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Leadership & Policy
ASSIGNMENTS GETTING TOUGHER FOR TRUSTEES
When Miami attorney Larry R. Handfi eld joined the board of trustees of Bethune-Cookman University, the oversight drill for trustees of the small, historically Black liberal arts institution in Florida was routine as it was for most schools around the country: ensure the president was not running amok with the school’s money or mission, help put out occasional “fires,” and secure or deliver a favor to and from the school on occasion.
August 19, 2009
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HBCUs
Are Endowments Making a Rebound?
For more than a year, college endowments have been an investment train wreck, but things appear to be turning around.
August 13, 2009
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HBCUs
Woman with no known relatives donates large sum to university
A homeless woman who lived out of a shopping cart in Manhattan had secretly amassed a small fortune and stunned a university when she left it $100,000 upon her death.  According to NBC New York, the 92-year-old Holocaust survivor — who appeared destitute and had no known relatives — bequeathed the large sum to Hebrew […]
August 9, 2009
HBCUs
Community colleges play critical role in American Graduation Initiative
Higher education, particularly community colleges, has a significant role to play in helping the Obama administration achieve its goal of creating a more educated work force to boost the struggling U.S. economy, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Friday.
August 9, 2009
HBCUs
Rising Tuition Rates, Recession Having Impact on Students, Schools
Many of the nation’s colleges and universities are raising tuition for students this school year, and the economic recession is having an effect on several Minority-Serving Institutions.
August 6, 2009
African-American
CONFRONTING CLIMATE CHANGE
For more than two decades, Dr. Warren M. Washington, one of the nation’s leading meteorologists, has been among the U.S. scientists that have studied and predicted the long-term impact greenhouse gas emissions.
August 5, 2009
Latinx
WASHINGTON UPDATE – Power Players for HSIs and Tribal Colleges
In Washington, D.C., many individuals aspire to become power players. But the true test is the ability to influence policy and legislation.
August 5, 2009
HBCUs
Confronting Climate Change
A Black think tank convenes a commission to focus on the disparate impact of climate change on minority communities and help involve historically Black institutions in clean energy projects.
August 5, 2009
HBCUs
Ex-Nova Southeastern University janitors testify on firings
Several former janitors who worked at Nova Southeastern University testified before a federal labor judge Tuesday, saying that they were fired because they worked to have a union at the school three years ago.  According to the Miami Herald, this National Labor Relations Board case involves six workers, the Service Employees International Union and the […]
August 4, 2009
HBCUs
FAMU Law School Granted Full Accreditation
The Florida A&M University College of Law reached a milestone accomplishment last week when the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions granted full accreditation to the Orlando-based law school.
August 4, 2009
HBCUs
Historically black college alums network with students
Graduates of Historically Black Colleges and Universities are on a mission to ensure their alma maters are a visible option to North Carolina high school graduates and returning students.   According to the Daily Reflector, though many local alumni chapters are active advocates for their own schools, they joined together for the first time this […]
August 2, 2009
Faculty & Staff
HBCU Battle It Out
Highlights from the 2008 Honda Battle of the Bands, held in Atlanta. Music from North Carolina Central University’s marching band, Sound Machine, directed by Jorim E. Reid, is featured in the slide show.
July 28, 2009
Students
Sallie Mae Suffers Revenue Losses From Economy and Federal Loan Reforms
Sallie Mae, the largest private funding source for student loans, is under fire both from the recession and political reforms in student lending heralded by the Obama administration.
July 27, 2009
Faculty & Staff
New HBCU Initiative Leader Seeks to Forge Relationships Between HBCUs and Obama Administration
Dr. John Silvanus Wilson Jr. looks back at his days as a Morehouse College student as a time when faculty, staff and administrators formed a campus community that was nurturing and family-oriented – a distinguishing characteristic of many of the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities.
July 26, 2009
Leadership & Policy
REINVENTING ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS
To remain relevant, alumni associations must do more than plan class reunions and promote their schools, experts say.
July 22, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Reinventing Alumni Associations
To remain relevant, alumni associations must do more than plan class reunions and promote their schools, experts say.
July 22, 2009
HBCUs
Confederate Archives Find Unlikely Transcribers
When Ariel Brown was offered a chance to transcribe the correspondence of the first family of the Confederacy, the history major with a keen interest in the South seized the opportunity.
July 20, 2009
HBCUs
New Executive Director Named To Head White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced last Friday the appointment of Dr. John Silvanus Wilson Jr. as executive director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
July 19, 2009
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