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HBCU Bands Battle It Out

Here are highlights from the Honda Battle of the Bands, held last week in Atlanta. Music from North Carolina Central University’s marching band, Sound Machine, directed by Jorim E. Reid, is featured in the slide show.

January 31, 2008

Nashville Leaders Emerge to Keep Fisk Art Collection in City

A powerful coalition of Nashville business, civic and political leaders has launched an effort independent of Fisk University to keep the priceless Stieglitz Collection of art at the financially troubled school, despite the school’s wishes to do otherwise.

January 31, 2008

Just the Stats: U.S. Behind in College Degrees

The United States is quickly falling behind other industrialized nations in terms of adults who hold a college degree, and minority groups are the least likely to attain that level of education, according to a recent report released by higher-education groups examining a state-by state analysis on access and equal opportunity for postsecondary education.

January 30, 2008

Study: Hispanic Freshman Want ‘Helicopter Parents’

The conventional wisdom has it that so-called helicopter parents are annoying their children by hovering over their every move as they apply to college. But it turns out most freshmen are happy with how involved mom and dad were during their college search.

January 30, 2008

Mexican-American Helps Minnesota Minorities Win Chance at College

MINNEAPOLIS Back in Elgin, Ill., Jennifer Godinez’s childhood home was a popular gathering spot for the neighborhood kids.

January 30, 2008

NCAA Gives Texas A&M $100,000 Grant to Study Diversity Practices in College Athletics

In an effort to promote diversity in Division I athletics, the National Collegiate Athletic Association has given Texas A&M’s Laboratory for Diversity in Sport a $100,000 grant to identify colleges and universities that develop outstanding diversity practices in their athletic departments. Texas A&M’s Laboratory for Diversity in Sport will use the grant to conduct research, […]

January 30, 2008

Census: Associate Degree Holders Can Earn More Than People With Bachelor’s

There may not be much difference in the salary of an American with a bachelor’s than that of an American with an associate degree, depending on the field of study, says the U.S. Census Bureau. Workers who held vocational certificates in engineering averaged about $3,880 a month, which is nearly the same as those with […]

January 30, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Beleaguered Chicago State President Steps Down

CHICAGO After a year of criticism of her leadership and spending practices, the beleaguered president of Chicago State University has told her colleagues she plans to step down. Elnora Daniel will leave the post on June 30, the day her contract is set to expire, but she will continue to collect her $241,025 salary and […]

January 30, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Lawmaker Wants Resignations of Delaware State U Trustees, President

DOVER Del. State Rep. Hazel Plant is urging the governor to request the resignation of the entire board of trustees at Delaware State University. Plant also wants the resignation of DSU President Allen Sessoms. Plant’s letter to Gov. Ruth Ann Minner was prompted by a report by Greenwood & Associates, the search firm that […]

January 30, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Duplicate Degrees at Black, White Colleges Sparks Debate Again

ANNAPOLIS Md. A measure to allow Morgan State University to take the Maryland Higher Education Commission to court in a dispute over a duplicative MBA program is stirring debate again, a year after it caused contention in the General Assembly. Opponents say the bill would enable entities in state higher education to sue each other, […]

January 30, 2008

Community Colleges

Study: Community Colleges Need To Graduate More Students

As elite universities debate Congress over how much of their multi-billion-dollar endowments to spend, a new report argues that higher education’s heavy-lifters, community colleges, need both more money and better results.

January 30, 2008

The Value of Knowing Where You Come From

If Chris Rock knew more about his ancestry while growing up, his childhood aspirations of becoming the president of the United States might not have seemed so foolish to his mother. Rock, featured in the second installment of the PBS series in which Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., uses traditional and genetic genealogical research to uncover the ancestry of prominent African-Americans, discovered that his great-great grandfather was a politician.

January 30, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Howard University’s Board Seeking a “Change Agent” to Succeed President

With Ivy League institutions providing financial relief that may result in higher enrollment of students of color, the next president of Howard University will need to address the institution’s financial and structural impediments in order to compete for top students, Gen. Colin Powell, chair of the presidential search committee, said this week.

January 30, 2008

Scholars: Despite Federal Economic Stimulus Package, Blacks and Hispanics Likely to Fare Worse

As talk of recession reached a fever pitch last week, lawmakers scrambled to re-energize a beleaguered economy by approving a $146 billion economic stimulus plan to get tax rebates to workers in May. But some scholars say other measures need to be taken to help minorities, who are being hardest hit by the mortgage meltdown and lack of jobs.

January 29, 2008

Rutgers Institute Establishes Pipeline for Latino Leaders

After examining the plight of young women and Latinos in New Jersey, Dr. Gloria Bonilla-Santiago wanted to design a summer internship program that would encourage more minorities and female students to attend graduate school.

January 29, 2008

UW-Madison Cuts Ties With Cap Company, Citing Allegations of Discrimination

MADISON, Wis. The University of Wisconsin-Madison has canceled a licensing contract with New Era Cap Co., citing allegations of discrimination and anti-union activity at one of its factories.

January 29, 2008

Leadership & Policy

New Blueprint for Establishing Chief Diversity Officer Positions

Too often, college and university presidents are forced to reinvent the wheel when establishing the position of chief diversity officer (CDO) because they do not understand the role and function of the position, says Dr. Damon A. Williams, assistant vice provost for multicultural and international affairs at the University of Connecticut.

January 28, 2008

Achievement Gap May Be Tied To Teacher Qualification

Low-income and minority students are twice as likely as White and more affluent students to be assigned the least qualified math and science teachers during their primary and secondary educations, according to a new study conducted by researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

January 28, 2008