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Section: Institutions
Students
Tribal Colleges’ Top Priority for Obama: ‘Full and Forward Funding’
As enrollment at tribal colleges spikes, American Indians are hoping the Obama administration will make good on campaign promises to increase funding.
January 11, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Perspectives: Ascending the Hierarchy of Success
Whether you’re an emerging scholar or experienced administrator, it’s never too early to start preparing to ascend to a college presidency.
January 8, 2009
Students
Grants & Gifts
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, NORTHRIDGE has received a $200,000 grant from State Farm Insurance to develop an arts program that would bring K-12 students from the San Fernando Valley to the CSUN campus. The Department of Journalism at COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO has received a $10,000 grant from the Tribune Foundation to support the school’s Minority Journalism […]
January 7, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Perspectives: Former Morris Brown Provost Sets Record Straight on School’s Problems
As former Provost of Morris Brown College (1999 to 2002) I am compelled to reply to The Chronicle of Higher Education article (Dec 22, 2008) on the tragic story of Morris Brown College.
January 5, 2009
HBCUs
Reading Skills, Language Nuances of Black Youth Among Issues Examined at MLA
Barack Obama’s forthcoming ascent to the presidency will hopefully help improve access to African-American children’s and young adult literature, a scholar said Tuesday.
December 30, 2008
HBCUs
Great Debaters
Two historically Black colleges have been picked to participate in a debate series as part of the events surrounding President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration next month.
December 28, 2008
MSIs
A Year for the History Books
What an exciting and traumatic year 2008 has been. A historic presidential campaign that ended with the election of an African-American to the U.S. presidency. An economic meltdown not seen since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
December 24, 2008
Latinx
Bush to Obama: Education in Transition
As President George W. Bush leaves office with the No Child Left Behind Act as his education legacy, advocates look to the Obama administration with high expectations.
December 24, 2008
HBCUs
Transition Team Wrapping Up Work on Education
Now that President-elect Barack Obama has tapped Chicago Public Schools CEO Arne Duncan to be secretary of education, the transition team’s plan is for Duncan to select his key department leaders within the next few weeks.
December 23, 2008
Native Americans
USD offers computer science at tribal colleges
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) – The University of South Dakota will offer its master’s degree in computer science at three tribal colleges next year. The state Board of Regents approved the delivery of the master’s degree online to Sinte Gleska University, Oglala Lakota College and Sisseton Wahpeton College. USD recently received a grant from the National […]
December 22, 2008
Community Colleges
Newspaper: Lawmakers take college jobs
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Florida House Speaker Ray Sansom has drawn criticism for taking a six-figure job at a state college after steering funding its way, but a newspaper investigation has found other current and former lawmakers doing the same. A review by The Miami Herald and St. Petersburg Times found 18 current and former […]
December 22, 2008
HBCUs
Catching Up With Dr. Leonard Haynes
After a little more than a year as its executive director, Dr. Leonard L. Haynes III has been credited with substantially improving the performance of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
December 22, 2008
Community Colleges
Atlanta water shut off to college
Atlanta water service has been shut off to Morris Brown College until the school pays its $380,000 water bill.
December 22, 2008
Leadership & Policy
HBCUs Question Equity of Research Partnerships
In an effort to meet critical research goals, a familiar trend among historically Black colleges and universities is to link up with larger research-intensive institutions.
December 21, 2008
Students
Spel-Bounding: All-Female Spelman College Ranks No. 2 in Sending Black Graduates On to Ph.D.s in Science and Math
Coming in second usually isn’t a big deal. But, when it is a tiny, historically Black women’s college placing No. 2 to a fellow HBCU with a student body just more than three times its size in a national science- and math-related survey, it seems that it is something to celebrate.
December 17, 2008
HBCUs
Hard Times in Higher Education
The nation’s worsening financial crisis is rippling through nearly every sector of the economy. Higher education, usually more immune than other sectors, is no exception this time.
December 10, 2008
African-American
Beating the At-risk Odds
Family approach credited as key to Silas Craft Collegians Program’s success.
December 10, 2008
Students
Showcasing Community College Programs That Make a Difference
Leon was convinced his dream of getting a degree in sports medicine to work as an athletic trainer was out of reach. It was the math. Even though he studied hard, Leon would always freeze when it came to taking tests.
December 10, 2008
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