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Coastal Bend College President Ousted by Trustees

The Coastal College Board of Trustees voted to fire the college’s president of nearly seven years during a recent closed-door meeting.

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The Boulé Focuses its Attention on HBCUs

The leadership of Sigma Pi Phi fraternity — also known as the Boulé — has made good on its promise to focus its attention on the current state of the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities.

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Promise Programs Boost College Access, But More Support Needed for Graduation

As Congress takes up myriad issues relevant to upcoming reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, it’s an ideal time to examine how Promise scholarship programs can inform the discussion, according to those who study and implement such programs.

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UNCF Celebrates 75 Years, Launches Inaugural Day of Giving

Invest in, give to and support historically Black colleges and universities and their students was the charge United Negro College Fund president and CEO Dr. Michael Lomax gave Thursday morning in remarks commemorating the advocacy organization’s 75th birthday and anniversary in D.C.

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Research Survey: Universities Highly Intentional About Community Engagement

A survey of 100 urban universities across America revealed that the overwhelming majority offer community-engaged coursework and have centralized offices dedicated to partnerships with their communities.

Doing Better By Students When a College Closes

Although college closures are not common occurrences, numerous factors suggest a continuing uptick, so higher education institutions, accreditors and the government are wise to work together on reforms that protect students when such crises occur. That was the consensus of speakers Tuesday at “School’s Out Forever: Reforming the College Closure Process,” an event hosted by the Bipartisan Policy Center.

NYC Task Force and Report Tackles Incarceration

The head of a prominent New York City nonprofit is guiding a team of the Big Apple’s most-engaged community leaders to redo the way they prevent and address incarceration.

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Author Chat: New Book Mines Racial Disparities in College Degrees

Journalist Richard Whitmire discusses how to significantly improve graduation rates of first-generation, low-income, minority college students in his sixth book, The B.A. Breakthrough: How Ending Diploma Disparities Can Change the Face of America. Whitmire, a past president of the National Education Writers Association and former editorial writer for USA Today, discussed the book (published by The 74 and released April 9) and related issues with Diverse.

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Report: Education is Key Factor in Gender Bias Among Women in Politics

As campaign season for the 2020 presidency begins with more women competing for the nomination than ever before, gender bias continues to affect their chances of political success, with 13 percent of Americans believing that men are more emotionally suited for political office than women.

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Art Historian Explores African Diaspora, Intersections

Dr. Huey Copeland, an associate professor of art history and the Arthur Andersen Teaching and Research Professor at Northwestern University, has advanced scholarship in contemporary and modern art of the African diaspora like few others.

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MLB’s Diversity Hiring Score Unchanged

Baseball is a game played at a slow pace and is deliberate when it comes to changing the way it is played. The same can be said for Major League Baseball (MLB) and its racial and gender hiring practices.

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AACC Annual Convention Shines a Spotlight on the Value of Community Colleges

Leaders from the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) believe that it is a “moral imperative” for the institutions to further their support of the millions of students who show up at their campuses.

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