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Breaking News: Historian John Hope Franklin Dies
Noted historian Dr. John Hope Franklin, whose scholarship increased the nation’s understanding and knowledge of African-Americans in its history, died of congestive heart failure this morning in Durham, N.C.
March 24, 2009
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Tuskegee University Architecture Program Reaccredited
Ending three years in the academic doghouse, the Department of Architecture and Construction Science at Tuskegee University has been approved for reaccreditation by the National Architectural Accrediting Board, the school said.
March 24, 2009
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Howard Alternative Spring Breakers Get Harsh Realities
Local news headlines in Detroit, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and New Orleans, La., featured the work of Howard University students striving to make a difference by exchanging the carefree luxuries of spring break for an alternative.
March 24, 2009
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Immigrant Tuition Break Rejected by Arkansas Senate Panel
A Senate panel on Monday rejected a bill to grant the children of undocumented immigrants in-state tuition, a proposal that divided the head of Arkansas’ flagship university and the state’s higher education chief
March 24, 2009
LGBTQ+
Gainesville, Fla., Votes on Gay Discrimination Ban
Voters in this university city went to the polls Tuesday in an election that could strip the local government’s anti-discrimination protections for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender residents.
March 24, 2009
HBCUs
New Study Reveals Immigrant Blacks Outpace Native Blacks and Whites in Selective College Enrollment
High school students from Black immigrant populations enroll in selective colleges at a higher rate than U.S.-born Blacks and Whites, because they have greater access to resources that influence postsecondary success, say the authors of a new study.
March 23, 2009
Students
New Student Loans Require Payments While in School
The running joke about student loans: Don’t ever graduate, since you don’t have to start paying them back until you do.
March 23, 2009
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Unemployment Hits Harder Among Latinos, Blacks
Last hired, first fired: This generations-old cliché rings bitterly true for millions of America’s Latinos and Blacks, who are losing jobs at a faster rate than the general population during this punishing recession.
March 23, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Morris Brown Pays Water Bill, Still Has Debt
Morris Brown has finally paid its $380,000 overdue water bill in full, a three-month effort against seemingly long odds as the historically Black college struggled for survival.
March 22, 2009
African-American
Artist Joseph Holston Depicts Underground Railroad in Most Recent Exhibit
Artist Joseph Holston is obsessed with color: deep blues complimented by rich yellows, dramatic splashes of crimson, bright orange and striking violets.
March 22, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Marian University President Resigns
Marian University’s president has resigned, effective immediately.
March 22, 2009
Opinion
Changing the Conversation About HBCUs: YES WE CAN!
Over the past month, I have been to three meetings in which the leaders of HBCUs have come together to talk about these venerable institutions during this time of economic crisis.  I have come away from each of these meetings thinking, “There has got to be a way to change the discourse around these institutions […]
March 21, 2009
Faculty & Staff
Relishing Reprisal-free Research
While growing up, a career in medicine appealed to Dr. Hana Abdalla because of the community good she could accomplish. Women’s health issues also intrigued her because so many of them were not openly discussed in her native Sudan.
March 19, 2009
HBCUs
Women’s History Month – HBCU Women Light Up Stage and Screen
When Taraji Henson was nominated for an Academy Award this year for best supporting actress, the celebration rippled beyond Hollywood and into the halls of two historically Black universities.
March 19, 2009
Latinx
Hard-fought MSI Technology Plan Needs Jump Start
After much work to get MSIs more technology funding, advocates face tough budget climate.
March 19, 2009
Faculty & Staff
Saving Lives in the Academy and Operating Room
First Hispanic University of Texas System chancellor tackles financial problems and challenges Top 10 admission rule, while still performing surgeries.
March 19, 2009
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Students
IT: Intellectually Taxing?
At least one professor worries about the intellectual impact of some student-directed uses of technology.
March 19, 2009
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The New Rules of Engagement
College students across the nation are chronicling their lives on Facebook and other social networks such as MySpace with photos, videos, instantaneous status updates and blog entries that highlight their thoughts, opinions, interests and dislikes.
March 19, 2009
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