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Stakeholders Call for Postponement of White House Initiative on HBCUs Conference

The White House Initiative on HBCUs annual conference is scheduled for September 17-19. However, stakeholders within the historically Black colleges and universities community, have requested that the conference be postponed.

Omarosa Manigault-Newman

Dartmouth Considers Boosting Undergraduate Enrollment

CONCORD, N.H. — Dartmouth College is considering increasing the number of undergraduate students by as much as 25 percent in a bid to expand the institution’s reach. The college has formed a task force that will soon begin examining the issue and look at several scenarios for increasing enrollment by 10 to 25 percent. President […]

Liberty University Grads Returning Diplomas to Protest Falwell

LYNCHBURG, Va. — A small group of Liberty University graduates are planning to return their diplomas to the evangelical Virginia school as a rebuke of President Jerry Falwell Jr.’s latest show of unwavering support for Donald Trump. The Liberty alumni organized the “Return your diploma to LU group” on Facebook after Falwell, in tweets and […]

National Study Shows Freshmen Better Off Taking 15 Credits

Students who took 15 credits during their first year of college did better academically and were retained at higher rates than those who took fewer credits, a new EAB analysis has found.

After Hearing, UNC Awaits NCAA Ruling in Academic Case

The University of North Carolina has wrapped up a two-day hearing with an NCAA infractions committee panel that will decide whether the school faces penalties tied to its multi-year academic scandal.

University of North Carolina Chancellor Carol Folt

St. Philip’s College Embraces Dual Identity

Artemisia Bowden St. Philip’s College has the distinction of being both a historically Black college and a Hispanic serving institution.

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Judge Approves $250K Settlement for College Student’s Death

CLEMSON, S.C. — A judge has approved a $250,000 settlement between Clemson University and the family of a student who died during a fraternity pledge run nearly three years ago. Court records filed Thursday show Judge Robin Stilwell approved the deal reached earlier this month. Clemson promises to create a $50,000 endowment in Tucker Hipps’ […]

In Letter to Staff, DeVos Condemns Charlottesville Violence

WASHINGTON — Facing criticism over her muted response to the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Thursday condemned those “tragic and unthinkable” events and blasted “neo-Nazis and other racist bigots” in a letter to staff. DeVos’ email to Education Department employees came after she was criticized for insufficiently condemning the violence, in […]

Michigan State University Rejects White Nationalist Event

DETROIT — Michigan State University has denied a request to rent space to a group headed by white nationalist Richard Spencer. The university said in a statement Thursday that the decision was made “due to significant concerns about public safety.” It cites last weekend’s “tragic violence” in Charlottesville, Virginia. Michigan State officials say they support […]

Report: Student Borrowers Mired Deeper in Debt

More student loan borrowers are finding themselves deeper in debt and taking a longer time to pay off their student loans — and an increasing number of student loan borrowers are older than in the past, according to a report released Wednesday from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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Unaccredited and Undeterred: Morris Brown Seeks Turnaround

Morris Brown College, a historically Black institution in Atlanta, Georgia, lost its accreditation in April of 2003 but has kept its doors and classrooms open in spite of a significant loss in funding and enrollment.

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No More Hawaiian Affairs Scholarships for Mainland Colleges

HONOLULU — Scholarship money from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs will only be going to students at the University of Hawaii system this academic year, officials said. The office gives $500,000 each year to Hawaiian students and could be used in the past by students to help pay for costs at mainland colleges, The Honolulu-Star […]

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