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Section: Institutions > HBCUs
African-American
UNCF Green Building Institute Focuses on Helping Schools Find Funds, Save on Costs
Obama administration officials and environmental and finance experts advised at the UNCF Building Green Learning Institute on how UNCF campuses can enhance sustainability measures within buildings while saving on costs.
June 19, 2011
HBCUs
UNAIDS Summit Launches ‘Countdown to Zero’ Plan; Nations With High Numbers of Pregnant Women With HIV Targeted
In a new report released by UNAIDS, advocates call for HIV and AIDS education as early as elementary school.
June 12, 2011
Students
NCAA President Mark Emmert: Increased Emphasis on Student-Athlete Academic Performance Due in Part to Reforms
There’s a greater emphasis on the performance of student-athletes in the classroom—thanks in part to academic reforms of the National Collegiate Athletic Association over the past decade, NCAA president Mark Emmert told a national group of academic advisors on Saturday.
June 5, 2011
African-American
MSIs Seek To Defy Budget Trend By Lobbying for New Teacher Education Program
Under the proposal to Congress, a minority-serving college or university could obtain $500,000 a year for five years for enhancements to teacher education programs.
June 2, 2011
Leadership & Policy
FAMU and Tennessee State Join HBCUsOnline Roster
HBCUsOnline, an online education services company, has partnered with Florida A & M University and Tennessee State University.
May 31, 2011
Leadership & Policy
Saint Paul’s Athletes Face School With No Sports
More than 250 student athletes at St. Paul’s College are left with a tough decision — stay at the historically Black Virginia college and give up their sport or transfer in hopes of finding a new team and a new academic home.
May 30, 2011
Students
HBCU Conference Schools Take Big Hits in Latest NCAA Academic Progress Report
The NCAA banned Jackson State and Southern of the Southwestern Athletic Conference from postseason play in football next season and did the same thing for Southern and Grambling in men’s basketball.
May 24, 2011
Latinx
Influential Speakers Inspire 2011 Graduates to Pursue the American Dream
This spring, minority-serving institutions, including historically Black colleges and universities and Hispanic-serving institutions, are hosting a number of influential leaders as graduation speakers.
May 22, 2011
African-American
SUNO/UNO Merger Scrapped for Lack of Support
House Speaker Jim Tucker, sponsor of the legislation, said that he doesn’t have the two-thirds support needed for passage and doesn’t expect to be able to get the votes this legislative session.
May 18, 2011
HBCUs
U.S. Higher Education Confronts Historic Financial Challenges, Part II
Diverse convened an expert panel to dissect the financial condition of public and private institutions. This is the second installment of a two-part series.
May 11, 2011
African-American
International Outreach Undertaken by Thurgood Marshall College Fund Schools
The Thurgood Marshall College Fund has launched an International Collaboration Group (ICG) as part of an extensive global outreach effort by public HBCUs represented by the fund.
May 9, 2011
Students
La. Gov. Bobby Jindal Defends SUNO/UNO Merger in House Committee
Merging historically Black Southern University at New Orleans with the largely White University of New Orleans would give students better educational opportunities, Gov. Bobby Jindal told a Louisiana House committee.
May 4, 2011
African-American
Howard, Yale Debaters Meet in Third Annual Great Debate
The first debate topic was whether society should create more privately-operated public charter schools; the second was whether Washington, D.C. should be granted statehood.
May 1, 2011
Students
Race Complaints Persist With La. Governor Jindal’s Plan To Merge Schools
Gov. Bobby Jindal’s proposal renews a politically and racially charged argument that pops up periodically in the roughly 20 states that have public, four-year institutions known as historically Black colleges and universities.
April 27, 2011
HBCUs
Conference Spurs Participants To Consider Higher Education Diversity Challenges
Inclusivity was the buzzword on Wednesday at the annual Diversity in Higher Education Conference at Duke University, and ideas sparked by the discussions about improving inclusion were shared among participants.
April 27, 2011
African-American
Historically Black Schools Turning to Capital Campaigns
While planned giving campaigns are not a new phenomenon, the fundraising strategy might spell salvation for cash-strapped HBCUs.
April 26, 2011
Faculty & Staff
Online Education Made Possible With College, Management Firm Partnerships
For schools and the online learning management companies that serve them, offering full-degree online programs is more than just an academic pursuit.
April 19, 2011
Students
UNCF Study Shows HBCUs Chosen for Small Faculty-Student Ratio, Sense of Belonging
Study authors report that attending HBCUs allows students to “benefit from positive cultural experiences around being Black that they may not have received during their formal elementary and secondary education experiences.”
April 18, 2011
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