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Section: Institutions
African-American
Building the village: one scientist at a time – university professor’s program for minority high school students
When Dr. Billy Joe Evans was in high school, his parents couldn’t pay for the exam that would permit him to attend college early. So one of his teachers paid. “That’s the kind of commitment we need from the village,” he says, alluding to the African proverb that “it takes a village to raise a child.”
June 16, 2007
HBCUs
The line forms to the right – presidential election prospects for black higher education
As the curtain rises on the 1996 presidential campaign, a four-year old scenario appears to be repeating itself:
June 15, 2007
Students
Going after the high-flying scholars: Florida A & M University ranks among the best in enticing high school best and brightest – Recruitment & Retention
FAMU Ranks Among theBest in Enticing High School Best and Brightest.
June 15, 2007
Students
Priming the pump – University of Virginia School of Medicine program has historically Black institutions as recruitment partners – Recruitment & Retention
UVa Program Involves HBCUs in Recruiting Minority Medical Students.
June 15, 2007
Students
On-line and loving it – historically Black colleges and universities going on-line to lure students and research funding – Recruitment & Retention
New Students, Research Dollars Lured via Internet Web Pages by a Growing Number of HBCUs.
June 15, 2007
Students
1996 Ad
Higher education programs got a partial reprieve recently when Congress and the Clinton administration declared a truce in their budget battle and provided important funding, along with student aid guidelines that will last through mid-March.
June 15, 2007
African-American
Back to the ‘schoolhouse.’ – James Hood returns to University of Alabama for a doctorate degree – Recruitment & Retention
When James Hood integrated the University of Alabama under the watchful eye of a national television audience in 1963, education was the farthest career from his mind. He was planning to earn a degree, enter a seminary and become a minister. More than three decades later, Hood has returned to the university where he and Vivian Malone, the other Black student who enrolled with him, defied then Gov. George Wallace’s pledge to prevent desegregation efforts to earn a doctorate degree and to continue to nurture his love of education. That love has been focused for many years on community college education.
June 15, 2007
Community Colleges
Angry & determined: we need an open dialogue on race – excerpt from James D. Tschechtelin’s speech, president of Baltimore City Community College – Transcript
The following is excerpted from a recent address given by Dr. James D. Tschechtelin, president of Baltimore City Community College.
June 15, 2007
Community Colleges
Seamless system – financial problem of public higher education in the US
WASHINGTON As funding problems persist, state legislators are looking to increase tuition and raise admissions standards at public four-year colleges, making community colleges the primary access to higher education, according to a new survey of state legislators released here this month.
June 15, 2007
Latinx
Washington update
22 Black Colleges Risk Losing Student Loan Eligibility Status.
June 15, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Being presidential in dixie – African-Americans as presidents at traditionally white colleges
Black Academics Finding Fewer Barriers At Traditionally White Colleges.
June 15, 2007
HBCUs
Shutdown blues: between budget debate and blizzard, colleges take a double-barreled blast
Washington — Higher education found itself trapped-recently between conflicting air masses — an icy blast from a howling winter and the hot air of a fractious Congress-White House debate.
June 15, 2007
Sports
Presidential transitions – the appointment of the president of Smith College
Higher education rode a roller coaster in 1995, a year of actions that provoked rage and hope, sorrow and joy.
June 15, 2007
Latinx
Efforts Underway To Thwart Controversial Upward Bound Changes
Tucked into a U.S. House of Representatives higher education bill this week is a plan to scuttle a controversial evaluation of the Upward Bound program that would require grantees to enroll twice as many students as necessary and then provide no services to some of the youth as part of a research experiment.
June 14, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Laying Out a Blueprint for Diversity
Community colleges at forefront of efforts to bridge yawning architecture diversity gap.
June 13, 2007
Community Colleges
Conference: Community Colleges May Be Best Hope to Close Achievement Gap
Minority, low-income students continue to be left behind academically.
June 13, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Laying Out a Blueprint for Diversity
Community colleges at forefront of efforts to bridge yawning architecture diversity gap.
June 13, 2007
Latinx
House Committee Approves Increase in Pell Grant, New Funding For Black Colleges
The House education committee on Wednesday approved a higher education bill that would increase Pell Grants, cut lender subsidies and make wide-ranging changes to help low-income students and minority-serving colleges.
June 13, 2007
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