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Section: Institutions > HBCUs
Faculty & Staff
SEELPA KESHVALA
SEELPA KESHVALA has been appointed president of Lone Star College-Cy-Fair. She was president of the Warsaw Campus of Ivy Tech Community College. Keshvala earned a bachelor’s, a master’s and a doctorate from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.
January 12, 2016
Leadership & Policy
H.E.L.F. Serves to Enhance HBCU Leadership
The Higher Education Leadership Foundation (H.E.L.F.) is helping to spearhead a movement that honors the HBCU tradition while challenging the universities to become even greater and more responsive to the needs of today’s students.
January 11, 2016
Students
MONICA E. MONROE
MONICA E. MONROE has been appointed dean of students of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, effective in February. She is associate dean of students and a lecturer in law at the George Washington University Law School. Monroe earned a bachelor’s from Boston University and a juris doctor from George Washington.
January 11, 2016
African-American
Why I Still Support HBCUs Even Though I Just Left One
Minority-serving institutions are as vital as public schools and need equal support and funding.
January 10, 2016
Students
Jackson State Students Develop Groundbreaking ‘Smart Mat’ for Diabetics
Four engineering students from Jackson State University have developed an innovative device that could have far-reaching effects.
January 10, 2016
HBCUs
Alabama Joins Interstate College Agreement
DOTHAN, Ala. ― Alabama colleges and universities will soon have an easier way to offer online courses to students in other states, and out-of-state institutions will have the same opportunity to offer online course in Alabama, thanks to an interstate agreement. Currently, to offer distance education courses in Alabama, colleges and universities must gain approval […]
January 5, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Tiffin President Charles Resigns
After six months in office, Tiffin president Dr. Curtis B. Charles resigned, effective Friday. The university cited a “difference in views on strategic vision” as the rationale behind Charles’ departure. Charles previously served as the senior associate vice chancellor for institutional transformation at Fayetteville State University. He has held administrative and teaching positions at the […]
January 4, 2016
African-American
Noted Scholar, Educator Frances Cress Welsing Dies
Dr. Frances Cress Welsing, a psychiatrist best known for her 1991 book on racism and society entitled The Isis Papers: The Keys to the Colors, died Saturday in Washington, D.C., at age 80. Welsing graduated from Antioch College and Howard University’s medical school. She began her climb to prominence with her 1970 essay entitled The […]
January 4, 2016
LGBTQ+
In Case You Missed It…
Omnibus Bill a Win for HBCUs, Minority Institutions Why Must International Students Pick Up the Tab for U.S. Higher Education? Diverse Conversations: 3 Reasons You Should Care About Hispanic-Serving Institutions Dishonor Roll ― The Schools that Sought Exemptions To Legally Discriminate Against LGBT Students
December 24, 2015
Students
Tennessee State Grad Stays On to Promote ‘Brotherhood’
At 23 years old, Michael D. Johnson has already achieved more than some people twice his age. He’s a college graduate, social entrepreneur, federal government employee, mentor and role model.
December 23, 2015
Students
Concordia College Ending Football Program
SELMA, Ala. ― Another small college in Alabama is shutting down its football program. The Selma Times-Journal reports that board members at Concordia College announced their decision to end the sport on Tuesday. A spokeswoman says the price of travel, equipment and other expenses became too much of a financial stress on the small, historically […]
December 23, 2015
African-American
Elizabeth City State Chancellor Announces Resignation
After serving little more than a year on the job, Stacey Franklin Jones abruptly resigned effective December 31 as chancellor of beleaguered Elizabeth City State University.
December 22, 2015
HBCUs
Texas Attorney General: Banning Guns in College Dorms Violates New Law
AUSTIN, Texas ― The attorney general of Texas said late Monday that banning guns in college dorm rooms violates the state’s newly approved “campus carry” law, and also opined on setting limits for carrying weapons onto public school grounds and into multiuse government buildings. Republican Ken Paxton’s flurry of nonbinding opinions addressed many much-watched issues, […]
December 22, 2015
African-American
Diverse Conversations: 3 Reasons You Should Care About Hispanic-Serving Institutions
As HSIs grow in number, it’s important for all college educators to realize the effect these schools will have on everyone else and why we should embrace Hispanic-friendly college policies.
December 22, 2015
African-American
Omnibus Bill a Win for HBCUs, Minority Institutions
Among the appropriations listed in the mega-bill is a $22 million increase in Title III funding ― which is specifically designated for the strengthening of HBCUs from the Department of Education.
December 20, 2015
LGBTQ+
Dishonor Roll ― The Schools that Sought Exemptions To Legally Discriminate Against LGBT Students
The Human Rights Campaign, an activist group, urges the U.S. Department of Education to take action against schools that sought waiver.
December 20, 2015
African-American
Jackson State Raises Non-Black Enrollment, Gains Control of Endowment
JACKSON, Miss. ― Jackson State University will become the second of Mississippi’s three historically Black universities to gain control of an endowment set aside in a desegregation lawsuit. Higher Education Commissioner Glenn Boyce announced the transfer of $24.3 million at a meeting of the College Board last week. “We will transfer the money to them […]
December 20, 2015
HBCUs
Group Calls For Sensitivity Training at Missouri University
by Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. – The St. Louis chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations has called on the University of Missouri to implement sensitivity training after a Muslim student filed a lawsuit alleging that a biology professor directed a slew of sexually suggestive and religiously offensive remarks at her. Chapter Executive Director Faizan […]
December 17, 2015
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