LaMont JonesAfrican-AmericanUNCF Study: HBCUs ‘Punch Above Their Weight’A steady increase since 2017 in federal funding for historically Black colleges and universities and their students is a sign that lawmakers are becoming more informed about how HBCUs disproportionately graduate African-Americans and impact economies, according to participants in a media briefing Tuesday about a new study by the United Negro College Fund.June 25, 2019Latest NewsGeorgetown CEW Report: Manufacturing Labor Force Upskilling and DownsizingWith more than half of all manufacturing jobs now going to workers with postsecondary education, it is highly unlikely that laborers with a high school diploma or less can see a return of the days when they held the majority of factory positions, according to a joint research study by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce and JPMorgan Chase & Co.June 13, 2019African-AmericanGeorgetown’s Jackson ‘Jazzed’ About HistoryAs a historian who happens to have an affinity for jazz, Dr. Maurice Jackson of Georgetown University combines both in a book that explores the America-born musical genre’s presence in Washington, D.C. and its intersections with government, politics, race, religion and higher education.May 1, 2019StudentsRutgers-Newark Honors Program Takes New Approach to Developing Citizen LeadersChristopher Latonnel is among 220 students ages 17 to 50 in Rutgers-Newark Honors Living-Learning Community, which began as a pilot cohort of 30 scholars in 2015. The access-and-success initiative seeks to recruit future leaders, especially those in Newark, and bring them to live and learn together within a network of academic, financial and emotional support so that they can thrive in college and graduate as societal change agents.March 15, 2019African-AmericanBennett Loses Appeal for Accreditation, Files SuitThe Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) has affirmed the agency’s December decision to terminate the accreditation of Bennett College, a historically Black College in Greensboro, N.C.February 22, 2019HomeACE Study Outlines Best Practices in Campus Racial CrisesActive listening, speaking from the heart and being attuned to campus context were several critical takeaways of a new study by the American Council on Education’s (ACE) Center for Policy Research and Strategy which focused on how to deal with racial crises.November 12, 2018WomenScholars Mentored By Shalala Predict Support for Higher Ed and DiversityDr. Gloria Ladson-Billings is a proud member of “the Class of Shalala,” an informal name adopted by a group of Black women faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UWM) whose academic careers were boosted by the newly elected Congresswoman, who mentored women and minority faculty in higher education long before she ventured into politics.November 8, 2018HomeMinorities, Younger Voters Influenced Seminal Mid-Term ElectionsThe Democratic party regained the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Republicans retained control of the Senate as mid-term election results went late into Tuesday night following record-shattering voter turnout fueled partly by vast numbers of young voters.November 6, 2018HBCUsHistory of Helping: Black Churches Have Tradition of Giving College ScholarshipsThe United States has a long history of churches and other religious organizations giving money to youngsters seeking a college education. Such financial support has been particularly instrumental in the lives of African-Americans, whose denominations and local congregations have helped fund post-secondary education for high school graduates since Blacks first gained access to college campuses.October 14, 2018HomeExecutive Leadership Academy Fellows Prepped for Top Campus RolesAt first, Krystal Lyons thought she was headed to another one of those conferences where you frequently check your cell phone under the table because you’ve heard it all before. But she was delighted to find that assumption wrong within the first few hours of the Executive Leadership Academy (ELA) at the University of California – Berkeley.October 9, 2018Previous PagePage 2 of 4Next Page