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African-American

Study Reveals University Endowments Bouncing Back from Recession

Preliminary results from a study on higher education endowments conclude that college endowments are regaining what they lost due to the economic recession.

November 6, 2013

Students

Diverse Conversations: Staying Afloat in Financially Turbulent Times

President of Rollins College offers advice on how institutions can strategically manage their resources during these financially turbulent times.

November 4, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Millions to Attract Top Profs to Louisiana Universities Unused

The Louisiana Board of Regents says $113 million donated to bring top professors to state universities is going unused.

October 7, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Notre Dame Endowment Increases to $8.3 Billion

The University of Notre Dame’s chief investment officer says the school’s endowment increased 12 percent for the year ending June 30 to $8.3 billion.

October 1, 2013

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UConn Foundation to Pay Outgoing Leader through June

The University of Connecticut Foundation will be paying the salaries of two presidents until June 2014.

August 26, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Alabama State University Awarded $800,000 for Voting Rights Center

Alabama State University receives funding to build the third Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights Interpretive Center, which is slated to open in March 2015.

July 2, 2013

Students

William Gray, Former Congressman and UNCF President, Dies

Gray, an ex-U.S. Rep, first Black Majority Whip, and former president of the United Negro College Fund passed away Monday at the age of 71.

July 2, 2013

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Dayton Conference to Explore Diversity in Philosophy

Roughly 150 philosophers will gather at the University of Dayton next week, convening what will be the first ever diversity in philosophy conference to have the backing of the American Philosophical Association.

May 20, 2013

HBCUs

American Baptist College Designated as a Historically Black Institution

Known for students who emerged as Civil Rights Movement activists, American Baptist College has attained what college officials considers its latest honor—federal designation as a historically Black institution.

April 24, 2013

Students

Sequestration: HBCUs Cast a Worried Eye at Title III and Student Aid Funding

For years, Historically Black Colleges and Universities or HBCUs have boasted that they can do more with less. But sequestration could reduce the coffers of institutions that already have few resources.

March 12, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Former Internee Who Funded Endowed Chair at UCLA Dies

Perhaps the most notable of the many UCLA gifts from Aratani and his wife, Sakaye, was one that endowed the nation’s first academic chair devoted specifically to the study of the internment and the decades-long, post-war efforts by Japanese Americans for redress.

March 1, 2013

Leadership & Policy

Romney’s (In)Correct: Obama’s “Gifts” for Young People

It is not often I agree with Mitt Romney. Actually, I have yet to remember an occasion when I agreed with Romney. But all good things (or bad things depending on your perspective) come to an end.

November 15, 2012