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Leadership & Policy
Getting to Know Lisa Menzies
No one has to teach Lisa A. Menzies about the signifi cance of the nation’s 103 historically Black colleges and universities, and there is no need to remind her that these institutions produce some of the brightest students in the nation. As a former HBCU student, she already knows. That is why six years ago […]
August 19, 2009
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HBCU News Nuggets
With more than 100 historically Black colleges and universities in the country, we could not cover them all. Here’s a glimpse at initiatives some of them are pursuing.
August 19, 2009
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HBCU Power Brokers on Capitol Hill
Meet some of the movers and shakers who make things happen in Washington, D.C.
August 19, 2009
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Building the Bridge to the Obama Administration
New White House Initiative leader Dr. John Silvanus Wilson Jr. seeks to forge relationships between HBCUs and Obama.
August 19, 2009
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Native Sons
Veteran educators return to lead their embattled alma mater, Central State University.
August 19, 2009
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Thinking Outside of the Fundraising Box
From black-tie events to direct deposit donations from alumni, private HBCUs are finding success in creative fundraising.
August 19, 2009
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ASSIGNMENTS GETTING TOUGHER FOR TRUSTEES
When Miami attorney Larry R. Handfi eld joined the board of trustees of Bethune-Cookman University, the oversight drill for trustees of the small, historically Black liberal arts institution in Florida was routine as it was for most schools around the country: ensure the president was not running amok with the school’s money or mission, help put out occasional “fires,” and secure or deliver a favor to and from the school on occasion.
August 19, 2009
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Faculty & Staff
Changing Course
University of the District of Columbia’s president has proposed some radical changes that some worry will send UDC in the wrong direction.
August 19, 2009
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Professional Appoitments
DR. DONNA H. OLIVER is the president of Mississippi Valley State University. Oliver previously served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Edward Waters College. Oliver earned a bachelor’s from Elon College and a master’s and doctorate from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. DR. LAURA BARRETT has been named dean of […]
August 19, 2009
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Pride and Peril: Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Diverse identifies five threats facing HBCUs and five opportunities that could define their futures.
August 19, 2009
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More Black and Hispanic Students Taking the ACT Exam, College Readiness Levels Remain Flat
While scores and college readiness levels remained relatively flat from 2008, the numbers of Black and Hispanic high school graduates in 2009 who took the ACT college entrance exam remained the same or increased for a fourth consecutive year nationally, according to the ACT ‘Measuring College and Career Readiness: The Class of 2009’ report.
August 18, 2009
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University of California Awards Degrees to Formerly Interned Japanese Americans
Growing up in northern California in the 1930s, Grace Obata Amemiya assumed she would attend the University of California, Berkeley. Two of her older brothers and a sister were Berkeley-educated. Why would she not be?
August 18, 2009
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Federal Judge Upholds UT’s Race-Conscious Admissions Policies
A judge dismissed a federal lawsuit Monday that claimed undergraduate admissions policies at the University of Texas at Austin violated the Constitution and federal law.
August 18, 2009
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Judge upholds UT’s race-based admissions policies
At some of the nation’s colleges and universities race and ethnicity are among several factors when it comes to admission. According to the Dallas Morning News, a judge dismissed a federal lawsuit Monday that claimed undergraduate admissions policies at the University of Texas at Austin violate the Constitution and federal law. U.S. District Judge Sam […]
August 17, 2009
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August 17, 2009
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The college pinch: Tuitions rise but not as much as in recent years
With the financial crisis, parents and students are paying more this year for tuition, but some institutions in Illinois are being lenient towards students when it comes to paying for college. According to the Chicago Tribune, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, for example, tuition for incoming freshmen increased 2.6 percent, to $9,242 — […]
August 17, 2009
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Obama Joker artist unmasked: A fellow Chicagoan
The Obama Joker artist has been revealed, and he’s from President Barack Obama’s hometown—Chicago.  According to the Los Angeles Times, 20-year-old Firas Alkhateeb, a senior history major at the University of Illinois, crafted the picture of Obama with the recognizable clown makeup using Adobe’s Photoshop software. Concerned about a lawsuit, Alkhateeb was relieved that the situation had […]
August 17, 2009
Health
Pa. health club gunman left $225,000 to university
George Sodini, the 48-year-old gunman who committed suicide after killing three women and wounding nine others at a Pittsburgh-area health club Aug. 4, wanted to leave his estimated $225,000 estate to the University of Pittsburgh. Sodini graduated from the university in 1992 with a degree in computer science. He had worked as a systems analyst […]
August 17, 2009
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