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Section: Institutions
Students
The Lawyer From Lafayette
Xavier University of Louisiana president, Dr. Norman Francis, celebrates 40 years at the helm of one of the nation’s top HBCUs.
June 11, 2008
Leadership & Policy
A Tribal College With an ‘Edge’
Created out of the need to preserve the native language of the Cheyenne tribe, CATC opens its doors in Oklahoma.
June 11, 2008
HBCUs
Grants & Gifts
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY has received a $3.1 MILLION gift from the Monfort Family Foundation to provide support for Monfort scholars and professors and the Monfort Lecture Series, among other things. The COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF BALTIMORE COUNTY has received a $30,000 grant as part of the MetLife Foundation Community College Excellence Award. The college was chosen […]
June 11, 2008
HBCUs
Labor dispute prompts Bill Clinton to cancel UCLA commencement speech
Bill Clinton canceled a commencement speech at the University of California, Los Angeles, because of a lingering labor dispute.
June 10, 2008
Asian American Pacific Islander
College Board Debunks “Model Minority” Myth
There is no model minority group, and access to higher education remains as much of a challenge for many Asian Americans as it is for other underrepresented groups, researchers said Monday at a press briefing to release a groundbreaking report.
June 9, 2008
HBCUs
Feds Fund Three Types of MSIs
Money for Predominantly Black-serving, non-tribal American Indian-serving and Asian-serving institutions is up for grabs.
June 8, 2008
HBCUs
Perspectives: Graduates, Stand Ready to Become Internal Corporate Champions for Your Alma Mater
As they head to corporate America, graduating seniors should be asked about eventually securing from their employers corporate support for their alma mater, as corporate-sector sponsorship is critical to the sustainability of historically Black colleges and universities in the 21st century.
June 5, 2008
Students
Banks Cut Off Wisconsin Two-year College Students’ Access to Loans
Several lenders say they will no longer give loans to students at Wisconsin’s 16 technical colleges and 13 two-year colleges.
June 4, 2008
Community Colleges
Alabama State Senator Indicted in Federal Two-year College Probe
State Sen. E.B. McClain was indicted Thursday on bribery, conspiracy and other federal charges accusing him of pocketing more than $300,000 in government money routed through a nonprofit organization.
June 4, 2008
Sports
Sexton Named ASWA Junior College Athlete of the Year
Jennifer Sexton never thought of herself as a dominant pitcher while in high school.
June 4, 2008
Students
Diversity Themes Feature Prominently at 30th Annual NISOD Conference
“We’re an open-door institution, but not enough African-American men are finding that door,” said Dr. Stephanie Bulger, explaining to NISOD Conference attendees about an ambitious plan the Wayne County Community College District has launched to enroll 1,000 Black men within the next five years.
May 29, 2008
Community Colleges
N.C. Bill Aims To Keep Undocumented Students Enrolled in Two-Year Colleges
Several House members want to keep undocumented immigrants in North Carolina’s community colleges and public universities by barring officials from asking potential students about their immigration status.
May 28, 2008
Community Colleges
Citing High Energy Costs, Community College Cuts Back to 4-Day Week
With student commuters feeling the pinch of gasoline prices approaching $4 per gallon, a community college in southeast Missouri is cutting back to a four-day school week.
May 28, 2008
Community Colleges
Ala. Supreme Court Upholds Stay on Community College Double-dipping Ban
The Alabama Supreme Court is upholding a judge’s decision to temporarily block the implementation of the two-year college system’s double-dipping ban.
May 28, 2008
Community Colleges
Highest Level of Accounting Graduates in More Than 30 Years
Over 64,000 students graduated with a bachelor’s or master’s in accounting in the 2006-07 academic year, adding up to the largest number of graduates in this discipline since the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) started tracking the data 36 years ago. Female graduates slightly outpaced male graduates in accounting at 52 percent to […]
May 28, 2008
Students
Understanding the “Bling-bling Generation”
Many of the constructs that describe Millennials, or 21st-century young people, also referred to as Generation M, don’t seem to apply to Black undergraduates, according to research in the current National Association of Student Affairs Professionals Journal. Sheltered, indulged, protected. These describe most millennials, but for students of color “these factors have been at best […]
May 28, 2008
HBCUs
Charting a New Course
The University of Maryland Eastern Shore becomes the first HBCU to receive a PGA Professional Golf Management Program.
May 28, 2008
HBCUs
Grants & Gifts
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, BAKERSFIELD, has received $1 MILLION from the CSU system, which received funds from the Bernard Osher Foundation to be distributed. The monies will go to support a scholarship endowment fund at CSU Bakersfield. Twelve faculty members at OHIO UNIVERSITY have been awarded a $124,000 grant by the Ohio University Research Committee and […]
May 28, 2008
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