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Clark Atlanta Cuts Jobs Due to Lower Enrollment

Clark Atlanta faced its own $25 million deficit when it installed a new president, Carlton Brown, last year.

February 8, 2009

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Bowie State University Receives Its Record Pledge

Bowie State University recently received a $1 million pledge from alum and businessman William R. Teel, Jr. “The million dollar gift is the most ever for Bowie State University that has been contributed at one time,” says the public historically Black university’s spokeswoman Rochelle Daniel. The university is in the midst of its largest fundraising […]

February 2, 2009

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Colleges Cut Budgets as Market Erodes Endowments

When the markets were booming, billionaire colleges like Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University tapped their swelling endowments and launched spending binges on faculty, buildings and scholarships.

January 27, 2009

Leadership & Policy

TSU, Smiley Strike Deal Amid Questions About His $1 Million Pledge

In February 2005, the Tavis Smiley School of Communication officially opened at Texas Southern University in Houston, garnering national fanfare, especially because the ceremony and naming of the school came with a $1 million pledge from its namesake.

January 21, 2009

HBCUs

Tom Joyner to help Va Union raise money

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – Virginia Union University is getting some help raising money from radio personality Tom Joyner. The nationally syndicated “The Tom Joyner Morning Show” will feature the university throughout January. The goal is to raise $200,000. Joyner’s foundation has pledged to match $5,000 from each of five alumni chapters. School officials say that […]

January 13, 2009

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Still Building The Dream

Fundraising organizers for a national monument to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. report they have topped more than $100 million in donations.

January 7, 2009

Leadership & Policy

SACS Warns S.C. State

South Carolina State University has been placed on warning for 12 months by its accrediting body, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, for failure to comply with the commission’s core requirements.

January 6, 2009

Leadership & Policy

Perspectives: Former Morris Brown Provost Sets Record Straight on School’s Problems

As former Provost of Morris Brown College (1999 to 2002) I am compelled to reply to The Chronicle of Higher Education article (Dec 22, 2008) on the tragic story of Morris Brown College.

January 5, 2009

Faculty & Staff

WSU’s Floyd Among Those Giving Back Amidst Salary Scrutiny

Washington State University president, Dr. Elson S. Floyd, stands out among a handful of academic leaders who recently announced they would either forgo raises or take voluntary pay cuts, not necessarily because they’re in the holiday spirit.

November 25, 2008

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Wal-Mart Foundation Donates $12.5 Million to King Memorial

The leadership of the Washington, DC Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, Inc. announced today that Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., through the Wal-Mart Foundation has provided a $12.5 million letter of credit which will expedite the beginning of physical construction of the memorial.  The Wal-Mart Foundation’s latest effort is in addition to the $1 […]

November 19, 2008

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Bill Clinton to raise funds for King Memorial

Organizers of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial say former President Bill Clinton will help raise funds to complete the project planned for the National Mall.

November 19, 2008

Leadership & Policy

School’s Fundraising Pitch Leaves Donors With The Blahs

An attempt to reach younger donors with a breezily written letter that uses the word “blah” 137 times has some Framingham State College (Mass.) alumni questioning the school’s professionalism, judgment and … blah, blah, blah.

November 12, 2008