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Section: Institutions
Latinx
Minority-serving Institutions Called To Serve as Leaders in Student Retention
The Lumina Foundation for Education is requesting proposals for its Minority-Serving InstitutionsâModels of Success grant program.
April 7, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Rutgers Names First Black Chancellor
Rutgers Universityâs board has appointed the schoolâs first Black chancellor.
April 5, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Community College Chancellor Nominated for Under Secretary of Education
President Barack Obama intends to nominate Martha J. Kanter, chancellor of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District in California, for under secretary of education, the White House announced Tuesday.
April 2, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Community College Chancellor Nominated for Under Secretary of Education
President Barack Obama intends to nominate Martha J. Kanter, chancellor of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District in California, for under secretary of education, the White House announced Tuesday. Last week, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan chose Greg Darnieder as his special assistant for college access.
April 1, 2009
Latinx
In Tough Economy, MSIs Win Funding Increases
Several minority-serving institutions receive much-needed earmarks.
April 1, 2009
Students
Men Struggling to Finish at Black Colleges
Theyâre no longer the only option for Black students, but the countryâs historically Black colleges and universities brag that they provide a supportive environment where these students are more likely to succeed.
March 29, 2009
HBCUs
Reviving The Great Debaters Tradition
Seventy-eight collegiate teams are competing this week at the National Debate Tournament Championships (NDT), chartered and sanctioned by the American Forensics Association. Not one of them is a historically Black college or university. The worst news is that the vast majority of the teams in the NDT do not have a single African-American debater.
March 26, 2009
Leadership & Policy
March Madness for Tribal Colleges
Sunday presented a sweet feeling of accomplishment for Andrae Domebo and Dani Augare.
March 26, 2009
Students
In Memoriam: Dr. John Hope Franklin (1915-2009)
âWarm, generous, compassionate, a giant among American historians,â is how one University of Chicago colleague of Dr. John Hope Franklin remembers him.
March 25, 2009
HBCUs
New Study Reveals Immigrant Blacks Outpace Native Blacks and Whites in Selective College Enrollment
High school students from Black immigrant populations enroll in selective colleges at a higher rate than U.S.-born Blacks and Whites, because they have greater access to resources that influence postsecondary success, say the authors of a new study.
March 23, 2009
HBCUs
Womenâs History Month â HBCU Women Light Up Stage and Screen
When Taraji Henson was nominated for an Academy Award this year for best supporting actress, the celebration rippled beyond Hollywood and into the halls of two historically Black universities.
March 19, 2009
HBCUs
Knowledge at No Cost
A growing number of mission-driven U.S. institutions are joining the global movement to provide courses online for free.
March 19, 2009
Students
Getting Into the Game
Despite the fast-growing and lucrative landscape of video game designing, minority students are finding themselves with limited options in the field.
March 19, 2009
Community Colleges
Former Rust College Chief Dies in Accident
HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss.  _ The former president of Rust College has died in a weekend traffic accident in Holly Springs. Marshall County Coroner James Anderson says 89-year-old William A. McMillan died from injuries he sustained in a car wreck Saturday. Anderson says McMillan was transported to Alliance Medical Hospital where he died from head trauma [âŚ]
March 16, 2009
HBCUs
Knowledge at No Cost
A growing number of mission-driven U.S. institutions are joining the global movement to provide courses online for free.
March 16, 2009
Community Colleges
Foster Kids Find College Help After âAging Outâ
Community colleges in several states are working to establish stronger support systems for former foster-care children, who are more likely to wind up homeless or in jail than earn a degree as they struggle to overcome unstable lives.
March 16, 2009
HBCUs
Earmarks Helpful for Minority-serving Institutions Struggling In Tough Economy
With Congress completing work on a $410 billion omnibus spending bill, minority-serving institutions can point to some tangible funding gains in the first months of 2009 with the possibility of more gains ahead.
March 12, 2009
Faculty & Staff
HBCUs File Lawsuits Against Accrediting Agency
As one historically Black university resolves litigation with the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education, another, Hampton University, ignites a similar suit against the same agency to restore the reputation of what school officials call âa provenâ pharmacy program.
March 10, 2009
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