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Faculty & Staff
Study Finds Minorities Underrepresented in Graduate School
To broaden the participation of graduate studies among underrepresented minorities, graduate studies programs must go beyond simply recruiting students from diverse groups and provide students with the support and resources needed to graduate, says a new report released by the Council of Graduate Schools.
April 23, 2009
Latinx
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson Promotes a More Inclusive Environmental Movement
Lisa Jackson, the first African-American to serve as head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is committed to diversifying the landscape of environmental advocacy, which is often defined by the contributions of White Americans.
April 21, 2009
HBCUs
Prague University Bans Lecture By David Duke
Prague’s Charles University says it has banned a lecture by former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke.
April 21, 2009
Students
In Memoriam: Dr. John Hope Franklin (1915-2009)
Warm, generous, compassionate, a giant among American historians,” is how one University of Chicago colleague of Dr. John Hope Franklin remembers him.
April 15, 2009
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HBCUs
Getting to Know Dr. Sidney Ribeau
Dr. Sidney A Ribeau on Friday will be officially inducted as the 16th president of Howard University, marking a new chapter in the university’s 142-year history.
April 15, 2009
Faculty & Staff
Obama Agenda Focuses on Degree Completion
Advocates applaud $2.5 billion college retention proposal, but say insufficient financial aid is barrier to degree completion.
April 15, 2009
Community Colleges
Unemployed Seek Training for ‘Green Collar’ Jobs
As the economy sheds jobs, community colleges across the country are reporting a surge of unemployed workers enrolling in courses that offer training for “green-collar” jobs.
April 13, 2009
HBCUs
Surge in Economic Dropouts Spurs UNCF Into Emergency Mode
The glaring message atop the Web site says it all: “The recession is hitting UNCF college seniors hard. Hundreds may not graduate this spring.”
April 8, 2009
Latinx
Minority-serving Institutions Called To Serve as Leaders in Student Retention
The Lumina Foundation for Education is requesting proposals for its Minority-Serving Institutions–Models of Success grant program.
April 7, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Rutgers Names First Black Chancellor
Rutgers University’s board has appointed the school’s first Black chancellor.
April 5, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Community College Chancellor Nominated for Under Secretary of Education
President Barack Obama intends to nominate Martha J. Kanter, chancellor of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District in California, for under secretary of education, the White House announced Tuesday.
April 2, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Community College Chancellor Nominated for Under Secretary of Education
President Barack Obama intends to nominate Martha J. Kanter, chancellor of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District in California, for under secretary of education, the White House announced Tuesday. Last week, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan chose Greg Darnieder as his special assistant for college access.
April 1, 2009
Latinx
In Tough Economy, MSIs Win Funding Increases
Several minority-serving institutions receive much-needed earmarks.
April 1, 2009
Students
Men Struggling to Finish at Black Colleges
They’re no longer the only option for Black students, but the country’s historically Black colleges and universities brag that they provide a supportive environment where these students are more likely to succeed.
March 29, 2009
HBCUs
Reviving The Great Debaters Tradition
Seventy-eight collegiate teams are competing this week at the National Debate Tournament Championships (NDT), chartered and sanctioned by the American Forensics Association. Not one of them is a historically Black college or university. The worst news is that the vast majority of the teams in the NDT do not have a single African-American debater.
March 26, 2009
Leadership & Policy
March Madness for Tribal Colleges
Sunday presented a sweet feeling of accomplishment for Andrae Domebo and Dani Augare.
March 26, 2009
Students
In Memoriam: Dr. John Hope Franklin (1915-2009)
“Warm, generous, compassionate, a giant among American historians,” is how one University of Chicago colleague of Dr. John Hope Franklin remembers him.
March 25, 2009
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HBCUs
New Study Reveals Immigrant Blacks Outpace Native Blacks and Whites in Selective College Enrollment
High school students from Black immigrant populations enroll in selective colleges at a higher rate than U.S.-born Blacks and Whites, because they have greater access to resources that influence postsecondary success, say the authors of a new study.
March 23, 2009
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