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Sports
The Untold Stories of Black Athletes To Air on ESPN
A film about the injustices that defined the civil rights movement told through the eyes of basketball players and coaches from primarily historically Black colleges and universities will air on ESPN on March 16 and 17.
March 4, 2008
Asian American Pacific Islander
Diverse Calendar
March 13-15 Eleventh Annual Regional HBCU Summit on Retention “Improving Retention at HBCUs: Retention is a Shared Enterprise” Clarion Resort Hotel Ocean City,Md. Contact: Dr. Anne L. Gaskins-Nedd Phone: (301) 860-3687 e-mail: anedd@bowiestate.edu March 14-15 Faculty Resource Network at New York University “The Molecules of Life: A National Dissemination Conference” Grand Hyatt Atlanta Phone: (212) […]
March 3, 2008
Students
Babson College Meets Changing Needs With Diversity Officer
Dr. Elizabeth Thornton, Babson College’s newly appointed chief diversity officer, wasn’t hired to mitigate a highly charged climate of racial violence or vandalism or to appease student and faculty complaints on multiculturalism.
March 2, 2008
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HBCUs
UNCF Partners with Public Policy Organization to Recruit HBCU Students for Fellowship Program
The United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corporation is helping the Institute for International Public Policy Fellowship Program recruit more students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
February 28, 2008
HBCUs
ETS and HBCU Deans Work to Improve Students’ Praxis Scores
Deans and other administrators from teacher-education programs at historically Black colleges and universities who attended a conference at the Educational Testing Service here say they are taking back information to give their students a better chance at passing qualifying and certification tests.
February 21, 2008
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HBCUs
Alumni Giving To HBCUs Declined in 2007
Charitable contributions to colleges and universities increased in 2007, while alumni giving decreased, including a 6 percent drop at historically Black colleges and universities, according to a report released by the Council for Aid to Education (CAE).
February 20, 2008
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HBCUs
Morgan State Audit May Lead to Criminal Investigation
Auditors’ findings that Morgan State University made up to $2.4 million in “questionable” and duplicate payments to Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. may lead the state attorney general to launch a criminal investigation into the matter, according to a Baltimore Sun report. The auditors, who work for the Maryland state legislature, found contract irregularities with Morgan State’s […]
February 19, 2008
Faculty & Staff
Students to Study University of Maryland’s Ties To Slavery
The University of Maryland, College Park is the latest institution of higher education to announce plans to examine its ties to slavery, this time doing so with the help of students in a research course.
February 19, 2008
HBCUs
Audit: NC Central Administrator Stole Thousands in Grant Money
RALEIGH, N.C. A high-ranking administrator at North Carolina Central University stole thousands of dollars in federal research grant money, possibly to pay off personal items bought with his university credit card, according to a state audit released Tuesday. State Auditor Les Merritt said the assistant provost, who was not identified in the audit, also hid […]
February 12, 2008
African-American
Perspectives: The Future of Public HBCUs Depends On Exceptional Leadership
HBCUs make up 3 percent of colleges, but 23 percent of Black graduates. Surely, Black institutions add value to American higher education. The question is how can they contribute more?
February 10, 2008
Latinx
HEA Bill Passes, Despite White House Objection Over MSI Funding
The House of Representatives on Thursday approved a Higher Education Act bill even as the White House criticized some of its provisions, including two to boost support for minority-serving institutions.
February 7, 2008
HBCUs
Letters
HBCUS — STILL USEFUL AND VIABLE www.diverseeducation.com, “Perspectives: HBCUs and theComing Era of Growth and Service,” Jan. 17, 2008 I agree wholeheartedly with you, Mr. Larry Rivers. As a proud graduate of Fisk University, I remain dedicated to the philosophies of many of our HBCUs. Amid budget shortfalls and other educational crises, these institutions still […]
February 6, 2008
HBCUs
It’s Crunch Time for Fisk
Nashville HBCU heads back to court over art dispute, while also trying to meet a fundraising challenge.
February 6, 2008
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Leadership & Policy
Political Pitfalls for Presidents
The South Carolina State University Board of Trustees wasn’t in a very festive mood when they met this past December.
February 6, 2008
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HBCUs
Promoting HBCUs
Black colleges provide a superior education; they just need to toot their horns a little louder.
February 6, 2008
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Students
Study: Public HBCUs Are Not Funded Equitably Compared to Traditionally White Institutions
Public historically Black institutions are usually on the losing end when government dollars and permission to create graduate programs are being handed down, according to the new study, “Contemporary HBCUs: Considering Institutional Capacity and State Priorities.”
February 4, 2008
Latinx
President’s Budget ‘Shortchanges’ MSIs
Minority-serving colleges and universities would lose some of last year’s hard-fought funding gains under President Bush’s proposed education budget plan for next year.
February 4, 2008
Asian American Pacific Islander
Couple Gives $1M to UCLA to Boost Chinese-U.S. Relations
LOS ANGELES Two Bel-Air residents said they will donate $1 million to the University of California, Los Angeles, to set up the nation’s first endowed academic chair on U.S.-China relations and Chinese American studies. Walter and Shirley Wang, who own a plastic piping firm, said Friday they want to promote understanding of China in the […]
February 3, 2008
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