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Section: Institutions > HBCUs
HBCUs
Report Challenges University of Virginia to Address Racial Past
The University and Community Action for Racial Equality organization has challenged the University of Virginia to do more to recognize and âaddress its past of racial disharmony,â The Daily Progress newspaper in Charlottesville, Va., has reported.
September 25, 2012
HBCUs
HBCU Week Conference: Black College Leaders Urged to Improve Institutional Performance
In a session on trusteeship, HBCU trustees and administrators are challenged to attract donors in a time of declining revenues by discarding old ideas about uplift and focus on boosting productivity and performance in ways that rival the most prestigious institutions.
September 25, 2012
HBCUs
Ohio State President Spends $7.7 Million to Travel, Entertain
A newspaper investigation finds that Ohio State University President E. Gordon Gee has spent $7.7 million on top of his record-setting compensation to travel, entertain, and maintain his 9,600-square-foot mansion.
September 24, 2012
Students
Perspective: Building an Engine of Opportunity
After four decades of executive leadership in higher education, the recently retired chancellor and CEO of North Carolina Central University writes that he is launching the Destination Graduation Initiative.
September 24, 2012
HBCUs
Book Review: Mapping Out a Blueprint for Fundraising Success
New book by Dr. Marybeth Gasman and Nelson Bowman zeros in on critical need for HBCUs to engage in robust fundraising.
September 23, 2012
HBCUs
LSU Police Arrest Louisiana Man in Bomb Threat
Police arrested a Baton Rouge man in the bomb threat that led to the evacuation of the LSU campus earlier this week but donât believe he is connected to threats made against three other universities recently.
September 20, 2012
African-American
Speculation Heats Up on HBCU Presidential Searches
As top college administrators gather in Washington for the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week conference, networking conversations are likely to be laced with a unique kind of name dropping: who is in the running for the presidency of what college?
September 20, 2012
African-American
HBCUs Putting Special Emphasis on National Hazing Prevention Week
With the issue of hazing transformed in the past year into a major discussion topic, more historically Black colleges and universities are planning special events on the issue built around National Hazing Prevention Week.
September 19, 2012
Latinx
Hispanic Heritage Art Exhibit at HBCU Aims to âPull the Walls Downâ
North Carolina Central University Art Museum runs Colores, an exhibition of work by Hispanic artists, through Sept. 21 to commemorate Hispanic Heritage Month.
September 18, 2012
Sports
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Hires First African-American Woman as Commissioner
Jacqie Carpenter was hired last month as the first African-American female head of the CIAA.
September 18, 2012
Faculty & Staff
UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor to Resign Amid Scandals
UNC chancellor to step down next year in the wake of scandals involving academic fraud, improper travel spending by fundraisers and special treatment for athletes.
September 17, 2012
Sports
Commentary: When a Football Game Sends the Wrong Message
Law professor Aaron N. Taylor laments what he calls the âprostitutionâ of Black football programs.
September 16, 2012
Students
Man Shot on Morgan State Campus
Authorities say a man who was shot in the student center on the campus of Morgan State University is in serious condition at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
September 13, 2012
African-American
Analysis: A Call to Accountability â The HBCU Board
Major studies of nonprofit boards have identified board recruitment as one of the most significant challenges, TMCF chief Johnny Taylor writes.
September 13, 2012
Leadership & Policy
Minority Education Think Tank to Launch Online
A new online education think tank that aims to expand the involvement of people of color in the growing national debate over how best to educate Americaâs children is being launched this week.
September 12, 2012
Leadership & Policy
New Document Filing Expected To Boost Fisk University Efforts to Have Accreditation Reaffirmed
Fisk University has filed a monitoring report as part of efforts to persuade a powerful Southern Association of Colleges and Schools accrediting agency to lift the Nashville-based HBCU from probation, a status it has held for nearly two years.
September 11, 2012
HBCUs
Dillard University Male Students Mark First Day of School by Wearing Suits
âWhen young men come to college, they have no idea what the image of a college man is, so I wanted their first image to be a man of honor,â says Jerome Bailey, Dillardâs SGA president, and the author of the idea. He adds that if students âare dressed professionally from the first day on, it [âŚ]
September 11, 2012
HBCUs
Michigan Secretary of State Runs Mobile Campus Registration
Secretary of State Ruth Johnson says her departmentâs mobile office will stop on five university campuses this week to register voters.
September 10, 2012
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