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Students
Financial Aid Doesn’t Stretch To Help Middle Class
Since the state’s need-based grants—and most other federal and state need grants—are distributed based on income, middle-class students are the ones feeling the most pain right now, said financial aid officers at Washington’s universities.
June 1, 2011
African-American
Sickle Cell Treatment Clinic at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Answers Community Need
The disease affects about 1,000 people in Arkansas and new treatments have allowed those with the disease to live into their 50s, 60s or beyond, and the goal is to improve their quality of life.
June 1, 2011
African-American
Michigan State University Commemorates Half-Century Partnership With African Nations
Michigan State University’s African Studies Center celebrates its 50th anniversary, which now engages with more than 150 faculty specialists from 45 departments throughout the university, including nursing, medicine and engineering.
June 1, 2011
Opinion
Tuskegee University: An Honorable Track Record
About a week ago, I had the pleasure of visiting Tuskegee University. Tuskegee is a charming institution with lovely historic buildings and a tranquil campus green. In many ways, Tuskegee looks like any other well-manicured, small college. However, Tuskegee has an amazing and unique history, which is exemplified by the statue of Booker T. Washington […]
May 31, 2011
Students
Lawmakers Approve Private Fund for Undocumented Immigrants
The children of immigrants, both legal and undocumented, would be able to obtain private college scholarships and enroll in state savings programs under legislation approved Monday.
May 31, 2011
Leadership & Policy
FAMU and Tennessee State Join HBCUsOnline Roster
HBCUsOnline, an online education services company, has partnered with Florida A & M University and Tennessee State University.
May 31, 2011
Home
Wayne State Fellows To Help Transform Detroit in Program Modeled After New Orleans Effort
The 25 fellows, slated to be announced in July, are being plucked from a nationwide pool of 640 mid-career urban planners, public policymakers, lawyers, architects, community organizers, developers and others.
May 31, 2011
Leadership & Policy
Saint Paul’s Athletes Face School With No Sports
More than 250 student athletes at St. Paul’s College are left with a tough decision — stay at the historically Black Virginia college and give up their sport or transfer in hopes of finding a new team and a new academic home.
May 30, 2011
Community Colleges
‘Plus 50’ Completion Strategy Aims To Help Baby Boomers Attain College Degrees and Certificates
Thirteen community colleges across the nation will help support the adults as they expand both their minds and options by providing a program aimed to help them attain degrees.
May 30, 2011
Asian American Pacific Islander
Book Review: Examining the Hmong in America
Dr. Chia Youyee Vang, an assistant history professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, has produced a scholarly examination of the Hmong refugee experience.
May 30, 2011
Home
California State University Faces ‘Crisis’ as More Students Work To Pay for College
Budget cuts and higher tuition costs are pushing California students to work longer hours, according to a new report.
May 30, 2011
Leadership & Policy
Fisk ‘Family Feud’ Enters Its Next Chapter
Fisk University’s legal battle over its efforts to raise funds for the school by monetizing part of its prestigious Stieglitz Collection of photographs and paintings entered another testy chapter this month.
May 26, 2011
Asian American Pacific Islander
UC Berkeley Law Professor Goodwin Liu Withdraws Appellate Court Judgeship Bid
Amid unflinching Republican opposition, embattled judicial nominee Goodwin Liu has officially withdrawn his name for a federal post that many political and legal insiders have viewed as his stepping stone to the U.S. Supreme Court.
May 26, 2011
Students
Oprah’s Generosity Spurs Past Morehouse Scholarship Recipients to Pledge New Scholarship Funding
Recalling the impact of the Oprah Winfrey scholarships they received while at Morehouse College, the “Sons of Oprah,” as they are known, have announced they are pledging more than $300,000 to help educate deserving Morehouse students.
May 26, 2011
African-American
Charleston Can Lay a Claim to First Memorial Day
Yale University historian David Blight contends that a May 1, 1865 gathering in Charleston gives the South Carolina city justification to claim the first Memorial Day observance honoring the dead from the Civil War.
May 25, 2011
Faculty & Staff
Policy Report Says Reform Critical to Viability of U.S. Higher Education
University of Virginia-based policy research center releases study that urges higher education leaders to revamp the way they do business and refocus on delivery modes that lead to higher rates of completion.
May 25, 2011
Faculty & Staff
Scholars Grapple With Globalization’s Dark Side – Human Trafficking
Whether lured in, kidnapped or sold by their families, modern slavery represents a big, old problem in a new, smaller world.
May 25, 2011
Students
HBCU Conference Schools Take Big Hits in Latest NCAA Academic Progress Report
The NCAA banned Jackson State and Southern of the Southwestern Athletic Conference from postseason play in football next season and did the same thing for Southern and Grambling in men’s basketball.
May 24, 2011
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