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Leadership & Policy
Virginia Tech To Honor Schoolâs First Black Graduate
Virginia Tech will honor the universityâs first Black graduate at an event Nov. 2.
October 24, 2010
African-American
Miss. University Conference Focuses on Civil Rights History
A University of Southern Mississippi conference late last week highlighted the role of key activists and local foot soldiers who helped change the racial landscape of the South during the civil rights movement.
October 24, 2010
Leadership & Policy
New Plans, Including One From Alumna, Presented To Keep Art Collection Intact at Fisk
A splinter group of alumni of financially troubled Fisk University, publicly asserting its opposition to the schoolâs plan to raise badly needed money by selling half its ownership in the Alfred Stieglitz Collection of photographs and art, has emerged with a $2.6 million plan it says will generate enough money annually to cover the costs of caring for and exhibiting the collection and give school officials time to find other ways to raise funds for the historic institution.
October 24, 2010
Students
Opinion: Meeting the Needs of Diverse Students In U.S. Higher Education
We must fashion higher education to meet the demands of diverse students rather than trying to get students to match a system that was never created for them, urges the Misericordia University associate vice president for academic affairs.
October 21, 2010
African-American
Scholar Documents Purported Tale of a 19th Century Body Snatcher
Virginia Commonwealth University professor documents story of âinside manâ who allegedly stole cadavers from Black cemeteries in Richmond, Va. for the local medical college in the 19th century.
October 21, 2010
African-American
Miss. Official: University Merger Dead Issue in 2011 Session
Mississippi Higher Education Commissioner Hank Bounds Jr. says he expects a proposal to merge or close some universities to have no support in the 2011 legislative session.
October 20, 2010
Leadership & Policy
Andrew Brimmer Retires as Tuskegee University Board Chairman
The longest-serving member of the Tuskegee University board of trustees, Dr. Andrew Brimmer, is retiring.
October 20, 2010
Faculty & Staff
U.S. Colleges Cutting Courses to Curtail Campus Costs
Reducing or streamlining curriculum has been a difficult yet unavoidable measure at many schools during the recession.
October 20, 2010
African-American
ACE Report: Colleges More Diverse, but Racial Gaps Persist
While U.S. colleges have grown more racially diverse in recent years, minority students still lag behind on key measures of academic progress, a new American Council on Education report says.
October 19, 2010
African-American
Purdue Naming Library After Black Alumnus
Purdue University is renovating a library that will become the first major campus facility to be named for a Black alumnus.
October 18, 2010
African-American
ETS Achievement Gap Conference Focuses on Families and Academic Development
At a time when a national debate rages over whether charter schools are better than traditional public schools in abating the achievement gap, a Washington conference sought to refocus attention on strengthening the family.
October 18, 2010
Students
With Record Gift to Saint Leo University, Latino Businessman Gives New Meaning to Online Donation
Online alumnusâ $4 million donation calls attention to the need for colleges and universities to tailor giving messages for online graduates who have a different experience and sense of engagement than traditional students.
October 17, 2010
African-American
Texas Southern Launches Maritime Degree Program â A First for an HBCU
In an effort to improve diversity in maritime industry, Texas Southern University, using funds from the Port of Houston Authority, has launched a new Bachelor of Science Degree in Maritime Transportation Management and Security â the first undergraduate degree program of its kind at a HBCU.
October 17, 2010
African-American
Obituary: William Arthur âBuddyâ Blakey
William Arthur âBuddyâ Blakey, 67, whose contributions to and advocacy for public and private Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) spanned more than five decades, died Oct. 13.
October 14, 2010
Students
Amid Rampant Budget Cutting, U.S. Colleges Anticipate Tough Academic Year
U.S. colleges and universities search for ways to function effectively on fewer resources and adapt to a sluggish national economic recovery.
October 14, 2010
African-American
In U.S., Hispanics Outlive Whites, Blacks by Years
U.S. Hispanics can expect to outlive Whites by more than two years and Blacks by more than seven, government researchers say in a startling report that is the first to calculate Hispanic life expectancy in this country.
October 13, 2010
African-American
Latino Men See Dramatic Jump as First-year Medical School Students
While the number of first-year enrollees to U.S. medical schools has gradually risen in recent years, the demographic with the most dramatic jump was among Hispanic males whose medical school enrollment increased by 17.1 percent over last year.
October 13, 2010
African-American
Number of Education Civil Rights Complaints on the Rise
The U.S. Department of Educationâs Office of Civil Rights received nearly 7,000 complaints this fiscal year, an 11-percent increase and the largest jump in at least 10 years, according to data provided by the department.
October 12, 2010
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