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Section: Institutions
Faculty & Staff
JSU’s Mason Ready for Challenges at Southern
Anticipating new leadership, the Southern University System expects incoming president Ronald Mason to raise external funds and improve student outcomes.
May 16, 2010
Students
Some Experts Sound Caution Against Too Many Americans Seeking College Degrees
The notion that a four-year degree is essential for real success is being challenged by a growing number of economists, policy analysts and academics. They say more Americans should consider other options such as technical training or two-year schools.
May 13, 2010
Community Colleges
Community Colleges Seek Federal Dollars To Hold Off Job Cuts
With no end in sight to surging enrollments and funding that falls short of need, community colleges are asking Congress for more financial help to protect institutions from potentially damaging faculty and staff cutbacks.
May 12, 2010
Community Colleges
Education Secretary, Experts at DeVry Forum Assess U.S. College Completion Challenge
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, along with expert panelists, offered their perspectives on how best to achieve the Obama administration’s goal for attaining the world’s best educated workforce during a policy forum hosted by DeVry University.
May 11, 2010
Students
High Remedial Education Rate Complicates U.S. College Completion Goal Push
Nationwide, about a third of first-year students in 2007-08 had taken at least one remedial course, according to the U.S. Department of Education. At public two-year colleges, that number rises to about 42 percent.
May 11, 2010
African-American
Obama at Hampton Says Education Is Responsibility of All Americans
President Barack Obama, addressing graduates at historically Black Hampton University on Sunday, said it is the responsibility of all Americans to offer every child the type of education that will make them competitive in an economy in which just a high school diploma is no longer enough.
May 9, 2010
Leadership & Policy
Latino and Civil Rights Groups Announce Arizona Boycott
The National Council de la Raza along with other national civil rights and labor organizations announced a boycott against Arizona.
May 6, 2010
African-American
Obama Administration Officials Deliver Commencement Speeches at HBCU, HSI Graduations
President Barack Obama’s scheduled address at Hampton University and other speeches by administration officials should bring a timely spotlight to minority-serving institutions.
May 5, 2010
African-American
Southern Picks Mason as Its New System President
The Southern University System chose its new president Friday, selecting Ronald Mason Jr., who has been the leader of Jackson State University in Mississippi.
May 2, 2010
African-American
House Panel Votes To Block NSF Funding Shift
A House of Representatives panel on Wednesday dealt a blow to the Obama administration’s plan to consolidate federal science programs for minority-serving institutions into a single entity with broader competition.
April 29, 2010
African-American
Height’s Legacy Stirs Push for Social Work Act Passage
Among social work professionals, the late Dorothy Height is celebrated for the prestige her activism brought to the social work profession. Those professionals say her legacy is now inspiring social work leaders to lobby Congress hard on legislation aimed to boost the profession.
April 28, 2010
Community Colleges
Mississippi Two-year and Four-year Colleges Agree on Required Transfer Courses
Leaders of Mississippi’s two-year and four-year higher education programs have reached an agreement to standardize course requirements for transfer students.
April 27, 2010
Students
Thurgood Marshall College Fund Appoints New Leader
The Thurgood Marshall College Fund announced Monday the appointment of Johnny C. Taylor as president and CEO of the scholarship and institutional support organization.
April 26, 2010
Latinx
HSI Administrators Express Dismay Over Proposed NSF Grant Consolidation
The Obama administration’s proposal to consolidate federal science programs for minority-serving institutions into a single competitive grant program has representatives from Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs) crying foul.
April 26, 2010
African-American
Forum: Minority-serving Campuses Urged to Tout Their Success
The Obama administration’s top official for federal initiatives with historically Black schools on Thursday urged MSI leaders to focus on telling policymakers about their record of achievement.
April 22, 2010
African-American
Overcoming Life on the Streets to Teach Literature
Before he taught English at a Massachusetts college, before he completed two terminal degrees at the University of Iowa, before he took courses at a local community college, Dr. Jerald Walker was a drug-abusing dropout running the streets of Chicago, committing petty crimes.
April 19, 2010
African-American
Fayetteville State Wins Record Fourth OFC Business Plan Competition
Fayetteville State continues dominance at business plan competition, part of an initiative to promote entrepreneurship education at HBCUs.
April 18, 2010
HBCUs
Minor Crime Convictions Proving Harmful to Student Ambitions
As minor as a misdemeanor conviction may appear to college students, it can live in government records forever, undermine the job prospects of otherwise stellar candidates, and cause major damage to long-term career aspirations.
April 15, 2010
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