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African-American

Report: Funding, Institutional Support Lacking for Historically Black Public Colleges

Historically Black public colleges in four states continue to lag behind predominantly White schools in funding and institutional support, the Center for Minority Serving Institutions finds in new report.

May 7, 2014

Faculty & Staff

For Minorities’ Educational Needs, Funding Lags Far Behind Effort

Today more than 90 percent of the nation’s population growth is from people of color, yet we are failing to address their educational needs.

May 5, 2014

African-American

Dr. Marybeth Gasman – Professor of Higher Education, University of Pennsylvania

Gasman, a professor of higher education in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania, holds secondary appointments in history, Africana studies, and the School of Social Policy and Practice. She also directs the Center for Minority-Serving Institutions at Penn. Gasman has written or edited 15 books, including Envisioning Black Colleges: A History […]

April 25, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Dr. France A. Cordova – President Emeritus, Purdue University

Cordova became Purdue University’s 11th and first female president in 2007, leading it to record levels of research funding while expanding its role as a top research institution on the global stage. A professor of physics and astronomy, she has published more than 200 scientific and public policy journal articles and conference abstracts. She was […]

April 25, 2014

Sports

Grambling Students Vote for Athletics Fee

Grambling State University’s athletic programs will get a boost in the fall after students approved an athletics fee that will generate an additional $1 million annually.

April 24, 2014

Students

Jill Biden Promotes Post-9/11 GI Bill Website

Jill Biden is promoting a new website designed to make it easier for service members, veterans, their spouses and dependents to calculate their Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits at thousands of schools and job training programs.

April 16, 2014

Students

Georgia Officials Approve Tuition Increases

Tuition is going up for Georgia students at all 31 state colleges and universities under a budget plan approved Tuesday by the state Board of Regents, including the largest increase of $372 more per semester for Georgia Tech undergraduates.

April 15, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Priority on Sports an Issue Even at Smaller Colleges

Too often in the last decade, the spending by colleges and universities for new jobs and the like has either stayed steady or gone down. That is, except for sports.

April 14, 2014

Home

Florida A&M Fears Lawmaker Trying to Turn Back Clock

Proposal to fund a new school of engineering at neighboring Florida State, end partnership with FAMU seen as step back toward segregation-era status.

April 8, 2014

Faculty & Staff

SC House Refuses to Restore College Cuts for Books

The South Carolina House refused Monday to back down from plans to punish two public colleges in the budget for assigning freshmen to read books dealing with homosexuality.

March 10, 2014

Students

President Obama’s New Budget Adds Funds for Higher Education, MSIs

President Obama’s 2015 education budget plan features more funds for Pell Grants and an initiative to spur innovation at HBCUs and minority-serving institutions.

March 4, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Court Rules Against Notre Dame Over Birth Control

A federal appeals court on Friday ruled against the University of Notre Dame in a case over parts of the federal health care law that forces it to provide health insurance for students and employees that covers contraceptives.

February 23, 2014