Diverse StaffAfrican-AmericanU.S. Civil Rights Commission Announces Reports on HBCU Effectiveness, Minority STEM PursuitThe commission announced Monday that it has released The Educational Effectiveness of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Encouraging Minority Students to Pursue Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Careers (STEM) briefing reports.December 6, 2010StudentsNAFEO, AT&T Launch Effort To Help Students With Disabilities Attend HBCUs, PBIsThe National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education and the AT&T telecommunications giant have launched an initiative to provide scholarships to students with disabilities attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Predominantly Black Institutions.December 2, 2010African-AmericanJohn Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park Opens in Tulsa, Okla.Officials on Wednesday dedicated the John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park in Tulsa, Oklahoma, marking the city’s first significant acknowledgement of the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot. (Click here to watch Dr. John Hope Franklin’s televised interview on Tulsa and racial reconciliation.)October 27, 2010Leadership & PolicyAndrew Brimmer Retires as Tuskegee University Board ChairmanThe longest-serving member of the Tuskegee University board of trustees, Dr. Andrew Brimmer, is retiring.October 20, 2010Community CollegesGates Foundation Seeks College Success TechnologyThe Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is offering up to $20 million in grants to attract new technology aimed at helping students get a college degree.October 11, 2010African-American96 HBCUs Receive $85 Million in Ed. Dept. GrantsU.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on Friday announced the award of $84.775 million to 96 historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to strengthen their facilities and academic programs to improve education for their students.October 3, 2010HomeHistorian Gordon-Reed Named MacArthur Foundation ‘Genius Grant’ RecipientAcclaimed historian and law professor Annette Gordon-Reed is among 23 winners of MacArthur fellowships, announced Monday by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.September 27, 2010StudentsPrivate College Associations Introduce Student Access WebsiteA 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, 2010Leadership & PolicyTuskegee Selects Purdue Administrator, Researcher as New PresidentTuskegee University announced Friday the selection of Dr. Gilbert L. Rochon, associate vice president for collaborative research and engagement at Purdue University, as its sixth president.September 19, 2010HBCUsWhite House, U.S. Department of Education Officials to Address Historically Black Colleges and Universities National ConferenceWhite House Domestic Policy Advisor Melody Barnes will address attendees at the 2010 National Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Week Conference Monday morning, Sept. 13. The annual HBCU conference takes place Sept. 12-14 during National HBCU Week, which is Sept. 12 -18.September 12, 2010Previous PagePage 36 of 115Next Page
