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Just the Stats: CRM Tools Help Boost Minority-Serving Institutions’ Enrollment

When institutions with deep pockets shift their marketing strategies to attract students by purchasing Constituent Relationship Management (CRM) tools, minority-serving institutions and community colleges with less resources have a hard time competing.

December 15, 2007

Just the Stats: What Public HBCU Coaches Are Paid, Part II

Last week, Diverse provided the results of a survey we conducted earlier this year on the compensation and salary packages of head coaches football at public historically Black colleges and universities.

December 13, 2007

Fisk Receives $3M in Grants; $1M Up Front

NASHVILLE Tenn. Financially-strapped Fisk University took a big step in its fundraising efforts with the announcement that it will receive grants totaling $3 million. The school announced Wednesday that the funds will come from the New York-based Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, which awards grants to historically Black colleges and universities, among several other endeavors. Fisk […]

December 12, 2007

Tom Joyner Foundation to Launch Full Ride Scholarship Program for HBCU Students

For one lucky student planning to attend a historically Black college or university next fall, the Tom Joyner Foundation is willing to pick up the entire tab.

December 12, 2007

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Poll: When Choosing a College, High School Students Say Diversity Matters

A new poll indicates that minority high school students believe that racial diversity is one of the most important factors when deciding which college they will attend.

December 9, 2007

Just the Stats: What Public HBCU Coaches Are Paid, Part I

Diverse recently conducted a survey in order to compare the compensation and salary packages of head coaches at public historically Black colleges and universities.

December 6, 2007

Historically Black Oakwood Set to Become University Next Year

HUNTSVILLE Ala. Oakwood College will become Oakwood University on Jan. 1, a name change that will make it Alabama’s 18th university. More than 125 delegates attending a constituency meeting at the school approved the name change Sunday. School President Delbert Baker said the change reflects “new horizons” at Oakwood. The historically Black college was founded […]

December 5, 2007

Addressing the Mental Health Ailments Facing Black College Students

BALTIMORE If the walls of Cicely Evans’ office could talk, they would tell of the mental health ailments facing Black college students, including domestic violence, depression, anxiety, stress, unresolved issues of homosexuality and thoughts of suicide.

November 28, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Duke’s New Wrongful Convictions Clinic Takes Shape

DURHAM, N.C. James E. Coleman Jr., a professor and associate dean at Duke University’s School of Law, says the lacrosse case in which three White students were wrongly charged in the alleged rape of a Black woman was not the catalyst for Duke’s new Wrongful Convictions Clinic and Innocence Project.

November 28, 2007

Growth In Minority Student Enrollment Gives Rise To More MSIs

More minority undergraduate students are enrolled in U.S. colleges and universities than ever before, and more of them are choosing minority-serving institutions such as historically Black colleges and universities, Asian-serving institutions and Hispanic-serving institutions.

November 27, 2007

Leadership & Policy

New University of Hawaii Chancellor Says School’s a Tarnished Jewel

HONOLULU The University of Hawaii’s new Manoa chancellor says the campus is a tarnished jewel.

November 20, 2007

New Leader Gives Troubled Texas College a Makeover

DALLAS (AP) — Jeans, flip-flops, sneakers, T-shirts, sweats. These define the college student wardrobe, right? Not at Paul Quinn College. Not anymore.

November 19, 2007

University of Houston Has a Beehive Jam

HOUSTON Most folks probably think Texans would have a simple way to handle a major insect infestation: Kill them varmints.

November 14, 2007

Second Acts

After reaching the pinnacles of their high-profile careers, two women, with ties to higher education, let their passions lead the way.

November 14, 2007

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From the Classroom to the Boardroom

When Thurgood Marshall College Fund officials discovered that corporations were not recruiting students at Black colleges as aggressively as students enrolled in traditionally White institutions, they sought a solution.

November 14, 2007

Leadership & Policy

What Color IsYour Parachute?

From the corporate recruitment of college students to retirement, the articles in our annual careers special report truly come full circle.

November 14, 2007

Second Acts

After reaching the pinnacles of their high-profile careers, two women, with ties to higher education, let their passions lead the way.

November 14, 2007

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$150,000 Bronze Statue Donated to College

ALVA, Okla. For almost a century, the image of the determined cowboy atop a bucking bronco has been the mascot for Northwestern Oklahoma State University.

November 11, 2007