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Students
Grants & Gifts
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, BAKERSFIELD, has received a $1 MILLION donation from long-time Bakersfield residents, Tom and Barbara Hardt, to help build the university’s baseball training and playing facility. CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, NORTHRIDGE’s Cinema and Television Arts Department has received $66,000 from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. CENTRAL STATE UNIVERSITY (Ohio) has received $599,500 in scholarships […]
September 3, 2008
HBCUs
Morehouse Seeks to Build a ‘World House’ With King Collection
Morehouse College is teaming up with Atlanta’s leaders to develop the $125 million center that will exhibit the Morehouse King Collection and highlight the role of historically black colleges and universities in social justice struggles.
September 2, 2008
Latinx
An Inside Look at a Law’s Renewal
Newly signed law includes more than 60 initiatives, including those for single parent students, active duty military and disabled students.
August 28, 2008
Students
The Tom Joyner Foundation Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary
Over the last 10 years, radio personality Tom Joyner and his foundation have raised more than $55 million dollars, and all of the proceeds have been dedicated to helping students start and finish their educations at historically Black colleges and universities.
August 27, 2008
Faculty & Staff
Colleges Confront Shootings With Survival Training
Hundreds of colleges across the nation have purchased a training program that teaches professors and students not to take campus threats lying down but to fight back with any “improvised weapon,” from a backpack to a laptop computer.
August 26, 2008
Students
When It Comes To Funding, Community Colleges Have to Emulate Four-Year Schools
California’s community colleges, the largest higher education system in the nation, have launched a three-year campaign to create a $100 million endowment for scholarships.
August 25, 2008
Native Americans
Partnership Receives Gates and Lumina Grants
The Partnership for Native American College Access and Success received $292,000 from the Gates Foundation and $195,000 from the Lumina Foundation to strengthen postsecondary curriculum for Native students and create a clear pathway to a bachelor’s degree for Native Americans in Muckleshoot and Tulalip communities, Evergreen State College announced.
August 24, 2008
Students
Weak Economy Spurs Growth for Community Colleges
Two-year community colleges are seeing record enrollment as families squeezed by tough economic times steer high school graduates away from more expensive four-year universities.
August 21, 2008
Community Colleges
Community College Students at a Glance
One-third of community college students who enrolled directly from high school in 2004 had no intention of going beyond earning an associate degree, but within two years 47 percent of this group raised their expectation to pursue a bachelor’s degree.
August 20, 2008
HBCUs
On DiverseEducation.com – The Academy Speaks Blog
Because most of the faces in historically Black college classrooms are of a darker hue, we typically ignore the need for multicultural affairs and intercultural conflict resolution in our midst.
August 20, 2008
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Latinx
Approved HEA Bill Offers More Aid for Low-income Students
Reauthorized Higher Education Act includes new funding for graduate programs at minority-serving institutions.
August 20, 2008
HBCUs
Taking Full Advantage Of Funding Opportunities
Many Black colleges have secured dollars for a variety of important initiatives, but one of the hurdles is just knowing which funding streams to tap.
August 20, 2008
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Students
Grants & Gifts
The CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK has received $9.6 MILLION from the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom to develop an honors program in legal studies to provide students from diverse backgrounds the training and education necessary for law school admission. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY’s Teachers College has received a $500,000 grant from the Lumina […]
August 20, 2008
HBCUs
Survey Says … Black Colleges Need To Complete National Surveys
When it comes to understanding historically Black colleges and universities, we don’t have good data.
August 20, 2008
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Leadership & Policy
College Presidents Seek Debate on Drinking Age
College presidents from about 100 of the nation’s best-known universities, including Duke, Dartmouth and Ohio State, are calling on lawmakers to consider lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18, saying current laws actually encourage dangerous binge drinking on campus.
August 19, 2008
HBCUs
Handwritten History Donated to Lincoln University
Lincoln University gained a glimpse into the life of one of its key founders with the donation of a series of pristine Civil War-era letters penned by Lt. Richard Baxter Foster.
August 18, 2008
HBCUs
Perspectives: Survey Says … Black Colleges Need To Complete National Surveys
When it comes to understanding historically Black colleges and universities, we don’t have good data.
August 18, 2008
Students
Arizona Law Has Undocumented Immigrants Dropping Out of College
Changing laws have made life tougher for undocumented immigrants in Arizona, including young people giving up dreams of college and better lives because they are unable to pay out-of-state tuition as required by voters.
August 17, 2008
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