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Section: Institutions
Champions Award
McPhail Rallies Around College Access
Dr. Christine Johnson McPhail, who became a pioneer in the community college world in 1998 and has gone on to blaze more trails in higher education, is the 2018 Diverse Champions winner.
April 16, 2018
Students
Beyonce Gives $100,000 to Four Historically Black Schools
NEW YORK — Beyonce paid tribute to historically Black colleges during her groundbreaking Coachella performance, and now the singer is donating $100,000 to four Black universities. The superstar singer announced Monday the Homecoming Scholars Award Program for the 2018-2019 academic year through her BeyGOOD initiative. She plans to give $25,000 each to Tuskegee University, Bethune-Cookman […]
April 16, 2018
MSIs
Want a Diverse Faculty? Learn from Minority Serving Institutions
Minority Serving Institutions successfully recruit diverse faculties because their institutional missions and cultures align with the values that scholars of color often care about.
April 16, 2018
Leadership & Policy
HBCUs Aid the Rise of Black Women
In exploring issues of gender equity for Black women, the role of HBCUs and their impact across higher education and the business sector are too frequently overlooked. In an industry dominated by White males, Black women have shattered stereotypes and excelled in key campus leadership positions across the academic enterprise.
April 15, 2018
LGBTQ+
Campus Guide Focuses on HIV Prevention and Treatment
With college students still at a high risk of acquiring HIV, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation has released a comprehensive guide to HIV prevention, treatment and care on college and university campuses.
April 12, 2018
HBCUs
For Marching Bands at Historically Black Schools, It’s ‘About the Showmanship’
ATLANTA — Five drum majors approach midfield and snap into high-stepping formation, capes swirling as they spin and drop into splits before hopping up and bending backward until their hats scrape the ground. When they dart toward the sideline, Bethune-Cookman University’s 300-piece marching band and its 14 Karat Gold Dancers surge onto the field, performing […]
April 11, 2018
Community Colleges
Arizona Court Rejects Lower In-State Tuition for Immigrants
PHOENIX — Arizona’s three state universities and its largest community college district say they will raise tuition immediately for young immigrants granted deferred deportation status in the wake of a court ruling. The Arizona Supreme Court ruled that young immigrants in the program started by former President Barack Obama are not eligible for lower in-state […]
April 10, 2018
Latinx
Forum Advocates for Enhanced Hispanic Higher Education Legislation
WASHINGTON — The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities convened educators and thought leaders from Hispanic Serving Institutions to advance the organization’s legislative agenda during the 23rd Annual National Capitol Forum on Hispanic Higher Education.
April 9, 2018
HBCUs
Albany State Gets NEH Grant for Museum, Heritage Studies Program
The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded Albany State University a grant to assist with establishing an interdisciplinary museum and heritage studies minor.
April 8, 2018
African-American
Direct Engagement With Trump, GOP Pays Off for HBCUs
The Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s decision not to resist – but instead engage in a strategic way and bipartisan fashion on behalf of our nearly 300,000 HBCU students who need a voice in Congress and with the Trump administration – has borne fruit at many levels.
April 8, 2018
Community Colleges
California Governor’s Community College Funding Proposal Creates Controversy
California Gov. Jerry Brown’s bold new budget proposal that awards community college districts funding not just for each enrolled student, but also based on the number of low-income students being served, has drawn praise and criticism.
April 4, 2018
LGBTQ+
VSU Rolls Out Inclusive Gender-Identity Diversity Program
Virginia State University is introducing its first university-wide diversity and inclusion program in order to create a “more inclusive campus culture” for Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer/Questioning Intersex Ally+ (LGBTQIA+) individuals.
April 1, 2018
Latinx
VSU Joins Verizon STEM Initiative For Boys of Color
PETERSBURG, VA. – Virginia State University will be among 24 schools in a program that offers minority males from middle schools in Petersburg, Hopewell and Dinwiddie summer intensive courses in science, technology, engineering and math. The Verizon Innovative Learning program, the education initiative of the Verizon Foundation, works with historically Black colleges and universities and […]
April 1, 2018
Latinx
Stellar Academic and Business Leader Tapped to Lead Whittier College
Dr. Linda Oubré will become Whittier College’s 15th president, taking office July 1, 2018, college officials announced this week. She will be the first person of color to serve as president in Whittier’s 131-year history.
March 28, 2018
Latinx
Study Reports Wide Gender Disparity Among MSI Presidents
A new report from the Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions explores the dearth of women in presidential positions at Minority Serving Institutions. At 650 such schools, less than 12 percent of presidents are women.
March 27, 2018
African-American
Rankins Is First Black Named To Top Mississippi Higher Ed Post
Among the numerous African-American “firsts” who symbolize racial progress in their fields, Dr. Alfred Rankins is likely to stand out. He is the first African-American to become commissioner of higher education in Mississippi.
March 27, 2018
HBCUs
Uplifting HBCUs As Models of Student Success
To help counter the false narrative that often is bestowed upon historically Black colleges and universities, these institutions should make it a priority to highlight their unique strengths and accomplishments as often as possible.
March 26, 2018
MSIs
Linda Brown, Kansas Girl at Center of 1954 Brown V. Board of Education Ruling, Dies
TOPEKA, Kan. – Linda Brown, the Kansas girl at the center of the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down racial segregation in schools, has died at age 76. Topeka’s former Sumner School was all-White when her father, Oliver, tried to enroll the family. He became lead plaintiff in the 1954 Brown v. Board […]
March 26, 2018
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