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Section: Institutions > HBCUs
Faculty & Staff
Auburn Faculty Concerned About Candidate Diversity
Faculty members at Auburn University are expressing concern about what some consider a lack of diversity among candidates to fill two openings on the school’s board of trustees.
January 16, 2013
Students
University of New Orleans Tries Marketing Blitz to Stem Student Losses
The University of New Orleans is putting its name everywhere from social media outlets to highway billboards and trailers at local movie theaters.
January 14, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Playing for the President, Grambling Marching Band to Return to Washington
The Grambling State University Tiger Marching Band expects to make history as the only college or university band to perform during the Obama inauguration parades of 2009 and 2013.
January 14, 2013
Leadership & Policy
FBI Probed SC State as Legislative Audit Unfolded
In summer 2011, officials at South Carolina State University were defending the school’s transportation center, a multi-million-dollar project in which a state audit had found mismanagement and poor planning but no overt impropriety.
January 13, 2013
Faculty & Staff
HBCU Presidents Stood Up for Civil Rights
This past December, the Southern Education Foundation (SEF) released two new videos in their series of oral history videos that link seasoned activists with emergent leaders.
January 13, 2013
HBCUs
UO Diversity Official Defends Personnel Changes
A University of Oregon administrator defended her decision to restructure the Office of Equity and Inclusion and demote three vice presidents.
January 10, 2013
HBCUs
FAMU Student Paper Faces Hazing-Related Libel Suit
Florida A&M University’s student newspaper has delayed publication of its first spring semester edition, due in part to a libel suit over a hazing story.
January 9, 2013
Disabilties
Gallaudet Reinstates Official Who Signed Petition
Gallaudet University has reinstated its chief diversity officer after a 3-month paid suspension for signing a petition circulated by opponents of gay marriage in Maryland.
January 7, 2013
African-American
Free at Last!
This month, we not only celebrate the inauguration of the first black U.S. president to his second term, on Jan. 20, and Martin Luther King Jr. Day, on Jan. 21, but we also mark the 150th anniversary of the date the Emancipation Proclamation was issued, Jan. 1, 1883. That makes this a fitting time to look at books about Lincoln’s time.
January 4, 2013
Students
Morgan State Promotes Financial Literacy
All too often, students rack up a great amount of debt while in college and this practice sets them up for failure once they earn their degree.
January 2, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Alabama State Audit Likely to Cost Over $500K
Representatives for Gov. Robert Bentley Robert Bentley -Search using:News, Most Recent 60 DaysBiographies Plus Newssay the state will likely spend over $500,000 on a forensic audit surrounding contract concerns at Alabama State University.
January 1, 2013
Sports
2012: A Year in Review
When historians review 2012 for its noteworthy moments, events and milestones, they will find the year was a trying one for the American higher education system, despite its being able to educate and enlighten thousands in search of more choices and preparation for adult self-sufficiency.
December 30, 2012
Faculty & Staff
Mayor Supports Ouster of UDC President
The University of the District of Columbia board of trustees, citing the need to “go in a different direction,” fired Sessoms with nearly a year left on his contract.
December 20, 2012
Sports
Four HBCUs Among Six Institutions Selected in NCAA Grant Program
The NCAA has selected six universities to participate in its Limited-Resources Institutions Grant Program to help them better fulfill requirements of the NCAA student-athlete academic performance standards.
December 18, 2012
HBCUs
University of Missouri Opposes Release of Education Course Outlines
The National Council on Teacher Quality is trying to force the university to release copies of course syllabuses as part of its effort to monitor what aspiring teachers learn in college.
December 17, 2012
Faculty & Staff
HBCUs’ Self-Inflicted Wounds, Friendly Fire and Other Consequential Outcomes
.The high turnover rate in leadership at the nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities has reached the crisis stage.
December 16, 2012
African-American
HBCU Leaders Must Acclimate Themselves with Corporate Practices to Remain Relevant
Washington – In order to ensure the future vitality of HBCUs, leaders of the institutions must position their faculty and students inside the corporate world to learn needs of business and how to speak business language.
December 13, 2012
Leadership & Policy
Scandals Threaten FAMU’s Accreditation
A series of scandals in the last year, including the hazing death of a drum major, is now threatening to cost Florida A&M University its academic reputation.
December 11, 2012
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