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HBCUs
Congressional Super Committee’s Inaction Means Potentially Devastating Cuts
With the collapse of a congressional “super committee” charged with cutting $1.2 trillion in federal spending, most education programs face the prospect of moderate to deep cuts beginning in January 2013 — including programs for minority-serving colleges and universities.
November 27, 2011
African-American
Nursing Program Aims To Train Minority Students for Service in Rural Areas
Built on more than a year of outreach and recruitment at minority-serving institutions, the federally funded PRIDE program has attracted 26 students to Frontier Nursing University who are training as either nurse practitioners or nurse midwives.
November 22, 2011
Students
Osher Scholars Get Much-Needed Assist From Community College Scholarship Program
Known as Osher Scholars, the neediest students at the 112 community colleges in the nation’s most populous state are receiving scholarships worth up to $1,000 for textbooks, lab fees and other instructional supplies.
November 22, 2011
Students
Occupy Protests Spread to U.S. College Campuses
Students at more than 120 universities have participated in protests, ranging   from students at elite private Ivy League colleges to those who attend state or community colleges full-time.
November 21, 2011
Students
Deadline Looming for More Federal Budget Cuts
As a high-profile congressional “super committee” nears final deliberations on a $1.2 trillion deficit reduction plan, higher education advocates are launching mobilization efforts to protect programs promoting college access for low-income students and students of color.
November 20, 2011
African-American
Black-owned Newspapers Join HBCUs, Black Churches in HIV/AIDS Fight
A group of African-American newspaper publishers have enlisted the support of Black colleges and churches as they prepare to wage a war against HIV/AIDS.
November 20, 2011
African-American
UNCF Conference Town Hall Meeting Focus on Creative Strategies for Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Panelists offered up a wide array of solutions — from beefing up community and corporate partnerships to seeking diversified funding sources – as ways to tackle the problems that show no sign of subsiding.
November 13, 2011
Faculty & Staff
UMBC’s President Hrabowski Pursues Greatness Agenda
Dr. Freeman Hrabowski has been instrumental in shaping the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, into a STEM success story.
November 12, 2011
Sports
Federal Court Permits Football Players’ Discrimination Case Against California Community College
Three Black former football players can pursue their civil rights suit accusing a northern California community college of racial discrimination, verbal abuse and harassment, a federal judge has ruled.
November 10, 2011
Community Colleges
Missouri, Kansas Higher Education Leaders Focus on College Access
Amid a federal push to boost college graduation rates, higher education officials from Kansas and Missouri gathered Tuesday to talk about barriers to people entering and completing college.
November 9, 2011
Community Colleges
College Professors Host Classes in Occupy Seattle
In Seattle, the teacher’s union for the city’s community colleges supports Occupy protesters and quickly organized classes at Seattle Central Community College.
November 7, 2011
Students
Student Debt on the Rise Again
Two of every three college seniors graduated with loan debt in 2010, with the typical borrower owing $25,250 and students at some historically Black institutions facing higher repayments, new research shows.
November 3, 2011
Disabilties
Tennessee Educators Seek to Improve College Completion
Tennessee’s higher education leaders are strategizing about how to help more students finish college.
November 2, 2011
African-American
New Orleans’ Dillard University Gets New President
Dillard University on Tuesday named a new president, Dr. Walter Kimbrough, to take over the helm of the historically Black college in New Orleans.
November 1, 2011
HBCUs
Commentary: Norman Francis – Steeple in a Storm!
Thanks to Norman Francis, when people think of Xavier University, they also think of STEM excellence, writes the executive director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
November 1, 2011
HBCUs
Lecture: Learning, Educational Attainment Rest on Belief in Students
Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings offered polite criticism, weighty research insights, and humor on Thursday at the Eighth Annual Brown Lecture in Education Research in Washington.
October 27, 2011
HBCUs
Mississippi College Costs Below U.S. Average
Students at four-year public institutions nationwide are paying an average of more than $8,000 this year for tuition and fees more than ever, according to a College Board report released Wednesday.
October 27, 2011
Students
Commentary: Falling Through the Cracks
An early warning system can help keep Black males on the community college campus.
October 25, 2011
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