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Faculty & Staff

New HBCU Initiative Leader Seeks to Forge Relationships Between HBCUs and Obama Administration

Dr. John Silvanus Wilson Jr. looks back at his days as a Morehouse College student as a time when faculty, staff and administrators formed a campus community that was nurturing and family-oriented – a distinguishing characteristic of many of the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities.

July 26, 2009

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Senate Confirms Ex-Astronaut Bolden to Head NASA

The Senate confirmed on Wednesday retired astronaut Maj. Gen. Charles Bolden as administrator of NASA, just in time for the space agency’s 40th anniversary celebrations of man’s first steps on the moon.

July 16, 2009

Community Colleges

Prospective Switch to Direct Loans Raises Concerns

Smaller schools say they lack the infrastructure to take on student loan tasks traditionally performed by banks.

June 10, 2009

HBCUs

Black Colleges Will Fight Cut to Federal Program

Leaders of historically Black colleges say they’ll fight a reduction in a federal program they call a financial lifeline at a time of economic distress for the schools and their students.

May 10, 2009

Latinx

Minority-serving Institutions To Lose Funding Under Obama Budget

The Obama administration proposed its first full education budget Thursday, with funding for an array of new programs but a net decrease for minority-serving colleges and universities.

May 7, 2009

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New Challenges Arise for Minorities in 2010 census

What seems like a simple question — How many Hispanics are living in the United States? — has become surprisingly complex as the 2010 census approaches.

March 17, 2009

Community Colleges

Job Training Issues To Get Greater Visibility

Community colleges seek funding and policy changes to job training law to better meet evolving needs of the American work force.

January 21, 2009

HBCUs

Catching Up With Dr. Leonard Haynes

After a little more than a year as its executive director, Dr. Leonard L. Haynes III has been credited with substantially improving the performance of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

December 22, 2008

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Change of Heart?

The news comes a day after Gannet News Service reported that President-elect Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., reached an agreement that will make way for Congress to pass comprehensive immigration legislation.

November 24, 2008

Students

Campaigns Differ on How to Help With College Costs

The price of college continues to surge, and financial aid isn’t keeping up. The Wall Street meltdown has hammered the stock market and college savings. And a college degree is ever more essential for finding a good job.

October 1, 2008

HBCUs

Congressional Coalition Forms To Give HBCUs New Voice

Seeking to capitalize on recent successes such as the renewal of the Higher Education Act, the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) recently unveiled a detailed new legislative agenda along with plans to raise awareness of historically Black colleges in Congress.

October 1, 2008

HBCUs

Secretary of State Rice Calls for Investment in HBCUs

With historically Black colleges and universities graduating a significant percentage of Black students who pursue doctoral degrees in medicine, mathematics, science and engineering, we must continue to invest resources into these institutions, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday.

September 8, 2008