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Section: Institutions > HBCUs
Students
After Leaving UNCF, Labor Union Goes With Thurgood Marshall College Fund
AFSCME, one of the largest labor unions in the country, severed its ties with the United Negro College Fund earlier this summer over its decision to accept money from the controversial Koch brothers.
September 21, 2014
Disabilties
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Kurt Schmoke Looks to Raise University of Baltimore’s Profile Diverse Conversations: Three Ways HBCUs Can Avoid Dying Out NYU’s Initiative for Women With Disabilities Provides Holistic Wellness Services Wilberforce University Moving Closer to Naming President
September 18, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Venue Hearing Set in Ex-Penn State President Suit
A federal judge has scheduled a Nov. 14 hearing to determine whether former Penn State president Graham Spanier’s defamation suit against former FBI director Louis Freeh should be heard in federal court or in Centre County where it was filed.
September 18, 2014
Students
Oakwood University Professor Creates First HBCU-Developed MOOC
Colleagues hope Dr. Keith Augustus Burton’s creation will put HBCUs square in the mix of the growing educational trend.
September 18, 2014
HBCUs
Police Resume Search for Missing University of Virginia Student
Hannah Elizabeth Graham is the fourth young woman to go missing in the area in the past five years.
September 16, 2014
Students
Diverse Conversations: Three Ways HBCUs Can Avoid Dying Out
Despite grasping for a place at the table when it comes to American education, HBCUs are still an important component of U.S. college education.
September 15, 2014
Students
WWU President Won’t Be Offering Budget Cut Ideas
Every two years for at least a decade, the governor and the Legislature have asked public university and college presidents to project what kind.
September 14, 2014
Leadership & Policy
University of Illinois Trustees Vote Against Hiring Controversial Professor
University of Illinois trustees on Thursday voted not to hire a professor whose anti-Israel Twitter messages were deemed anti-Semitic by some, raising the likelihood of a lawsuit and further campus protests.
September 11, 2014
Students
Study: College Affordability Metrics Don’t Match HBCUs’ Mission
The conclusion is that HBCUs and other minority serving institutions with large numbers of underrepresented, first-generation, and/or low-income students will likely be disadvantaged.
September 10, 2014
Students
For HBCUs, Investing in Education Abroad a Key to Marketplace Success
HBCU students need a tactical “education abroad” approach, one that synthesizes global literacy, academic achievement and career development.
September 10, 2014
HBCUs
Ball Boys to Court: Reinstate Boeheim Slander Suit
Two former Syracuse University ball boys urged the state’s highest court Tuesday to reinstate their slander lawsuit against basketball head coach Jim Boeheim.
September 9, 2014
Students
Colleges Urged to Take Advising of Underrepresented Students to Deeper Level
Experts say faculty and administrators must teach students to master the “hidden curriculum” at their respective institutions.
September 8, 2014
HBCUs
University of Michigan Student Files Complaint Over Rape Threat
A student has filed a federal complaint against the University of Michigan that says the school didn’t protect him after another student threatened him with rape.
September 4, 2014
African-American
Norman Francis Stepping Down in 2015 as Xavier University President
Dr. Norman C. Francis, the nation’s longest serving university president, announced today that he plans to retire next year as president of Xavier University in New Orleans, nearly 47 years after he first assumed the post.
September 4, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Purdue Still Wants Ex-Chancellor Report Kept Secret
Purdue University is continuing efforts to keep secret a report about the ouster of the Fort Wayne campus chancellor, even though federal and state judges have ruled it isn’t protected by attorney-client privilege.
September 3, 2014
HBCUs
Princeton University Worker Told to Choose Medical Pot or Job
A Princeton University employee and marijuana legalization activist said Tuesday he has been told by his employer to choose between medical marijuana and his job.
September 2, 2014
LGBTQ+
Longtime Tennessee Civil Rights Lawyer Dies at 86
George Barrett, a longtime Tennessee civil rights lawyer known for handling a case that ultimately desegregated the state’s public colleges and universities, has died.
August 27, 2014
African-American
Black Culture Centers Embracing Multiculturalism and Intellectual Conversation
From a proposal in 1987 to create a national network of Black culture centers, the ABCC grown into an international and multicultural organization.
August 27, 2014
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