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Section: Institutions > HBCUs
HBCUs
Fisk Turns to Seasoned Fund-raiser to Reverse its Fortunes
University no longer pinning its financial future on sale of priceless art.
May 30, 2007
HBCUs
Post Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans HBCUs Invest in Better Communication Systems, Training
Nearly two years after Hurricane Katrina’s floodwaters demolished much of New Orleans, officials at the city’s hard hit historically Black universities are busy updating their disaster plans in the face of another hurricane season.
May 23, 2007
HBCUs
A Prescription For Success
The Medical University of South Carolina says mentoring program is key to retaining minority medical students.
May 16, 2007
HBCUs
Study: HBCU Graduates Earn Less Than Black Graduates Of Traditionally White Institutions
A study by two economists gives more reasons for Blacks to attend traditionally White institutions over historically Black colleges and universities, further fueling the debate about the relevancy of the HBCUs.
May 16, 2007
Students
Grants & Gifts
Ball State University (Ind.) has received $200,000 from the Edmund F. and Virginia B. Ball Foundation to create the Telecommunications Merit Endowment Scholarship. The scholarship aims to benefit incoming freshmen and transfer students who are looking to major in telecommunications. Cheyney University (Pa.) has received a $350,000 donation from Ephren W. Taylor II, the youngest Black […]
May 16, 2007
Students
HBCUs Have A Responsibility To LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) Students
Campus silence is read as lack of support.
May 16, 2007
Students
Perspectives: Boosting Criminal Justice Education at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
African Americans make up about 45 percent of the prison population, but fewer than 200 minorities hold doctorates in criminology. HBCUs provide the perfect environment for nurturing minority criminologists, but they need resources.
May 13, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Bettering the Black College Paradigm
As president of Huston-Tillotson University, Dr. Larry L. Earvin knows that a successful capital campaign will do wonders for his small, historically Black private school in Austin, Texas.
May 9, 2007
HBCUs
Liberian President Johnson Sirleaf Is Among Commencement Speaker Class of 2007
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf will give the keynote address at commencement ceremonies at Langston University and Spelman College this month.
May 9, 2007
HBCUs
Fighting Environmental Racism
BATON ROUGE, La. The National Conference of Black Mayors unveiled a partnership Friday with environmental consultants Envirosource and Historically Black Colleges and Universities aimed at studying the impact of landfills on African-American communities.
May 3, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Supply and Demand Diversity
Minority-owned businesses are fighting for a place at the table in the lucrative higher education service industry.
May 2, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Bettering the Black College Paradigm
The UNCF’s new Institute for Capacity Building aims to help its member schools improve their operations and stability.
May 2, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Supply and Demand Diversity
Minority-owned businesses are fighting for a place at the table in the lucrative higher education service industry.
May 2, 2007
Students
HBCUs and Black Investment Banks: A Natural, Transformative Partnership
As the leadership of historically black colleges and universities positions their institutions to meet the growing challenges of the 21st century, I am excited by the potential of a partnership that has the possibilities of transformational empowerment for these institutions.
May 2, 2007
HBCUs
Study: HBCU Graduates Earn Less Than Black Graduates of TWIs
A study by two economists gives more reasons for Blacks to attend traditionally White institutions over historically Black colleges and universities, further fueling the debate about the relevancy of the HBCUs.
May 1, 2007
HBCUs
HBCU Players Vie for Attention in NFL Draft
While improved off-season regimens are helping the development of players at Black colleges, it’s hard to say the schools are enjoying a renaissance when it comes to supplying the NFL with talent.
April 25, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Lawmakers Work to Avoid State Takeover of Texas Southern
Black statehouse legislators are rushing to create legislation that would avoid a governor-appointed conservator from taking the helms of the financially troubled Texas Southern University in Houston.
April 22, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Panels Calls For Mississippi Valley State U. President To Step Down
ITTA BENA, Miss. The panel Mississippi Valley State President Lester Newman created to study problems at the university has called for his dismissal.
April 22, 2007
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