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Leadership & Policy
Jerryl Briggs to Run Mississippi Valley State University for Now
JACKSON, Miss. — Chief Operating Officer Jerryl Briggs will become acting president of Mississippi Valley State University. The state College Board named him Thursday to take over on July 1 from William Bynum Jr., who will become president of Jackson State University. Board spokeswoman Caron Blanton says Briggs will be acting president until trustees begin […]
Students
Boston Bridge Program Aims to Put College Within Residents’ Reach
Boston will offer its residents yet another chance at free college through a recently announced program, The Boston Bridge. The program will be available to high school students who graduated in 2017 and are residents of the city.
Students
Mississippi Community Colleges Make Cut, Raise Tuition
JACKSON, Miss. — Community colleges statewide are eliminating nearly 250 jobs for the upcoming year to close budget gaps, and five are dropping at least one intercollegiate sport. The move comes as colleges increase tuition by an average of 13 percent, mostly because state funding has fallen. Community College Board Executive Director Andrea Mayfield said […]
Students
Bias Suit Against Community College of Philadelphia Tossed
A federal judge has thrown out a race and gender discrimination suit against the Community College of Philadelphia by an African-American filmmaker who wasn’t hired for a full-time position in the English Department.
Students
Advocacy Group Challenges HBCUs to be LGBTQ Friendly
In an era where attitudes are shifting — albeit slowly — when it comes to securing rights for LGBTQ people, the National Black Justice Coalition is pushing HBCU leaders to step up by addressing the visages of homophobia still visible on their college campuses.
Students
In Maryland Desegregation Case, Black Colleges Seek Protected ‘Academic Niches’
Historically Black colleges in Maryland should have the right to offer unique, high-demand courses that cannot be duplicated at nearby traditionally White colleges, lawyers argued Thursday in the closing remarks of the remedy phase of a desegregation case.
Students
NY College Students Begin Applying for Free Tuition Program
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York state has begun accepting applications for its new tuition-free college program. More than 3,000 people signed up for the Excelsior scholarship Wednesday, the first day the applications were available. They’ll be accepted through July 21. Applicants should know within a week whether they’re eligible to receive funding. The tuition initiative […]
Students
New Program Aims to Help Indiana Foster Kids in College
INDIANAPOLIS — About 50 Indiana foster children who are entering college will receive additional instruction this summer though a program intended to boost the number of foster kids finishing degrees. The nonprofit Indiana Connected by 25 is working with Purdue University Northwest, where the incoming freshman will stay in dorms while receiving eight weeks of […]
African-American
Taylor Leaving Thurgood Marshall College Fund
Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., is stepping down after seven years as president and CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, the venerable national representative of publicly-supported historically Black colleges and universities.
Leadership & Policy
Tuskegee Turns Again to Morris as Interim President
The Tuskegee University Board of Trustees has appointed Dr. Charlotte P. Morris to serve as the interim president of the institution beginning July.
Faculty & Staff
Remembering Samuel DuBois Cook
Higher education stalwart Dr. Samuel DuBois Cook, a political scientist and human rights activist, died Monday in Atlanta at age 88.
Leadership & Policy
Cox Appointed to Alabama A&M Board of Trustees
Dr. William E. Cox, president & CEO of Diverse: Issues In Higher Education, has been appointed to the board of trustees of his alma mater, Alabama A&M University.
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