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Lincoln U.: Tolson Gave to Wiley Students What He Received Here

Arguing that Melvin Tolson’s passion, eloquently portrayed by Denzel Washington in “The Great Debaters,” was harvested during his time as an undergraduate at Lincoln University, the Pennsylvania HBCU is on a crusade to claim Tolson as one of its own. Officials hope to reinvigorate debating competition among HBCUs and boost student participation in the Melvin B. Tolson Literary Society, founded at Lincoln in 1966.

January 14, 2008

Faculty & Staff

Robotics Education Spreads Among HBCUs

Dr. Andrew Williams’ teaching and research efforts has sparked a robotics education movement that now extends from Spelman College to several historically Black colleges and universities.

January 12, 2008

Grants and Gifts

Clark College’s Corporate Education (Wash.) unit has been awarded a $31,000 Job Skills Program (JSP) grant to provide training for Southwest Washington Medical Center. The grant will provide training for 25 SWMC directors, managers and supervisors on the topics of lean health care, training the trainer and leading change. The Kentucky Adult Learner Initiative has […]

January 9, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Michigan’s Only HBCU Struggling to Stay Afloat

Senior faculty members at Lewis College of Business in Detroit emerged from a recent meeting nervously optimistic. With the school on the brink of closure, that was all they could be, explains Deolis Allen, dean and chief academic officer of the school.

January 6, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Fisk Battles Donor Fatigue as Art Sale Bogs Down in Courts

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Despite two years of trying, Fisk University hasn’t been able to turn any of the valuable art donated by painter Georgia O’Keeffe into cash.

January 3, 2008

African-American

Letters

A ‘New Breed’ I think Christie is a wonderful example of the “new breed” of Indian law practitioners (see “Broadening the Legal Landscape,” Nov. 29). I congratulate her and the University of Tulsa for being legally farsighted and truly responsive to the Native community’s needs. I do take issue with Christie when she used the […]

December 26, 2007

Growth in Minority Student Enrollment Gives Rise to More MSIs

More minority undergraduate students are enrolled in U.S. colleges and universities than ever, and more of them are choosing minority-serving institutions such as historically Black colleges and universities, Asian-serving institutions and Hispanic-serving institutions.

December 26, 2007

Georgia HBCU Researches How to Tenderize Goat Meat

Changing “chewy” texture of the meat could position it as the nation’s next health fad, researchers say.

December 26, 2007

Just the Stats: CRM Tools Help Boost Minority-Serving Institutions’ Enrollment

When institutions with deep pockets shift their marketing strategies to attract students by purchasing Constituent Relationship Management (CRM) tools, minority-serving institutions and community colleges with less resources have a hard time competing.

December 15, 2007

Just the Stats: What Public HBCU Coaches Are Paid, Part II

Last week, Diverse provided the results of a survey we conducted earlier this year on the compensation and salary packages of head coaches football at public historically Black colleges and universities.

December 13, 2007

Fisk Receives $3M in Grants; $1M Up Front

NASHVILLE Tenn. Financially-strapped Fisk University took a big step in its fundraising efforts with the announcement that it will receive grants totaling $3 million. The school announced Wednesday that the funds will come from the New York-based Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, which awards grants to historically Black colleges and universities, among several other endeavors. Fisk […]

December 12, 2007

Tom Joyner Foundation to Launch Full Ride Scholarship Program for HBCU Students

For one lucky student planning to attend a historically Black college or university next fall, the Tom Joyner Foundation is willing to pick up the entire tab.

December 12, 2007

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Poll: When Choosing a College, High School Students Say Diversity Matters

A new poll indicates that minority high school students believe that racial diversity is one of the most important factors when deciding which college they will attend.

December 9, 2007

Just the Stats: What Public HBCU Coaches Are Paid, Part I

Diverse recently conducted a survey in order to compare the compensation and salary packages of head coaches at public historically Black colleges and universities.

December 6, 2007

Historically Black Oakwood Set to Become University Next Year

HUNTSVILLE Ala. Oakwood College will become Oakwood University on Jan. 1, a name change that will make it Alabama’s 18th university. More than 125 delegates attending a constituency meeting at the school approved the name change Sunday. School President Delbert Baker said the change reflects “new horizons” at Oakwood. The historically Black college was founded […]

December 5, 2007

Addressing the Mental Health Ailments Facing Black College Students

BALTIMORE If the walls of Cicely Evans’ office could talk, they would tell of the mental health ailments facing Black college students, including domestic violence, depression, anxiety, stress, unresolved issues of homosexuality and thoughts of suicide.

November 28, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Duke’s New Wrongful Convictions Clinic Takes Shape

DURHAM, N.C. James E. Coleman Jr., a professor and associate dean at Duke University’s School of Law, says the lacrosse case in which three White students were wrongly charged in the alleged rape of a Black woman was not the catalyst for Duke’s new Wrongful Convictions Clinic and Innocence Project.

November 28, 2007

Growth In Minority Student Enrollment Gives Rise To More MSIs

More minority undergraduate students are enrolled in U.S. colleges and universities than ever before, and more of them are choosing minority-serving institutions such as historically Black colleges and universities, Asian-serving institutions and Hispanic-serving institutions.

November 27, 2007