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Panelists Agree Compelling Evidence Needed To Make Case for Incarcerated Individuals To Regain Eligibility for Pell Grant

Brenda Dann-Messier, Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education at the U.S. Department of Education, said more needs to be done to expand access to higher education to those behind bars when the GED is the highest degree attained by one-third of those in prison.

October 3, 2011

African-American

New House Bill Cuts Funds for HBCUs, Others

Funding for the Title III Strengthening HBCUs program would drop from $236 million to $152 million; Hispanic-serving institutions would face the largest cutback, as funding would fall from the $104 million to just $17 million in 2012.

October 2, 2011

Students

Education Secretary Arne Duncan Unveils Proposal Giving Responsibility to States to Identify Weak Teacher-Preparation Programs

The proposal also calls for using a $185 million state teacher preparation grant to reform the $110 million TEACH grant program.

October 2, 2011

Latinx

New Federal Aid Targets Community Colleges, Hispanic-Serving Schools

The Obama administration made major cash infusions to community colleges and Hispanic-Serving Institutions on Monday through grant programs meant to spur innovation.

September 26, 2011

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MacArthur Foundation Names 2011 ‘Genius Grants’ Recipients

Recipients largely don’t know they’re in contention for the annual awards and often learn they’re winners with an out-of-the-blue phone call informing them they’ll receive $500,000 over the next five years.

September 20, 2011

Leadership & Policy

A Conversation with Kentucky State University President Mary Sias

As chair of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities organization, Sias is charged with being one of the chief advocates for not only Kentucky State and the 17 other “1890s” land-grant HBCUs, but public land-grant institutions across the U.S.

September 1, 2011

HBCUs

For Public HBCUs, A New Type of Advocacy

Dr. Lorenzo Esters of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities, rallies higher education stakeholders behind effort to boost funding for public historically Black college and universities.

August 30, 2011

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Celebrated Historian Joins Ranks of MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’ Fellows

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August 29, 2011

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Land-Grant Institutions Alleged to Drift from Their Public Missions

The Education Trust organization reports that as many land-grant flagships strive to keep costs low for students, they have not been as successful in yielding high graduation rates, and, as a result, many students—including high numbers of Blacks and Latinos—fall through the cracks.

August 28, 2011

Faculty & Staff

Lincoln University Aims to Strengthen STEM Programs Through Teaching, Research

When Dr. Ivory Nelson became president of Lincoln University in 1999, the  trained chemist declared that he would make scientific research and education one of his greatest priorities.

August 24, 2011

LGBTQ+

CNN Journalist Soledad O’Brien Gives Voice to Ethnic Communities

The veteran journalist won the Edward R. Murrow Radio Television Digital News Association/UNITY award in 2010 for the documentary “Latino in America.”

August 23, 2011

Leadership & Policy

Black Scientists Lag Whites in Government Funding

Just 1.5 percent of NIH applicants were Black; the study shows when applications were rejected, Black researchers were less likely than Whites to revise their work and try again, suggesting a lack of mentoring.

August 21, 2011