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News Roundup
Damon Keith, Noted Federal Judge in Michigan, Dead at 96
Venerable federal judge Damon Jerome Keith, a grandson of slaves and champion of civil rights and civil liberties, died Sunday at the age of 96, according to a report in the Detroit News. Keith’s career as a jurist spanned 10 presidents and five decades. From his bench in Michigan, the Detroit native ruled on cases […]
April 29, 2019
Veterans
Combat Veteran Turned Paralympian to Address SUU’s Graduating Class of 2019
Patriot and American war hero, three-time world champion paratriathlete and Paralympic medalist Melissa Stockwell will be the keynote speaker at Southern Utah University’s 120th annual commencement ceremony Friday. “We’re honored at the opportunity to have a military veteran and paratriathlete share her story at this year’s graduation,” Mindy Benson, vice president of alumni and community relations, said […]
April 28, 2019
Policy
DoD Officials Make Case for Keeping the Draft, Women Included
The Selective Service System is an “inexpensive insurance policy” against a national emergency and should be modified to include women, a senior Defense Department official implied Wednesday during a hearing on the future of draft registration in the U.S. Asked whether requiring women to register for a potential draft would “result in a more lethal […]
April 28, 2019
Academics
Camden Military Academy Celebrates 60 Years
Camden Military Academy (CMA), the official military academy of South Carolina, will celebrate a huge milestone this spring: 60 years of operation. Last fall marked the 60th school-year registration at CMA, and 2019 seniors will march across the stage in May for the 60th presentation of diplomas. While CMA’s roots extend back to 1892, the […]
April 28, 2019
Academics
Former West Point Superintendent Won’t Be USC’s Next President
After a seven-month search, a week of interviews with four finalists and a day of protests, the University of South Carolina board of trustees voted Friday to continue searching for a president to succeed Harris Pastides. The board named Brendan Kelly, the chancellor at USC Upstate, as interim president. He will take on the new […]
April 28, 2019
HBCUs
The Boulé Focuses its Attention on HBCUs
The leadership of Sigma Pi Phi fraternity — also known as the Boulé — has made good on its promise to focus its attention on the current state of the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities.
April 28, 2019
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NCAA Inclusion Forum Urge Participants to Transform Passion to Action
More than 600 student-athletes, faculty and college administrators gathered over the weekend to discuss ways that they can transform their institutions into places that embrace diversity, equity and inclusion.
April 28, 2019
African-American
Choosing Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs)
There has been significant discussion recently regarding the uptick in HBCU enrollment. In recent years, enrollment increases across the HBCU landscape have been attributed to a variety of reasons. Some cite the political atmosphere as a reason, noting that HBCUs serve as a reprieve for students fleeing overt racism and racial microaggressions present in communities and schools.
April 28, 2019
Latest News
Promise Programs Boost College Access, But More Support Needed for Graduation
As Congress takes up myriad issues relevant to upcoming reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, it’s an ideal time to examine how Promise scholarship programs can inform the discussion, according to those who study and implement such programs.
April 27, 2019
News Roundup
Dr. Martin Kilson Dead at 88
Dr. Martin Kilson, the first Black to be named a full professor at Harvard University, died last week. He was 88. A trained political scientist, Kilson began his teaching career at Harvard in 1962 and was later named the Frank G. Thomson Professor of Government from 1988 until his retirement in 1999. Born in 1931, […]
April 27, 2019
News Roundup
Harris-Stowe President Selected as 2019 Eisenhower Fellow
Harris-Stowe State University announced that its president, Dr. Dwaun J. Warmack, is one of 13 U.S. leaders – and the only from an academic institution – to be selected as a 2019 USA Eisenhower Fellow. Warmack joins a cohort of fellows who are leaders in education policy, finance, urban agriculture, veterans’ affairs, affordable housing, health […]
April 26, 2019
News Roundup
NCCU Opens New ‘State-of-the-Art’ Television Studio
North Carolina Central University’s (NCCU) more than 250 mass communications students have a new training ground with the opening of a $1.86-million television studio on campus this week. Unveiled to the campus and community on April 23, the state-of-the-art television studio will serve as a high-tech, high-touch facility for students to receive “extensive” training in […]
April 26, 2019
News Roundup
Measles Quarantine Orders at 2 LA Universities
A quarantine order has been issued for students and staff at two Los Angeles universities who may have been exposed to measles and either have not been vaccinated or can’t verify that they have immunity. The University of California, Los Angeles, said that as of Wednesday there were 119 students and 8 faculty members under […]
April 25, 2019
Students
Teen Accepted to 115 colleges, Offered $3.7M in scholarships
NEW ORLEANS — A New Orleans teenager has been accepted to 115 colleges and universities across the nation. NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune reports Antoinette Love was accepted at every school she applied to and was offered a total of more than $3.7 million in scholarships. She says she plans to visit schools over the next few weeks […]
April 25, 2019
African-American
UNCF Celebrates 75 Years, Launches Inaugural Day of Giving
Invest in, give to and support historically Black colleges and universities and their students was the charge United Negro College Fund president and CEO Dr. Michael Lomax gave Thursday morning in remarks commemorating the advocacy organization’s 75th birthday and anniversary in D.C.
April 25, 2019
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Black Students to Princeton Seminary: Pay Reparations from $1B Endowment
It makes sense that African-American students at Princeton Theological Seminary have issued reparatory requests based on research tying much of the school’s current wealth to slavery, and it’s equally fitting that the school live up to its religious precepts in its response, according to some scholars.
April 25, 2019
Students
Redefining Merit
Following the college admissions scandal, countless thought pieces have addressed inequity in college admissions. Understandably, many are angry that wealthy families can literally buy their children into a university, while underrepresented, low-income students are seen as given unfair consideration when admitted to highly selective institutions. Too often, racially underrepresented low-income students are seen as “pity” admits — encouraged to depict their life-story as one in need of intervention from a particular college or university.
April 25, 2019
HBCUs
Edward Waters College to Offer First Online Degree Program
Edward Waters College (EWC) is on track to launch a new online degree in business administration following recent approval of the program by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. EWC’s first-of-its-kind online program aims to meet the needs of adult learners and other students by providing a virtual opportunity for them […]
April 25, 2019
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