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Report Addresses Issues Related to College Closures

A new report from The Century Foundation provides suggestions on how to more effectively foresee an institution’s financial instability.

October 14, 2019

African-American

FUTURE Act Stalls in the U.S. Senate

Historically Black colleges and universities are growing nervous as federal funding for minority serving institutions – set to expire Sept. 30 – stalls in the United States Senate.

September 25, 2019

Students

Economy, Affordability to Blame in Decreased Community College Enrollment

New research from the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) found that postsecondary institutions are struggling to recruit students.

September 16, 2019

Native Americans

Report Details High Rates of Suspension for Native Americans in K–12

An examination of school district data in the state of California shows the statewide suspension rate for Native American children and youth is more than double the statewide suspension average.

September 16, 2019

HBCUs

I Was Raised by Black Educators. We Think Biden Disappoints

At the intersection of race and inequality, I see unique and impressive strengths in several of the candidate’s education agendas and I find myself particularly excited about Senator Kamala Harris’ more ambitious goals of raising teacher pay by an average of 13.5k and investing over 60 billion in infrastructure, scholarship and curriculum funding at HBCUs.

September 9, 2019

Students

Goodwill Helping Adults Pursue an Education

The number of adult learners is growing within the United States. However, for many adults, pursuing an education, whether it is their high school diploma or high school degree, still remains a daunting task.The nonprofit thrift store, Goodwill, wanted to change that.

August 27, 2019

Women

Nonprofit to Implement Global Education Program for Girls

Plan International USA, a non-profit organization focused on ending poverty, recently received a $12-million donation to fund a new program to help young girls around the world pursue an education and feel safe within their communities.

August 14, 2019

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Politicians Honor Legacy of King

Former Vice President Joe Biden was among the dozens of political leaders — and potential 2020 presidential candidates — who celebrated the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 21, 2019

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Educators and Activists Discuss Civic and Political Engagement

The interconnection between the roles of educators and activists in today’s political climate were evident Monday during a roundtable discussion at Howard University that featured students, former U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. John B. King, Jr. and social justice activist Brittany Packnett.

October 22, 2018

Native Americans

UNC Pembroke Awarded $1.1M to Support American Indian School Administrators

The University of North Carolina at Pembroke (UNCP) School of Education recently received a $1.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to increase the number of American Indian administrators in the state’s public school districts with a large American Indian student population, university officials said. The five-year grant will support the First Americans’ […]

October 4, 2018

African-American

Longtime UMASS Employee Reports Racial Profiling in Campus Police Incident

A longtime employee of the University of Massachusetts Amherst said he was racially profiled when someone called the police as he was walking into a campus building on Friday morning, according to a report by the Daily Hampshire Gazette. The caller left a message on the university’s anonymous tip line about a “very agitated” Black […]

September 17, 2018

HBCUs

Running for Maryland Governor, Ben Jealous Puts Focus on Education

At 45, Ben Jealous is looking to make history by becoming Maryland’s first Black governor, making access to higher education a central tenet of his grassroots campaign.

May 15, 2018