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Section: Institutions > HBCUs
Disabilties
Portland State University Settles Lawsuit over Service Dog
Deaf student Cindy Leland claimed the university wouldn’t allow her and her dog to live in an on-campus apartment with carpeting or work in a science lab.
February 16, 2014
Students
Hearings Begin to Consider if College Players are Employees
A federal agency kicked off the first in a series of hearings on whether to approve a bid by Northwestern University football players to unionize.
February 12, 2014
Latinx
Farm Bill Gives Central State Land-Grant Status; New Grant Program for HSIs
The Agricultural Act of 2014 will authorize a new program for Hispanic-serving institutions to work with agricultural workers and designate Ohio’s Central State with land-grant status.
February 11, 2014
Students
Lawyer: Hazing Charges at University of Georgia Unfounded
An attorney representing at least one of 11 University of Georgia students accused of hazing says allegations that pledges were beaten are false.
February 9, 2014
Leadership & Policy
Chancellor’s Contract Terminated at Southern University-Baton Rouge
Southern University System’s board of supervisors voted not to renew Baton Rouge chancellor James Llorens’ contract when it expires June 30.
February 9, 2014
HBCUs
Florida Memorial Selects First Female President
Roslyn Clark Artis is an attorney and former provost at Mountain State University in West Virginia.
February 5, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Hampton University President Harvey Giving $1M-Plus to Talladega College
Dr. William R. Harvey and his wife, Norma, have given the money to help establish a museum that will be home to the renowned Hale Woodruff Amistad Murals.
February 5, 2014
HBCUs
Felicia McInnis Nave Defies Boundaries for Women in STEM
This 2014 Emerging Scholar is not only a chemical engineering professor and university administrator, but she is also a vocal supporter of women and African-Americans in STEM.
January 30, 2014
African-American
SiriusXM Radio Channel Broadcasts the HBCU Experience
Launched in November, the Howard University Radio Network manages the HBCU Channel on SiriusXM channel 142 to showcase the Black college experience.
January 28, 2014
Students
Feds Reviewing Pa. Student’s Bomb Arrest
The FBI and federal prosecutors were reviewing allegations against a college student from Russia who has been charged with possessing bomb-making and marijuana-growing materials, though police acknowledge the suspect told them he wasn’t planning on “blowing anything up.”
January 27, 2014
Students
Feds reviewing Pa. student’s bomb arrest
PITTSBURGH (AP) – The FBI and federal prosecutors were reviewing allegations against a college student from Russia who has been charged with possessing bomb-making and marijuana-growing materials, though police acknowledge the suspect told them he wasn’t planning on “blowing anything up.”
January 27, 2014
Students
U. of Michigan Students Seeking Diversity to Meet With School Officials
University of Michigan students seeking to promote racial diversity at the school are expected to meet with university officials today.
January 23, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Protesting Utah Student Pays Tuition in $1 Bills
A University of Utah student says he paid his tuition bill with 2,000 one-dollar bills as a silent protest against the rising cost of college.
January 23, 2014
Faculty & Staff
HBCUs Need to Seek Leaders from Nontraditional Sources
In this environment of limited educational funds, stable leadership is the key to ensuring the health of any university. However, unsteady leadership acutely impacts historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). With the recent departure of Alcorn State University’s former president, M. Christopher Brown, another HBCU has seen a change in leadership. Unfortunately, some of these […]
January 19, 2014
HBCUs
Fla. College Graduation Rates Called ‘Unacceptable’
FORT MYERS, Fla.—Graduation rates at some Florida universities are being called unacceptable
January 16, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Miss. Universities Seek $20M to Fund Aid Formula
JACKSON, Miss.—The board that oversees state-run universities in Mississippi says it needs more money to complete the transition to a new formula for dispensing funds to the state’s eight public universities.
January 15, 2014
HBCUs
Alabama State Bans President from Campus Cohabitation
An Alabama university has barred its incoming president from living in her required campus home with any romantic interest as long as she remains unmarried.
January 15, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Univ. of Utah Investigates Clinic’s Sperm Mix-Up
The University of Utah is investigating a complaint that a convicted felon working at a fertility clinic replaced a customer’s sperm with his own, fathering a girl 21 years ago.
January 13, 2014
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