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Section: Institutions
African-American
HBCUs Explore Ways To Move Beyond Tuition Dependence
Historically Black college and university leaders are seeking the means to move their institutions from a model of tuition-dependency to opening alternative revenue streams that will ensure their institutions’ financial future.
April 14, 2010
MSIs
Community Colleges Continue to Seek Federal Help
With the $12 billion American Graduation Initiative stricken from the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, which was included in health care reform legislation, community colleges try to hold on to previous allocations.
April 13, 2010
Disabilties
Conference Panelists: Disabled Students Would Benefit From Universal Instruction Design
In the diversity movement, nearly every identity is part of the conversation but disability remains a condition many fail to acknowledge, higher education disability advocates said Tuesday.
April 13, 2010
Students
Education Leader Lifts Community Colleges Into Limelight
Eduardo J. Padron – a man with a gentle demeanor, steely determination and the look of a polished, stately professor – is one of the greatest proponents of the nation’s more than 1,000 community colleges.
April 12, 2010
Faculty & Staff
From the Cultural Revolution to Computer Science
When Dr. Wei Chen received the 2010 IBM Faculty Award, the Tennessee State University computer science professor was puzzled over all the fuss about the honor. The IBM award was for Chen’s work on “cloud computing,” an emerging field in information technology.
April 12, 2010
Faculty & Staff
AAUP Report Paints Bleak Picture on Faculty Salaries
No Refuge: The Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession, 2009-10, released by the American Association of University Professors, discusses faculty salaries in the context of the current turbulent financial times.
April 11, 2010
Leadership & Policy
Jackson State President Among Candidates Vying To Lead Southern University
JSU president Ronald Mason Jr. and Clarence Newsome, the former president of Shaw University in North Carolina, are the two latest applicants to join the pool of four semifinalists scheduled to interview Tuesday on campus, Southern officials said last week.
April 11, 2010
Students
Report: HSIs Key to Spurring Latino Movement Through STEM Pipeline
A Center for Urban Education (CUE) report argues that reversing the historic underfunding of Hispanic-serving institutions (HSI) will increase the number of Latino students going into the science and technology fields.
April 6, 2010
Leadership & Policy
Community Colleges Appreciate Attention, Need Money
Grappling with soaring enrollment and plummeting state support, community colleges are grateful for attention from the Obama administration but disappointed money has yet to materialize to help them keep up with demand, let alone meet ambitious goals to make the U.S. the global leader in college graduates again by 2020.
April 5, 2010
African-American
Georgia NAACP Sues State For Underfunding Public HBCUs
The Georgia NAACP has sued the state, claiming it has systematically underfunded its three public Black colleges and threatened their survival as a result.
April 4, 2010
African-American
Minority-focused STEM Funding Plan Raises Equity Concerns
A debate has emerged over science programs at minority-serving institutions and how best to prepare more students of color for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers. Loss of guaranteed funding and potential increased competition for NSF grants jeopardizes MSI programs, advocates say.
April 1, 2010
Students
Report: For-Profit Schools Better Value for Low-Income Students Than Two-Year Publics
Researchers commissioned by a leading career college company released a report Thursday claiming that private-sector institutions increase access and student success among first-generation, low-income, and non-traditional students better than two-year public colleges.
April 1, 2010
Students
Obama Signs Law Sealing Health Care, Student Loan Reforms
Finalizing two major pieces of his agenda, President Barack Obama on Tuesday sealed his health care overhaul and made the government the primary lender to students by cutting banks out of the process.
March 30, 2010
Native Americans
Climate Change-Themed STEM Curriculum Developed for Tribal Colleges
An AIHEC partnership helps tribal colleges build capacity to sustain science and technology education and research programs.
March 28, 2010
African-American
Tech Savvy HBCUs Keeping Pace With Innovation, Others Lag
Closing the so-called digital divide is becoming less of a possibility for many HBCUs.
March 25, 2010
African-American
North Carolina HBCU Renegotiates Debt With $31 Million Federal Loan
One of the South’s oldest historically Black colleges has landed a $31 million federal loan that restructures several pieces of privately held debt.
March 24, 2010
Community Colleges
Adult Learners Key To U.S. Reclaiming College Completion Lead, Education Dept. Official Says
President Barack Obama’s goal to increase the number of two- or four-year degree holding Americans by 2020 will require significant investments in educating nontraditional-aged college students, a U.S. Education Department assistant secretary told TRIO program administrators Wednesday at the Council for Opportunity in Education’s annual seminar with Education Department officials.
March 24, 2010
Students
Meeting Brings Ohio University, HBCU Officials Together for Collaboration
Bridging the faculty-student digital technology divide was the focus of a conference held last week at Spelman College, launching the first meeting for a nine-member alliance among eight historically Black institutions and Ohio University.
March 23, 2010
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