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NCAC Presidents’ Council Wins Inaugural Diversity and Inclusion Award
The NCAA and Minority Opportunities Athletic Association are honoring the athletic conference for its programs and initiatives that promoted diversity.
December 18, 2012
Leadership & Policy
Black Conservatives on Campus Stay Their Course
Finding themselves in the midst of liberal peers, Black conservatives embrace “not just a political ideology, but a way of life.”
December 18, 2012
Opinion
Paradox of Gun Reactions to Connecticut Shooting
Our academics who live to think need to figure a comprehensive approach to gun control.
December 18, 2012
Sports
Four HBCUs Among Six Institutions Selected in NCAA Grant Program
The NCAA has selected six universities to participate in its Limited-Resources Institutions Grant Program to help them better fulfill requirements of the NCAA student-athlete academic performance standards.
December 18, 2012
Sports
Colorado Considers Changing College Funding
The Colorado Department of Higher Education is considering changes to the way it allocates $70 million for need-based college grants.
December 17, 2012
Disabilties
Gov. Walker Considers Freezing University of Wisconsin System Tuitions
Gov. Scott Walker says he’s considering several options to keep tuitions affordable in the University of Wisconsin System.
December 17, 2012
HBCUs
University of Missouri Opposes Release of Education Course Outlines
The National Council on Teacher Quality is trying to force the university to release copies of course syllabuses as part of its effort to monitor what aspiring teachers learn in college.
December 17, 2012
Faculty & Staff
Group Issues ‘Call to Action’ on Teacher Prep Program Reform
The Council of Chief State School Officers is calling for states to hold teacher preparation programs more accountable for student achievement.
December 17, 2012
Community Colleges
Administrators Place Responsibility on Professors for Innovative Digital Education
Ronald Thorpe, president of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, says the glitch in the preparation of teachers is their lack of experience with digital learning standards.
December 17, 2012
Leadership & Policy
Ohio Grants Will Fund College Internships
An $11 million investment by the state of Ohio will create as many as 3,500 internships and co-ops for college students and may help fight the “brain drain” from the Buckeye State, officials said.
December 16, 2012
Leadership & Policy
Students Rally for Ousted Morgan State President
More than 200 people turned out to rally Friday in support of Morgan State University’s president, whose contract has not been extended.
December 16, 2012
Students
Governor Bentley Orders Independent Audit of Alabama State
The independent audit of the school’s finances and activities follows in the wake of a separate audit ordered by the trustees.
December 16, 2012
Home
Scholars Gather to Launch Book About Black Immigrant Children in U.S.
The Migration Policy Institute convened scholars and research analysts late last week to launch a book that documents the social, economic and health status of Black immigrant children in the U.S.
December 16, 2012
Faculty & Staff
HBCUs’ Self-Inflicted Wounds, Friendly Fire and Other Consequential Outcomes
.The high turnover rate in leadership at the nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities has reached the crisis stage.
December 16, 2012
African-American
Turmoil in Temple’s African-American Studies Program Taking Its Toll
Grad students, other critics say receivership undermines the department and creates a divide between history and African-American studies programs.
December 16, 2012
Home
The Institute of American Indian Arts Celebrates its 50th Anniversary
IAIA — the nation’s only four-year fine arts institution devoted to Native American and Alaska Native arts — is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Since its creation in 1962, the tribal college near Santa Fe, N.M., has produced thousands of painters, sculptors, writers and filmmakers. Some have attained national and international reputations in the art world, including Earl Biss, T.C. Cannon, Doug Hyde, and Roxanne Swentzell.
December 14, 2012
Home
Georgia college funding will be tied to graduation
Georgia’s public colleges and universities will have to earn the money they get from taxpayers by helping more students get a degree.
December 13, 2012
Students
Legislators seek money records from Alabama State
Three legislative leaders on education issues have asked Alabama State University for records of all contracts and payments to public officials or their immediate families.
December 13, 2012
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