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GRANTS & AWARDS

ARMSTRONG ATLANTIC STATE UNIVERSITY (Ga.) Has received a five-year, $1 MILLION grant from the National Science Foundation to establish learning communities focusing on undergraduate research for students with a desire to pursue careers in science and mathematics. THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS (Mass.)Has been awarded a $900,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to […]

REPORT: COLLEGE GRADUATION RATES COULD DRAMATICALLY DECLINE

LANSDOWNE, VA. College graduation rates will decline precipitously nationally in the coming years if nothing is done to improve the completion rates of Black and Hispanic students, who represent the fastest growing student populations in colleges and universities.

NOTEWORTHYNEWS: FINANCIAL AID PROGRAM CHANGES TAKE EFFECT

Low-income students and recent college graduates may reap dramatic gains as a result of far-reaching changes in financial aid grant and loan programs that began earlier this month.

NOTEWORTHY NEWS: Tenured Faculty at Two-year Schools Impact Student Transfers

State articulation and transfer agreements do little to increase the number of community college students who transfer to fouryear institutions, but having tenured faculty at the community college level helps.

Black Newspaper in Boston Suspends Publication

An African-American newspaper that covered Boston’s busing riots of the 1970s, the fall of Black political leaders, and the rise of the state’s first Black governor, Deval Patrick, has suspended publication after 44 years and laid off its 12 employees.

Diversity on the Prairie: A College Cultural Mosaic

Lethbridge College in Alberta, Canada, attracts a diverse student body despite its location.

Professional Appoitments

DR. M. CHRISTOPHER BROWN II has been appointed executive vice president and provost at Fisk University. He previously served as dean at the University of Nevada’s College of Education. Brown earned a bachelor’s from South Carolina State University, a master’s from the University of Kentucky and a doctorate from The Pennsylvania State University. LEANDRA HAYES-THOMAS […]

Financial Aid Program Changes Take Effect

Low-income students and recent college graduates may reap dramatic gains beginning July 1 as a result of far-reaching changes in financial aid grant and loan programs.

Tenured Faculty at Community College Favorably Impact Student Transfer Decisions

State articulation and transfer agreements do little to increase the number of community college students who transfer to four-year institutions, but having tenured faculty at the community college level helps, according to a recent study conducted by the Center on Reinventing Public Education at the University of Washington.

Three Black Fraternities Unite With Big Brothers Big Sisters in a National Partnership

Three of the nation’s largest African-American fraternities – Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc., and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. – have joined with the Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) organization to help Black boys succeed.

Non-Discrimination Policies and Support Groups Help Ease Campus Life for Gay and Lesbian Students at HBCUs

Earlier this year, a group of gay and lesbian students at Winston-Salem State University, a mid-sized historically Black institution in the conservative Piedmont region of North Carolina, petitioned the school’s administration to add sexual orientation to its nondiscrimination policy.

Best & Brightest: From Concerned Alum to Policymaker

When Southern Methodist University student Warren Seay Jr. applied for a Truman Scholarship, he wrote the judges about his deep concerns about public education and included troubling data about his high school in the Dallas suburb of DeSoto.

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