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Faculty & Staff

Urban League Develops Future Leaders Through Saturday Program

The Greater Baltimore Urban League is addressing an urgent need to bring literacy training, academic support and self-esteem cultivation to underrepresented students.

November 5, 2013

Students

U. of Mich. Plans Entrepreneurship Education Expansion

The University of Michigan plans to offer formal entrepreneurship education to all of its undergraduates within the next two years, officials announced Monday.

November 4, 2013

Students

Howard University Attempting to Re-establish Ties to Late John H. Johnson

Despite $4 million donation, the former publishing giant’s name had been removed from the university’s School of Communications building.

November 3, 2013

Students

Students Block Access to Bulgarian University

Several hundred students blocked access to Bulgaria’s largest university on Monday, demanding the dissolution of Parliament, calling for new elections and bemoaning a lack of “moral values” at high levels. University administrators pleaded with them to re-open the campus and allow classes to resume.

October 28, 2013

African-American

VI Congressional Leader Fights for Black Boys in Education

Dr. Donna Christensen, the sole Democratic congressional leader from the Virgin Islands, is passionate about seeing Black boys succeed academically despite the day-to-day challenges against them.

October 27, 2013

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Education Advocate Major Owens Dies at 77

Mayor Owens, a New York City Democrat who served 12 terms in the U.S. House and was credited with helping to pass the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, has died at age 77.

October 22, 2013

Students

Veterans Flocking to College as Wars Wind Down

Many veterans face an array of challenges in making the transition to college life, but an increasing number of colleges and universities are taking steps to help.

October 20, 2013

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High Court Weighs Michigan Ban on Affirmative Action

After the Supreme Court ruled a decade ago that race could be a factor in college admissions in a Michigan case, affirmative action opponents persuaded the state’s voters to outlaw any consideration of race.

October 14, 2013

HBCUs

Colleges, Universities Initiating National Movement Against Hazing

Colleges and universities are devising strategies, such as creating new faculty positions, to institute and strictly enforce anti-hazing policies.

October 10, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Bynum Appointed MVSU President

The College Board unanimously voted Tuesday to appoint William Bynum as the next president of Mississippi Valley State University.

October 8, 2013

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Some MVSU Alumni Oppose Bynum Nomination for Presidency

Some Mississippi Valley State University alumni are complaining about the nomination of William Bynum to be the university’s next president.

October 7, 2013

African-American

Conference Celebrates Black Doctorals

Despite the nearly 2,000 African-Americans who earn doctoral degrees every year, they often go unnoticed and unrecognized.

October 6, 2013