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Enrolling vs. Serving Latino Students

For Hispanic-serving institutions, there’s a difference between enrolling and really ‘serving’ Latino students.

September 16, 2009

Faculty & Staff

Survey Shows More Diversity and Higher Graduation Rates at Public HBCUs

Public Historically Black Colleges and Universities have grown and expanded in the last 20 years, making their students and faculty among the most intellectually and racially diverse in higher education, according to a survey released Monday.

September 13, 2009

The Coca-Cola Company Gives $7.2 Million to Atlanta University Center

Spelman College, Morehouse College and Clark Atlanta University will receive millions from the Coca-Cola Company. Coca-Cola made the announcement Tuesday. According to Reuters, Spelman will receive $1.2 million, Morehouse and Clark Atlanta will receive $6 million. This support will assist students at these Atlanta-based historically black colleges and universities with scholarship funds where economic hardship […]

September 8, 2009

Howard, Va. Tech Join U.S. Intelligence Program

Howard University and Virginia Tech have joined 19 other colleges and universities in developing national security studies that support critical skills needed by intelligence agencies. According to The Washington Post, the $2.5 million academic program, which is funded by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, is designed to teach undergraduates skills that the […]

September 7, 2009

Swine Flu Causes Stillman to Cancel Home Football Game

Stillman College canceled its home football opener against Clark Atlanta because of swine flu, college officials announced.

September 7, 2009

LEGAL BATTLES CONTINUE IN FIGHT FOR EQUITY IN MARYLAND HIGHER EDUCATION

In an ongoing struggle to right past wrongs, lawyers, community activists and students are awaiting their chance in court to make all Maryland universities equal and to reverse policies they say serve to weaken HBCUs.

September 2, 2009

NOTEWORTHY NEWS: UNFINISHED BUSINESS

Retiring Morgan State President Earl Richardson says his school has accomplished a great deal, but could do more with equitable support from the state.

September 2, 2009

Unprecedented Federal Support Predicted for HBCUs

At the conclusion of the 2009 National Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Week Conference, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan told a gathering of Black college leaders Wednesday that he predicts HBCUs will receive “unprecedented” levels of financial support under the Obama administration.

September 2, 2009

While Smaller Colleges Weather Recession, Private HBCUs Face Unique Challenges

Small- and middle-sized independent colleges have fared the economic recession well during the past six months, but historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in that category face special problems, according to Dr. Richard Ekman, president of the Council of Independent Colleges.

September 2, 2009

Minority-Serving Institutions Seek Long-Term Funding Increases

Advocates seek additional funding through a couple of bills under consideration in Congress.

September 2, 2009

Unfinished Business

Retiring Morgan State President Earl Richardson says his school has accomplished a great deal but could do more with equitable support from the state.

September 2, 2009

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Legal Battles Continue in Fight for Equity in Maryland Higher Education

In an ongoing struggle to right past wrongs, lawyers, community activists and students are awaiting their chance in court to make all Maryland universities equal and to reverse policies they say serve to weaken historically Black universities. At the heart of the case, The Coalition for Equity and Excellence in Maryland Higher Education v. Maryland […]

September 2, 2009

HBCU Leaders Urged to Innovate

Invoking the rich history of historically Black colleges and universities in the U.S., Dr. John S. Wilson Jr., the newly appointed executive director of the White House Initiative on HBCUs urged several hundred administrators and faculty members from these institutions as well as federal government officials Tuesday to develop innovative approaches for improving Black schools.

September 1, 2009

Financial Advice Offered to HBCU Leaders

Despite diminished endowments and decreased donor and public support undermining the finances of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) this past year, Black schools can pursue a number of strategies to restore their fiscal health, a panel of business and investment professionals told Black college leaders at the annual HBCU Week conference in Washington, D.C.

August 31, 2009

HBCU Leaders Gather for ‘Seizing Capacity to Thrive’ HBCU Conference

Organizers of the 2009 National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Conference taking place now through Wednesday hope attendees will come away with the confidence that the Obama administration cares about Black colleges, and with the optimism that the relationship between the U.S. government and Black colleges will improve.

August 30, 2009

LASTWORD: Strange Bedfellows and HBCUs – The Politics behind the Black College Act

An insider captures the behind-the-scenes events that led up to the passing of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Act.

August 19, 2009

Leadership & Policy

ASSIGNMENTS GETTING TOUGHER FOR TRUSTEES

When Miami Attorney Larry R. Handfield joined the board of trustees of Bethune-Cookman University, the oversight drill for the trustees of the small, historically Black liberal arts institution in Florida was routine as it was for most schools around the country: ensure the president was not running amok with the schools money or mission, help put out occasional “fires,” and secure or deliver a favor to and from the school on occasion.

August 19, 2009

THINKING OUTSIDE THE FUNDRAISING BOX

After Dr. Larry Earvin became Huston-Tillotson University president, he crafted an annual black-tie gala to raise scholarship funds.

August 19, 2009