Tag: Private Colleges & Universities: Page 16

HBCUs

Battle of the Bands highlights

Selected visuals from the 2010 Honda Battle of the Bands in Atlanta, featuring the top HBCU marching bands in the country including Florida A&M University and Southern University.

September 3, 2011

African-American

Virginia State University Drumline Performs at the White House

Less than a month after they performed with fellow band members in the Honda Battle of the Bands showcase, an eight-person drumline from the Virginia State University’s Trojan Explosion marching band entertained guests at the Feb. 26 executive order signing for the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities by President Barack Obama.

September 3, 2011

African-American

Texas Higher Education Enrollment Topped 1.5 Million in 2010

Texas is in line to meet the 2015 higher education enrollment goal of 1.65 million students, but the state must work harder to encourage minorities to pursue advanced degrees, according to the state’s higher education commissioner.

July 31, 2011

Students

Lawmakers Approve Private Fund for Undocumented Immigrants

The children of immigrants, both legal and undocumented, would be able to obtain private college scholarships and enroll in state savings programs under legislation approved Monday.

May 31, 2011

Faculty & Staff

Empowering Women for Academic Leadership Roles

This past week, I had the pleasure of attending a session on empowering women for academic leadership roles. The event was held at the University of Pennsylvania and featured female academic leaders — our president, deans, center leaders and department chairs. Together, these impressive women offered advice to all of the women in the audience. […]

May 2, 2011

Leadership & Policy

High Point University Giving Has Aim To Build Elite School

The recent announcement of $40 million in gifts to High Point University feeds into the school’s 10-year plan to raise and spend $2.1 billion and to define itself as an up-and-coming Southeastern private university.

April 25, 2011

Students

Civil Rights Groups Express Support for Gainful Employment Rules

The Obama administration’s efforts to step up oversight of for-profit colleges got a key endorsement when a group of civil rights leaders announced support for the proposed rules.

February 7, 2011

Students

Minnesota’s Private Colleges Recruit Diverse Students

For almost the tenth consecutive year the number of minorities enrolled in the 17 four-year, liberal arts schools that belong to the Minnesota Private College Council has increased.

December 14, 2010

Leadership & Policy

Ranks of Millionaire College Presidents Grow

Thirty presidents received more than $1 million in pay and benefits in 2008, according to a recent analysis of federal tax forms.

November 16, 2010

Students

College Tuition Costs Climbing Again This Fall

College tuition costs shot up again this fall, and students and their families are leaning more on the federal government to make higher education more affordable in tough economic times, according to two reports issued Thursday.

October 28, 2010

Students

Private College Associations Introduce Student Access Website

A project begun by two leading associations of non-profit private U.S. higher education institutions targets the national goal of re-establishing the U.S. as the world’s leader in college completion.

September 23, 2010

Students

Private Colleges ‘Act Local’ With Financial Aid

Hoping to portray themselves as more affordable and all-around better neighbors, private colleges from Appalachia to Boston are sweetening financial aid packages for students from their own backyards.

August 30, 2010