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Students

Analysis: Black Graduates More Apt to Carry Student Loan Debt

One out of every two Black college graduates since the year 2000 has graduated from college with more than $25,000 in undergraduate student loan debt.

September 18, 2014

Health

Harvard University’s Health School Gets Record $350M Gift

Harvard University announced that its school of public health has received a record donation to support students and bolster research into global health threats.

September 8, 2014

Home

Role of Technology Growing in Realm of College Advising

Students of today have a bourgeoning array of options to get college advisement at their fingertips via the virtual world.

September 3, 2014

African-American

Bloomfield College Partners With Nonprofit to Help Minority STEM Students

The program was so successful that the school will offer the camp during the upcoming academic school year and has increased its efforts to recruit additional students.

August 5, 2014

African-American

President Obama Touts Expansion of Program for Minority Boys

Obama announced a major expansion of his initiative to improve the lives of boys and young men of color, with educators, star athletes, companies and foundations announcing partnerships to help minority boys in conjunction with his My Brother’s Keeper program.

July 21, 2014

Home

Colleges Get Financial Boost in Assisting First-Generation Students

Higher education officials and professors convened in Baltimore this week to discuss best practices and results of the grants at the CIC/Walmart Foundation Symposium on First-Generation Students.

July 9, 2014

Home

Chicago, New York, Hawaii Bid for Obama Library

At least six locations in three different states entered official bids by Monday’s deadline in an effort to house Barack Obama’s presidential library.

June 16, 2014

LGBTQ+

Department of Interior Enlisting Scholars’ Help to Incorporate LGBT History

The event kicks off a National Park Service theme study to identify and interpret places and events connected to the story of the LGBT community so that they can be included in parks and programs.

June 9, 2014

African-American

Innovation is Focus of Hampton Digital Media Center

Hampton University has launched the Center for Digital Media Innovation to prepare its students to become pioneers of new digital media platforms.

June 4, 2014

Students

Being Intentional About Defining “College Life”

When consumers think about college, the first image that comes into the mind of many is that of the residential liberal arts college.

May 26, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Dr. Peniel Joseph

Peniel E. Joseph is a tenured professor of history at Tuft s University and the author of several award-winning books, including Waiting ‘Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America and Dark Days, Bright Nights: From Black Power to Barack Obama. He is a frequent commentator on issues of race, democracy […]

May 1, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Dr. Paula T. Hammond

Paula T. Hammond grew up wanting to become a writer, but instead she’s become a leading chemical engineer and academic. At MIT, she serves as the David H. Koch professor in engineering. Hammond helped found the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies, which strives to design more functional technology for soldiers. Her research interests include the nanoscale […]

May 1, 2014