David PluvioseStudentsLeadership Encouraged HBCUs a Part of National ConversationAt an executive leadership forum, HBCU leaders across the HBCU spectrum gave their take on digital media, veteran students, student success and retention, and other topics of interest for HBCUs.February 19, 2017StudentsSides Not Close in Maryland HBCU Remedy TrialThe plaintiffs and those representing the state of Maryland are still apparently far apart when it comes to how to remedy a segregated higher ed system that has disadvantaged Maryland’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU). In the ongoing remedial bench trial in Baltimore, testimony on behalf of the state has put the price tag […]February 9, 2017StudentsJohn King to Succeed Kati Haycock as Education Trust CEOThe announcement that former U.S. Secretary of Education John King has been named Ed Trust president and CEO is winning plaudits from many.February 2, 2017Faculty & StaffCornel West: We’re All Responsible for ‘Gangster’ TrumpIn his lecture at Harvard, Dr. Cornel West waxed introspective about the courage he believes is necessary to speak truth to power during Donald Trump’s presidency.January 25, 2017StudentsFlorida Community College Students Experience Washington Politics Up CloseFor the past two weeks, a group of Miami Dade College students and faculty advisors has joined students at a number of select institutions participating in The Washington Center’s 2017 Presidential Inauguration Academic Seminar.January 19, 2017StudentsMorehouse Students, Faculty Shut Out of Process of Ousting PresidentStudent and faculty trustees at Morehouse College decry lack of input in board of trustees’ decision over the weekend not to renew the contract of President John Wilson.January 17, 2017StudentsTMCF Boss: Nothing Political About $26M Gift from KochsThe Thurgood Marshall College Fund announced on Thursday the launch of the Center for Advancing Opportunity, which is supported by a $26 million gift from the Charles Koch Foundation and Koch Industries.January 12, 2017Faculty & StaffIbram Kendi Directs Nation’s Focus to History of RacismDr. Ibram X. Kendi hopes that the 2016 National Book Award for nonfiction he was awarded for Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, could bring more attention to other scholars taking a hard look at the history of racism in America.January 9, 2017Leadership & PolicyHBCU Advocates Discuss Remedial Phase of Maryland Higher Ed Desegregation CaseThe plaintiffs prevailed in 2013 in a suit against the state of Maryland over duplication of HBCU programs at majority institutions that produced “segregative effects.” The remedial phase of the trial begins Monday.January 4, 2017StudentsStudents Fight for Change at University of OregonUniversity of Oregon administrators have been pressed to respond to Black student demands.August 8, 2016Previous PagePage 2 of 17Next Page
