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HBCUs Hit Strategic Reset in Face of Funding Mismatch

Despite the doom-and-gloom narrative that is often projected on these institutions, three in particular are seizing an opportunity to look inward, producing new strategic plans that accentuate their strengths and build upon their weaknesses.

January 19, 2016

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Individual Coaching Demystifies College for First-Generation Applicants

Students who are the first in their family to apply to college are the least likely to have had help navigating the complex process. A group called the College Advising Corps is trying to turn that disparity around. It partners with high schools and universities to recruit and pay recent college grads to advise lower-income, […]

January 19, 2016

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The Obama Administration Proposes $2 Billion More In College Aid

“President Obama has increased college aid by over $50 billion since coming into office. And he’s trying to do more. Acting Education Secretary John King announced two new proposals today that would expand the Pell Grant program, the biggest pot of federal money for students with financial need. Will offering students a few hundred dollars, […]

January 19, 2016

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Washington Lawmakers Propose Free Community College

OLYMPIA, Wash. ― A group of Democratic lawmakers in Washington have announced a proposal to make community college and technical college free for state residents without a bachelor’s degree. Some qualifying students could also get a stipend for books and other expenses based on family income, lawmakers said at a news conference on Tuesday. The […]

January 19, 2016

Dartmouth Will Account for State Aid it Agreed to in 1800s

CONCORD, N.H. ― Facing questions from a skeptical lawmaker, Dartmouth College has agreed to provide an annual accounting of how it keeps promises it made two centuries ago to help needy New Hampshire students. In 1807, the state gave the then-cash-strapped college 42 square miles of land, with the provision that all income produced from […]

January 19, 2016

Leadership & Policy

St. Bonaventure University President Announces Retirement

OLEAN, N.Y. ― St. Bonaventure University President Sister Margaret Carney is retiring. The 74-year-old announced Tuesday that she will leave her position at the western New York university on July 31. She’s been at the Franciscan college for 20 years and has been president for the last 12. In an email to the college community, […]

January 19, 2016

Suicide of Student Triggers Protests in Southern India

HYDERABAD, India ― Shouting slogans and holding placards, hundreds of students on Tuesday angrily protested the death of an Indian student who, along with four others, was barred from using some facilities at his university in the southern tech-hub of Hyderabad. The protesters accused Hyderabad University’s vice chancellor and a federal minister of unfairly demanding […]

January 19, 2016

Community Colleges

Whiteness History Month coming to Portland Community College in April

Whiteness History Month has been discussed as a possible event at PCC since Dec. 2014, officials said Monday, inspired by groups such as the Black Lives Matter movement’s actions both on and off campuses nationwide. Organizers created a website last August and plan events for this April, though the project doesn’t have an agenda set […]

January 19, 2016

Hampton University Senior Awarded Prestigious Schwarzman Scholarship

“Ivana Thomas, a senior at Hampton University, was awarded the Schwarzman Scholarship, the newest and most ambitious international scholarship of the 21st century. Founded and largely funded by American billionaire Stephen A. Schwarzman, the new international scholarship recognizes academic excellence, leadership accomplishment as well as promise. Schwarzman endowed the scholarship with $100 million of his own, […]

January 19, 2016

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Leadership & Policy

2015: Yet Another Turbulent Year for Black America

To put it bluntly, 2015 was a year that left its brash, brutal, ugly stain of racism on America.

January 18, 2016

NCAA Program Putting Qualifying Members on Right Track Academically

The Accelerating Academic Success Program is an effort to help so-called “limited-resource” institutions receive extra human and technological help for student-athletes.

January 18, 2016

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Leadership & Policy

Donald Trump: An ‘Angry Voice’ or ‘Great for African-Americans’?

Just in time for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Donald Trump has a message for all Americans.

January 18, 2016

Catholic University Finds Clemency Project Rewarding Experience

CUA’s Columbus School of Law is one of 30 law schools involved in the Clemency Project 2014 that screens clemency applications of drug offenders caught up in sentencing practices that emerged during the nation’s war on drugs.

January 18, 2016

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State Colleges Consider Discount for Some Mexican Students

SANTA FE, N.M. ― New Mexico lawmakers are weighing whether to offer lower tuition at state colleges to some international students from Mexico. The Legislative Finance Committee discussed on Monday the proposal to allow reduced tuition rates to students from the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Sonora who attend New Mexico state colleges. If endorsed […]

January 18, 2016

Faculty & Staff

Arizona State Professor Facing Plagiarism Accusations to Resign

TEMPE, Ariz. ― An Arizona State University history professor accused of plagiarism has agreed to resign. Dr. Matthew Whitaker, who has been on administrative leave, will cede his tenured position as an associate professor in May 2017. He will also step down as co-director of the Center for Race and Democracy effective immediately. Under an […]

January 18, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Six Finalists for Southern University-Shreveport Chancellor

SHREVEPORT, La. ― Six semifinalists are in the running for chancellor of Southern University at Shreveport. The Southern University System Board of Supervisors’ Chancellor Search Committee named them Friday as: Rodney Ellis, higher education consultant and former chancellor of Central Louisiana Technical and Community College in Alexandria Aubra Gantt, vice president for academic outreach and […]

January 18, 2016

Penn State Seniors Put Class Gift Funds Toward Mental Health

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. ― Pennsylvania State University’s senior class will donate its class gift funds to an endowment to support campus mental health services. Student leaders tell The Philadelphia Inquirer the gift could reach $250,000. They believe the decision indicates a growing awareness of the need for mental health treatment. The vote was personal for […]

January 18, 2016

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N.C. Community Colleges Weigh Differing Costs by Campus

WENTWORTH, N.C. ― North Carolina community college leaders could decide whether to let schools tack a local surcharge onto student tuition as campuses search for money to upgrade equipment to train future workers for jobs in manufacturing and health care. Campus presidents of the 58-school system will decide later this month whether to push for […]

January 18, 2016