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Section: Institutions > MSIs
MSIs
New NAACP Youth Leader a Skilled Organizer
Tiffany Dena Loftin arrived this month as the NAACP’s new director of the Youth & College Division at a critical – even urgent – time when many young African-Americans are clamoring for ways to get involved in social justice movements to resist violence and oppression.
February 21, 2018
MSIs
Accused of Smearing Body Fluids on Roommate’s Stuff, Coed Seeks Probation
HARTFORD, Conn. — A White former Connecticut university student accused of smearing body fluids on her Black roommate’s belongings asked a judge Tuesday to allow her into a probation program that could erase criminal charges from her record. Brianna Brochu, 18, a former University of Hartford student from Harwinton, applied for accelerated rehabilitation during an […]
January 31, 2018
MSIs
Easing the Transition from Education to Employment
A new grant from Strada Education Network will help prepare MSI students for employment opportunities.
December 7, 2017
African-American
Minority-Serving Institutions Anxious Over Tax Bill
Income tax on graduate student waivers, fewer deductions on student loans and the taxation of endowments are only some of the effects the GOP’s tax bill will have.
December 3, 2017
MSIs
Gathering Designed to Foster Mentorship Among MSI Leaders
In an effort to create a pipeline of college leaders ready to one day become a college president, the Penn Center for minority serving institutions hosted a three-day symposium for its cohort of aspiring leaders this weekend in Philadelphia, bringing together both rising administrators and highly experienced college and university presidents to serve as their mentors
November 19, 2017
Students
More Study Abroad Opportunities Needed for Students of Color
According to NAFSA, the Association of International Educators, students of color made up only 27 percent of study abroad students in 2015.
October 2, 2017
Students
Evaluation Tool Gives Writing Instructors a Helping Hand
A web-based evaluation tool is allowing writing instructors to spend more time improving student writing outcomes at their institutions.
September 27, 2017
Students
Agents of Change: Increasing the Millennial Vote at MSIs
What would the young, ethnic minority voting bloc look like if more Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) became polling sites for local and national elections?
September 27, 2017
Students
Organizations Call for DeVos to Halt Student Loan Policy Changes
The regulatory changes being pursued by U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos in the student loan arena could “spell disaster for students of color who are too often exploited in consumer lending,” a group of 39 organizations said in a letter to DeVos.
September 19, 2017
Students
New Report Brings Facts to Light on Minority Serving Institutions
The Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions report, backed by a campaign that utilized 52 data points for 52 weeks, highlights the contributions that MSIs make to higher education.
September 6, 2017
MSIs
Interim NAACP President says Civil Rights Group Remains Relevant
Arguing that President Donald J. Trump has emboldened white supremacists to “walk in public without hoods,” Derrick Johnson — interim president of the NAACP — said the civil rights organization he leads is as relevant today as it was when it began to fight lynchings over a century ago.
August 29, 2017
Asian American Pacific Islander
Former Obama Official Helps to Expand the Civil Rights Agenda
Vanita Gupta is the new president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, taking over the mantle from Wade Henderson, who retired this year after leading the organization for more than two decades.
August 9, 2017
Students
The Value of ‘an HBCU Experience’
During my junior year in high school, my assistant principal pulled me aside and told me something I didn’t quite understand at the time: “Will, you can have a college experience, or you can have an HBCU experience.”
July 3, 2017
African-American
NAACP President to Leave Office as Group Undertakes Changes
WASHINGTON — NAACP President Cornell William Brooks will not be returning as the leader of the nation’s oldest civil rights organization after his contract expires this summer, officials said Friday. Brooks has been the NAACP’s leader since 2014 but will not be kept on past June 30, the end of his current term. NAACP Board […]
May 21, 2017
Students
Leaders of Minority-Serving Institutions Ask Congress to Bolster Pell Grant
The presidents and chancellors of 10 minority-serving institutions called on members of Congress to strengthen federal investment in the Pell program, in a letter released on Wednesday afternoon.
May 17, 2017
Students
Trump’s Blueprint for Failing Our Nation’s Students
Trump proposes a 13 percent decline in funding to the U.S. Department of Education, with higher education programs comprising most of what will be sliced.
April 30, 2017
Students
Report: MSIs Key to Texas Reaching Higher Ed Goals
Currently, 35 percent of young adults in Texas age 25-34 hold an associate’s degree or higher. Texas’ goal is to raise that number to 60 percent by 2030.
February 23, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Mangum to Join Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions
Dr. Elmira Mangum, former president of Florida A&M University (FAMU), will join the University of Pennsylvania this April, where she will research leadership pathways at HBCUs.
February 14, 2017
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