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Section: Institutions > HBCUs
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 ‘prostitution’ 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 – 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 America’s 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
“When 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,” says Jerome Bailey, Dillard’s SGA president, and the author of the idea. He adds that if students “are dressed professionally from the first day on, it […]
September 11, 2012
HBCUs
Michigan Secretary of State Runs Mobile Campus Registration
Secretary of State Ruth Johnson says her department’s mobile office will stop on five university campuses this week to register voters.
September 10, 2012
Leadership & Policy
Engaging Latino Alumni: Basic Steps
Although often overlooked by those studying and working within the confines of mainstream philanthropy and higher education giving, 63 percent of Latino households give to charity.
September 6, 2012
Students
Football Classics Bring the HBCU Experience — and Their Marching Bands — to Big-time Arenas
There’s more to HBCU football classics than just the action on the field. They are weekend-long events, much like a school’s homecoming, only on a grander scale.
September 4, 2012
African-American
Public Affairs, Academic Symposium Launches HBCU Football Classic in Nation’s Capital
The AT&T Nation’s Football Classic kicked off at Howard University Thursday with a symposium that featured Black scholars from various science fields.
August 30, 2012
Faculty & Staff
Tennessee State University Faculty Leader Arrested
A vocal faculty member at Tennessee State University who has opposed university leadership was taken away from a meeting in handcuffs on Monday and removed as the chair of the faculty senate.
August 7, 2012
Students
N.C. Central Implements Sweeping Cost-Cutting Plan
Restructuring at North Carolina Central University — announced in February as being “most comprehensive” — involves the merging or phasing out of more than a dozen academic programs.
April 4, 2012
African-American
Chronicling the Life and Career of a Higher Education Giant — Norman Francis
In this unique series, Diverse: Issues In Higher Education honors the life and career of Xavier University of Louisiana President Norman Francis. For more than four decades, Francis has led the private, historically Black, New Orleans-based university to exemplary accomplishment and achievement. Diverse recounts the challenges Francis faced and triumphs that are credited to his leadership. Please read and join the discussions at the end of each story in the series. ENDPARAGRAPH
March 3, 2012
African-American
Commentary: Reframing the FAMU Tragedy
It’s been disappointing how Florida A&M University and the national news media have handled the death of FAMU marching band member Robert Champion, a Washington-based communications expert and strategist writes.
December 1, 2011
Students
Southern University System’s Online Program To Expand
Southern System President Ronald Mason Jr. said the project — gotosouthernuniversityonline.com — will help Southern attract more out-of-state and older, nontraditional students.
November 30, 2011
Students
Death of FAMU Band Member Puts Other Universities on Notice
With FAMU’s internationally known “Marching 100” band suspended for an indefinite period, presidents, student life officials and band directors at many schools say they are taking new steps to reinforce their anti-hazing policies.
November 29, 2011
African-American
Attorney Says Lawsuit Planned in FAMU Band Death
The family of a Florida A&M University drum major who died in what authorities suspect was a hazing incident will sue the school, an attorney said Friday.
November 27, 2011
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