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Section: Institutions
Leadership & Policy
Debate Over Relevance of HBCUs Opens 37th NAFEO Conference
The president of Morgan State University uses NAFEO luncheon discussion to announce the school has won a contract to help manage research at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, signaling how one historically Black university competes at the highest levels in science.
April 5, 2011
Community Colleges
Report Suggests Associate’s Degrees in Nursing Are Sufficient for Employment in the Field
AACC report finds no significant differences between competencies of nurses with bachelor’s degrees vs those with associate’s degrees.
April 4, 2011
Women
Federal Effort Seeks to Help Colleges, Schools Prevent Sexual Violence
A nation that prides itself on fighting the abuse of power has an obligation to prevent sexual violence in schools and on college campuses, Vice President Joe Biden said as he kicked off a nationwide awareness campaign on schools’ responsibilities and victims’ rights.
April 4, 2011
African-American
HBCUs Must Embrace Online Education
Black college leaders recognize the importance of distance learning but remain hesitant to take the online leap, writes online education expert.
April 3, 2011
Students
Paying for Pell Grant Program Requires Stark Choices
To maintain the current maximum grant of $5,550 and meet demand, the Obama administration would eliminate in-school Stafford Loan subsidies for graduate students.
March 30, 2011
Community Colleges
Community College Programs Key to Solving Nursing Shortage
New Policy Brief underscores similar competencies among 2-Year, 4-year graduates.
March 28, 2011
Faculty & Staff
AACR Recognizes HBCU and HSI Faculty Contributions to Cancer Research
The American Association for Cancer Research will recognize leaders in the minority cancer community with the Minority-Serving Institution Faculty Scholars in Cancer Research Awards. The 36 recipients will be honored at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011, held April 2-6.
March 28, 2011
Leadership & Policy
FAMU Restructuring Plan Would Shut Down Numerous Programs
Faced with mounting financial challenges, Florida A&M University President James Ammons announced a major academic overhaul, proposing to close or merge about two dozen programs.
March 28, 2011
Students
“No One Told Me…”
The hit Broadway play “In the Heights” centers around the story of Nina, a child of the barrio who is the first in her family to go to college, indeed to Stanford.
March 23, 2011
Faculty & Staff
ETS Report Recommends Strategies to Reduce Racial Gaps in Praxis Exam Performance
Putting in place an early preparation program for student teachers is one of several recommendations made in a new report that prescribes ways to help prospective teachers from diverse groups pass teacher license exams.
March 23, 2011
Students
Black College Conference Takes on Public Criticism of HBCUs
This year, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s professional institute conference has provided practical ideas and strategies to address major challenges facing HBCUs.
March 22, 2011
Students
Georgia Technical College Students Required to Maintain B Average to Retain HOPE Funding
Thousands of working moms, laid-off factory employees and others who flocked to Georgia’s 26 technical colleges for job training because of the recession could lose the HOPE Grants that pay their tuition under changes the state is making to the cash-strapped program.
March 21, 2011
Students
Gainful Employment Gets Another Look on Capitol Hill
Few solutions are offered and some argue there are bigger problems to tackle.
March 20, 2011
Students
HBCU Sexual Assault Study Released
Often precipitated by the consumption of alcohol, attempted or completed sexual assaults directly affect about 14 percent of all female students on the campuses of historically Black colleges and universities, but the attacks often go unreported due to shame, guilt or fear.
March 20, 2011
Leadership & Policy
UMES President Thelma Thompson Announces Retirement
Her decision ends a nine-year tenure at the state’s lone 1890 land-grant university.
March 16, 2011
African-American
La. Regents’ Consultant Suggests Options in SUNO/UNO Study
A consultant studying a controversial proposal to merge of Southern University at New Orleans with the University of New Orleans suggested two options Monday to rework an educational system deemed to be failing the city’s students.
March 14, 2011
Faculty & Staff
Traditional Racial Labels No Longer Define New Generation of College Students
When it comes to serving diverse students, colleges realize one size does not fit all, even within the same racial group.
March 13, 2011
African-American
HBCU Merger Proposals Persist Despite Fervent Opposition
Now, some advocates and leaders within the Black higher education community are warming to partnerships and other alternatives.
March 10, 2011
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