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HBCUs
Activists Mobilize, Students Organize Town To Preserve Mississippi HBCUs
Alumni And Students Organize Town Hall Meetings And A Protest Rally To Pressure Mississippi Lawmakers Into Nixing College-Merger Proposal.
February 3, 2010
Students
Noteworthy News – Standing Up for the Count
With federal dollars on the line, colleges are working to prevent an undercount of college students in the 2010 Census.
February 3, 2010
Students
Washington Update – Financial Aid Simplification: One Step Forward and More to Go
New changes are making it easier to complete the federal government’s financial aid form. But some experts are concerned that the multipage application may still deter students from seeking aid.
February 3, 2010
Home
Spectrum – Taking a Stand
Each semester, Dr. Shaun Gabbidon teaches a course on race and crime at Penn State Harrisburg, where he is a Distinguished Professor of Criminal Justice.
February 3, 2010
Opinion
Having a Voice and Getting a Stage on Which To Use It
Every week I meet with students about their academic interests, their future, and their vision. This past week, I met with a young man, about 25 years old, who is pursuing a master’s degree in education. He told me that he wants to be famous – wants to get on TV, radio, and be in […]
February 2, 2010
Opinion
Celebrating Blackness at an HBCU
When people think of Lincoln University, among the first things that come to mind is its storied past and the alumni, such as Thurgood Marshall, Langston Hughes and Kwame Nkrumah, who have made a significant impact in the struggle for human rights. One of the ironies of being at Lincoln is that it does not […]
February 2, 2010
Opinion
Celebrating Blackness at an HBCU
When people think of Lincoln University, among the first things that come to mind is its storied past and the alumni, such as Thurgood Marshall, Langston Hughes and Kwame Nkrumah, who have made a significant impact in the struggle for human rights. One of the ironies of being at Lincoln is that it does not […]
February 2, 2010
Sports
Eddie Robinson Museum Opening Feb. 13
Almost a decade after the Legislature authorized a state museum to honor former Grambling football coach Eddie G. Robinson, it will open on what would have been his 91st birthday.
February 2, 2010
Students
Private Institutions Seek Role in Obama College Completion Drive
In joining President Obama’s ambitious college completion initiative, a leading U.S. association of private colleges and universities has devoted part of its annual meeting to exploring the role private institutions can play in the quest to expand access and graduate more students.
February 2, 2010
Sports
Eddie Robinson Museum Opening Feb. 13
Almost a decade after the Legislature authorized a state museum to honor former Grambling football coach Eddie G. Robinson, it will open on what would have been his 91st birthday.
February 2, 2010
Students
Private Institutions Seek Role in Obama College Completion Drive
In joining President Obama’s ambitious college completion initiative, a leading U.S. association of private colleges and universities has devoted part of its annual meeting to exploring the role private institutions can play in the quest to expand access and graduate more students.
February 2, 2010
Faculty & Staff
Struggling Through the Cuts
California students and faculty grapple with the effects of draconian state cuts to postsecondary education that have topped more than $1 billion in the last year.
February 2, 2010
Students
Parents, Students on Edge Over Soaring Tuition
As students around the country anxiously wait for college acceptance letters, their parents are sweating the looming tuition bills at public universities.
February 1, 2010
Faculty & Staff
Southern U. in Baton Rouge Nearing the ‘Point of Crisis’
Deep state budget cuts, forced by falling state revenue and a new focus on performance-based funding, is pushing Southern University of Baton Rouge (SUBR) to the brink of crisis, the school’s chancellor says.
February 1, 2010
Latinx
Obama Budget Plans More for Education
Federal education programs would receive a 7-percent boost under the Obama administration’s proposed budget for next year, with Pell Grants and minority-serving institutions among those receiving small to moderate increases.
February 1, 2010
Leadership & Policy
JSU President Defends Black College ‘Unity’ Plan
Jackson State University (JSU) President Dr. Ronald Mason has received a sharp rebuke from Black lawmakers and supporters of historically Black colleges and universities over his proposal to unite JSU with the state’s other two historically Black universities.
January 31, 2010
African-American
U.S. Racial History Less Understood Among Post-Racial Generation, Scholars Say
After the election of President Barack Obama, some college students consider prejudice and racism as relics of American societal behavior.
January 31, 2010
African-American
Protesters Reflect on Success of Student Sit-ins
Fifty years ago today, four college freshmen walked quietly into a Greensboro dime store, bought a few items, then sat down at the “Whites only” lunch counter and sparked a wave of civil rights protest that changed America.
January 31, 2010
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