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Section: Institutions
African-American
HBCUs are Americaās National Treasures
Many of the historic buildings and sites on HBCU campuses have deteriorated over the years and are at risk of being lost completely if not preserved and protected.
October 25, 2016
Students
Williston State Expanding Free Tuition Effort to Montana
BISMARCK, N.D. ā A small two-year college in northwestern North Dakota that offers free tuition to high-school graduates in the area is expanding the effort to Montana. Williston State College began the program two years ago in Williams County to increase the number of professionals such as nurses and accountants in the booming oil patch. [ā¦]
October 25, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Stakeholders Cite Leadership Instability, Finances as HBCUsā Greatest Challenges
Historically Black colleges and universities leaders reflected on the past and future of the HBCU community at the annual HBCU Week conference, held in Arlington, Va.
October 24, 2016
African-American
Linda Johnson Rice to Kick Off Howard University Entrepreneurship Speaker Series
Linda Johnson Rice will pay a visit to Howard University on November 9 to launch the John H. Johnson Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurship Speakers Series.
October 20, 2016
Students
Education Secretary John King Says College Students Need More Prep for Civic Life
Colleges must be ābold and creativeā when it comes to educating students for participation in civic life, U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr., said Wednesday.
October 19, 2016
Students
Freshman Year Doesnāt Have to be Stressful
I donāt think that I had any bouts with stress while I was in college. Of course, the word āstressā wasnāt hot during the 1960s.
October 18, 2016
Students
Tennessee State University Raising Admissions Standards
NASHVILLE, Tenn. ā Tennessee State University is planning to raise admissions standards for the next incoming class in an effort to draw higher-performing students who will have a greater likelihood to graduate. WPLN-FM reports the historically Black university in Nashville has the lowest average freshman ACT scores and graduation rates among the stateās public universities. [ā¦]
October 18, 2016
Students
Livingstone College on Lockdown After āHundredsā Involved in Fights
SALISBURY, N.C. ā Police say several hundred students and visitors at Livingston College were involved in several fights, prompting campus police to place the school on temporary lockdown. Salisbury police said in a statement that they were called to the campus of the school early Sunday for a third time because of fights and disorderly [ā¦]
October 17, 2016
African-American
Civil Rights Stalwart Jack Greenberg Dies
Jack Greenberg, the last surviving lawyer of the Thurgood Marshall-led team that argued Brown v. Board of Education before the Supreme Court, died Wednesday at age 91.
October 13, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Howard University Renames School of Communications after Cathy Hughes
Howard University has decided to rename its School of Communications after media mogul Cathy Hughes, founder of Radio One, Inc.āthe largest Black-owned multimedia company in the world.
October 12, 2016
Students
At HBCU, Obama Encourages Students to be Agents of Change
At a town hall meeting at North Carolina A&T State University, President Obama discussed national issues facing Black communities as well as historically Black colleges and universities.
October 12, 2016
Students
Admissions Movement Leaving ACT/SAT Behind
Hundreds of four-year, liberal arts schools have decreased reliance upon ACT/SAT test scores in admissions. These institutions are self-identifying in three categories: test-optional, test-flexible and test-blind.
October 11, 2016
Students
Howard University Starting Ph.D. Program Focusing on Minority Serving Institutions
Howard University is launching a new Ph.D. program in Higher Education with a focus on Minority Serving Institutionsāthe first doctoral program of this kind in the nation.
October 10, 2016
African-American
Our Voices will be Heard When We Vote in November
America is the home of the brave and the land of the free. One of the greatest privileges that we have is our right to vote.
October 9, 2016
African-American
Infighting Persists Over Iconic Journal for African American History
An internal battle has been brewing within the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) over who should publish the associationās journal that was founded by Dr. Carter G. Woodson.
October 9, 2016
Community Colleges
Experts: Performance Funding for Higher Ed Yielding Mixed Results
Despite broad national support for such programs, state funding for higher education that is tied to performance metrics is having mixed results, Community College Research Center researchers say.
October 6, 2016
Students
Mississippiās LGBT Community, Objectors Locked in Rights Struggle
Mississippi laws targeting the LGBT community in the name of religious liberty.
October 4, 2016
Students
Guillermo: Close Tax Loopholes to Finance Free College Tuition Plan
The revelation of Donald Trumpās loss of nearly a billion dollars in 1995, according to his tax records obtained by the New York Times, may bolster the visibility of the free-college tuition issue on the campaign trail. Trumpās declared losses of $916 million on his 1995 return would have allowed him not to pay any [ā¦]
October 3, 2016
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