentor Ben Jobe Dies
Ben Jobe, the college basketball coach who won more than 500 games in more than five decades of coaching around the nation, died Friday night in Montgomery, Alabama, the city to which he moved after retiring in 2003.
March 12, 2017
Students
Rhode Island’s Free College Tuition Proposal Off to Rocky Start
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo’s signature initiative this year – a proposal for two years of free tuition at the state’s public colleges — is off to a rocky start. House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello, a fellow Democrat, took to Twitter last month to call it “unsustainable and fiscally irresponsible.” Other lawmakers have […]
March 12, 2017
Students
Arkansas College Grant Provides 2 years of Tuition and Fees
JONESBORO, Ark. — Kyler Daniels has not yet graduated from Walnut Ridge High School, but the 19-year-old is already working as a certified nursing assistant. He has also earned needed certifications to work in heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC). For the past two years, Daniels has taken advantage of electives offered at his school’s […]
March 12, 2017
Students
Struggling Cheyney University Gets $8M Infusion
In a major move to help reverse the demise of historic Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, the Board of Governors of Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education has extended the institution an $8 million line of credit.
March 9, 2017
Students
Morehouse: Despite Reports, John Wilson to Complete Term as President
Morehouse College refutes reports on Monday that stated its president, Dr. John Silvanus Wilson, had been abruptly ousted from his position.
March 7, 2017
Students
A2MEND Growing into its Empowerment Role
The African American Male Education Network and Development organization (A2MEND) conference marked its 10th anniversary last week by attracting more than 1,000 attendees and more than doubling the total amount of scholarship money awarded last year.
March 6, 2017
Students
Maricopa Community Colleges Giving ‘Step’ Compensation System the Boot
Maricopa Community Colleges seeks to usher in a new system that will change the way the school system compensates, recognizes and rewards its employees.
March 6, 2017
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