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Leadership & Policy
Making the Leap
Sitting through a session at the annual American Council on Education meeting in February on “Advancing Diversity in the College Presidency,” the presenters discussed recent findings from the ACE study “The American College President.”
May 14, 2008
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Latinx
HSI Leaders Appeal For Increased Funding
With the White House proposing cuts for their favored programs next year, leaders of Hispanic-serving colleges and universities descended on Washington, D.C., this week to state their case for more, not less, funding for fiscal year 2009.
April 15, 2008
Latinx
MSIs Score Significant Victory in Congress
More minority-serving institutions are competing for and winning Homeland Security Department funding.
April 2, 2008
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Students
HBCU Presidents Take Their Case For Funding To Congress
A panel of HBCU presidents and administrators stressed the need for greater federal financial support during a congressional hearing Wednesday intended to address the many obstacles facing America’s private and public historically Black colleges and universities.
March 12, 2008
Latinx
Colleges Encouraged to Improve the Student Experience By Using Identified Best Practices
Jackson State University discovered through a student survey that students were not feeling engaged at the institution, and despite problematic academic probation and retention rates, were not taking advantage of the support services available.
March 12, 2008
Latinx
Congress To Give More, Demand More
A Pell Grant increase is in the HEA bill, but so are provisions for colleges to explain large endowments and tuition increases.
March 4, 2008
Faculty & Staff
Making Strides
HBCUs seek progress on information technology resources.
March 4, 2008
Students
Higher Ed Institutions Contribute to Country’s Widening Social Divide, Educators Say
It is difficult to find a college or university that does not have diversifying its student body on the top of its long list of goals and objectives, but one educator at the American Council on Education’s annual meeting said that many higher ed institutions are largely to blame for society’s widening social, racial and economic divide as many colleges’ own admissions policies keep out the very the populations they say they’re trying to admit.
February 12, 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
MSIs
Black Lawmakers Urged to Join Earmark Feast
Despite presidential veto, earmarks are likely to stay and be accessible to minority-serving institutions under Democratic-controlled Congress.
December 26, 2007
Students
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
HBCUs
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
MSIs
Appreciation: The Honorable Augustus F. “Gus” Hawkins, 1907-2007
As a freshman legislator, Congressman Hawkins played a major role in writing Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which outlawed discrimination in employment, based on race, color, national origin and religion, and established the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. He went on to author or co-author several civil rights and education bills, including the Historically Black College and University Act of 1986.
December 12, 2007
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MSIs
Black Male Initiative Worth Duplicating
New York City College of Technology’s Black Male Initiative (BMI) program was recently named one of nine U.S. Model Replication Institutions by NASA and the National Science Foundation for its innovative approaches in attacking the problem of Black male student enrollment and retention.
November 28, 2007
Students
New Choice Requirement on Student Loans May Break Near-monopoly Lenders Have at 55 Schools
Colleges and universities, including minority- serving institutions, will have to include at least three different funding sources on any “preferred lender list” they give to prospective student borrowers, under rules being proposed by the U.S. Department of Education.
November 28, 2007
Students
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
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Latinx
Veto Casts Cloud Over Education Bill That Would Have Increased Pell Grants, MSI Funding
President Bush on Tuesday vetoed a 2008 education budget bill that many advocates had championed for its proposed increases in student financial aid and college-access programs. Now, the House and Senate need to muster a two-thirds majority to bring into law the bill, which would have increased the maximum Pell Grant and provide more funding for minority-serving institutions.
November 12, 2007
Students
Does Business Have a Place In Study Abroad?
The subpoenas issued this summer to five private organizations that offer study abroad programs were surprising.
October 31, 2007
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