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Survey: Nearly One in Four HBCUs Offer Full Online Degree Programs

Historically Black colleges and universities continue their modest pace of embracing online learning programs as a vehicle for reaching more potential students, especially so-called non-traditional students, those who are usually older and working, according to the 2012 HBCU Online & Blended Degree Programs study from Howard University.

August 12, 2012

African-American

Reaching for the Stars

Dr. Mae Jemison, the first woman astronaut of color, seeks minority inclusion in space and in the classroom.

August 12, 2012

Lincoln University Aims To Tap Barnes Art as Student Resource

PHILADELPHIA – Even as Saadia Lawton came to Lincoln University two years ago to teach art, she couldn’t figure out why the school had never developed a nationally known program in visual arts and museum studies.

August 11, 2012

Robert Jennings

Civil Rights Project Mobilizes 444 Scholars Behind Effort To Uphold UT-Austin Admissions Policy

Over the past several months, UCLA-based civil rights policy group developed a legal brief in support of race-conscious affirmative action with the backing of 444 scholars.

August 11, 2012

Ark. community college may have $1.6 M shortfall

BENTONVILLE, Ark. —NorthWest Arkansas Community College’s latest estimate predicts a $1.6 million shortfall for the fiscal year that ended June 30, officials said.

August 11, 2012

Reaching for the Stars

Dr. Mae Jemison, the first woman astronaut of color, seeks minority inclusion in space and in the classroom.

August 11, 2012

Reaching for the Stars

Dr. Mae Jemison, the first woman astronaut of color, seeks minority inclusion in space and in the classroom.

August 11, 2012

Reaching for the Stars

Dr. Mae Jemison, the first woman astronaut of color, seeks minority inclusion in space and in the classroom.

August 11, 2012

The Top 25 Colleges Graduating Latinos In Science, Technology, Engineering, And Math Fields

A recent Huffington Post cites Excelencia in Education‘s list top 25 schools graduating Latinos in STEM fields. Take a look and see how it compares to the Diverse: Issues in Higher Education’s 2012 Top 100 degree producers of Latinos in STEM disciplines.

August 9, 2012

Being White at a Black College: An Interview

At many Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) throughout the country, the student population is changing. The numbers of Latino, Asian, and White students are on the rise.

August 9, 2012

Roy S. Bryce-Laporte, Who Led Black Studies at Yale, Dies at 78

Roy S. Bryce-Laporte, a sociologist who led one of the nation’s first African-American studies departments, at Yale University, and did research that advanced understanding of blacks who came to the United States voluntarily rather than as slaves, died on July 31 in Sykesville, Md. He was 78.

August 9, 2012

Penn State Trustees to Meet over NCAA Penalties

Penn State’s board of trustees will meet this weekend to consider whether to ratify a consent decree with the NCAA that imposed penalties for how the university handled the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal.

August 9, 2012

Rodney Erickson

African-American

Pioneering Black Studies Scholar Roy Bryce-Laporte Dies

Dr. Roy Bryce-Laporte, a sociologist who directed one of the first Black studies departments at an American university, died late last month in Sykesville, Md.

August 9, 2012

Dr. Roy Bryce-Laporte

African-American

NASA Research Partnership Benefiting HBCU Students

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center has partnered with Tuskegee University and Alabama A&M University on a three-year collaborative research project, which includes internships for HBCU students at the space flight center.

August 9, 2012

Goddard meeting

Higher One Agrees to Return $11 Million to Students

Higher One Holdings Inc. has agreed to return about $11 million to college students for overcharging them for fees on its debit cards and other practices, federal regulators said Wednesday.

August 8, 2012

FAMU Athletic Department Undertakes Debt Reduction Actions

The debt-ridden athletic department at Florida A & M University says it has started a series of “serious cost-reduction” measures aimed at containing expenses while sustaining a strong program.

August 8, 2012

College Board Campaign Seeks to Elevate Education in Presidential Race

The “Don’t Forget Ed” campaign is designed to encourage the presidential candidates and others to place a greater focus on education during the 2012 campaign.

August 8, 2012

Faculty & Staff

Tennessee State University Faculty Leader Arrested

A vocal faculty member at Tennessee State University who has opposed university leadership was taken away from a meeting in handcuffs on Monday and removed as the chair of the faculty senate.

August 7, 2012