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Section: Demographics > African-American
African-American
Southern Faculty Oppose University’s Higher Admission Standards
The Southern University Faculty Senate voted Thursday to oppose recently approved increases in admission standards.
April 4, 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
Virginia College To Examine Its Racial History
The College of William and Mary is examining its role as a slave owner and its discrimination against Black people for decades after the Civil War and will look at current race relations.
April 1, 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
African-American
Preserving Black History, With Help From the Smithsonian
Smithsonian Institution officials hope the “Save Our African-American Treasures” tour also will turn up items for a national museum of Black American culture, set to open on the National Mall in Washington by 2015.
March 29, 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
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
African-American
HBCU Leaders Consider Partnerships Key to Remaining Competitive in Online Era
Creating partnerships to link students across campuses and offering online academic programs to students were two of the solutions presidents of some of the country’s historically Black colleges and universities say will help keep their institution competitive as more options for higher education emerge.
March 21, 2010
African-American
Black College Leaders Briefed on Historic Health Care, Education Legislation
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and other congressional leaders addressed representatives from the nation’s Black colleges and universities just hours before Democratic leaders released a bill that combined highly sought education funding and student loan reform with historic legislation that aims to revamp U.S. health care.
March 18, 2010
African-American
The Black College and Globalization
America’s Black colleges want to internationalize their campuses and send their students abroad, but inadequate access to resources keeps many of these institutions restricted to U.S. shores, according to a 2005 study by the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) organization. On Thursday, NAFEO sponsored an International Day during its annual national conference in Washington to match international organizations and their programs with Black colleges and universities.
March 18, 2010
African-American
Tulane University Institute Finds Racial Divide Over Post-Katrina Public School Changes
In survey of New Orleans residents, the university’s Cowen Institute for Public Education Initiatives found that a higher percentage of White voters (80 percent) than Black voters (57 percent) believe the state made the right decision in taking over most public schools in the city.
March 16, 2010
African-American
Prostate Cancer Screening Debate Explored at HBCU Symposium
Students, faculty and researchers from colleges and universities around the country gathered at Clark Atlanta University Monday to hear from some of the nation’s most renowned experts on prostate cancer.
March 15, 2010
African-American
Temple University Benefactor Donates Harriet Tubman Items to Smithsonian
Tourists will be able to see some rare, personal belongings of famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman when an African-American history museum opens on the National Mall. This week, historian Charles L. Blockson donated about 40 objects from Tubman’s life to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.
March 11, 2010
African-American
Obama Proposal Seeks to Consolidate Minority Undergraduate STEM Programs
Weighing a new approach for assisting minority college students in the sciences, the Obama administration has proposed the National Science Foundation consolidate major initiatives that target specific racial and ethnic groups for participation in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) disciplines into a single program.
March 10, 2010
African-American
First Lady to Deliver HBCU Commencement Address
First lady Michelle Obama will be the featured graduation speaker at three commencement ceremonies this spring, including the graduation at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, a historically Black institution.
March 9, 2010
Sports
Reviews: Catching Up on the Black History Book Bounty
Biographies of the legendary basketball coach Nolan Richardson and the late jazz singer Nina Simone were among the volumes released during the publishing industry’s February push to launch books documenting the Black experience in America.
March 8, 2010
Leadership & Policy
Women Leaders Honored at ACE Meeting
The American Council on Education honored Dr. Blenda Wilson, former president of California State University, Northridge, with the Donna Shavlik award Saturday, at the Women’s Leadership Dinner during ACE’s 92nd Annual Meeting being held through Tuesday in Phoenix.
March 7, 2010
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