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Diversity Advocate Receives Accolade

Edie Fraser, chair of the Diversity Executive Search Practice and managing director of the Diversified Search Firm Ray & Berndtson, has been awarded the Lou Campanelli Award for small business leadership by The SCORE Foundation.

June 25, 2008

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Bringing Diversity to the World of Classical Music

The Sphinx Organization provides opportunities for young musicians of color to showcase their talents.

June 25, 2008

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Report: Low-income Students in Wealthier States Benefit From Increased Education Spending

Cameron Elementary School located in Virginia and Ponderosa Elementary in North Carolina are similar in many ways.

June 15, 2008

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Getting to Know Jamie Merisotis

Among the nation’s most influential foundations, the Indianapolis- based Lumina Foundation for Education has established itself as a leading supporter of higher education access programs and research. Seeking to make the foundation more active in shaping public policy, Lumina officials last year turned to Jamie Merisotis, a veteran policy and research organization leader, to lead […]

June 11, 2008

Students

The Lawyer From Lafayette

Xavier University of Louisiana president, Dr. Norman Francis, celebrates 40 years at the helm of one of the nation’s top HBCUs.

June 11, 2008

HBCUs

Grants & Gifts

COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY has received a $3.1 MILLION gift from the Monfort Family Foundation to provide support for Monfort scholars and professors and the Monfort Lecture Series, among other things. The COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF BALTIMORE COUNTY has received a $30,000 grant as part of the MetLife Foundation Community College Excellence Award. The college was chosen […]

June 11, 2008

Community Colleges

Alabama State Senator Indicted in Federal Two-year College Probe

State Sen. E.B. McClain was indicted Thursday on bribery, conspiracy and other federal charges accusing him of pocketing more than $300,000 in government money routed through a nonprofit organization.

June 4, 2008

HBCUs

Grants & Gifts

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, BAKERSFIELD, has received $1 MILLION from the CSU system, which received funds from the Bernard Osher Foundation to be distributed. The monies will go to support a scholarship endowment fund at CSU Bakersfield. Twelve faculty members at OHIO UNIVERSITY have been awarded a $124,000 grant by the Ohio University Research Committee and […]

May 28, 2008

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Grants & Gifts

The CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK has received a $10 MILLION gift from writer Michael “Mickey” Ross to establish a Jewish studies center at the college. KALAMAZOO VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE has received a $331,692 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for its life-science center. A LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY chemist, Barry Dellinger, […]

May 14, 2008

Students

Report Measures Levels of Campus Inclusivity at Three Colleges and Universities

Intolerance, threats and verbal insults pervaded the campuses of three predominately White institutions, the University of California, Berkeley, Michigan State University, and Columbia College, according to a student survey in the recently released report, “If I’d Only Known.”

May 7, 2008

Leadership & Policy

African-U.S. University Partnerships Among Collaborations Urged By Global Leaders

In this globalized society, the need for intellectual collaboration across continents, cultures, institutions and disciplines is imperative in solving the scientific and technological mysteries that lie ahead, said panelists during the opening session Wednesday of the Higher Education Summit for Global Development at the Department of State.

April 30, 2008

Students

A FUNDRAISING BLUEPRINT

Howard University sets the bar high for its largest ever capital campaign, and now plans to share the secrets of its success with fellow HBCUs.

April 30, 2008