Tag: Fellowships & Grants: Page 26

African-American

Author Spotlight: Oyeronke Oyewumi

Oyeronke Oyewumi is an associate professor of sociology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, where she has taught courses on gender and globilization and feminist theory.  The Nigerian-born scholar studied at the University of Ibadan and at the University of California at Berkeley. She is the author of African Women and Feminism: Reflecting on the Politics of Sisterhood, Africa World Press, Trenton: New Jersey (2003), available on diversebooks.net

December 6, 2010

Community Colleges

How Will Education Funding and Policy Fare in a Republican Congress?

Despite bipartisanship on some issues, experts predict budget cuts and less regulation.

December 1, 2010

Students

Report: For-profit Schools Likened to Subprime Mortgage Lenders

The embattled for-profit college sector has taken another hit with the release of a new report that indicts the industry for preying on low-income and minority students in a way that will ultimately lead to a financial catastrophe like the subprime mortgage collapse of 2008.

November 23, 2010

Leadership & Policy

New Rules May Hurt For-profit Colleges

The for-profit college industry has been criticized as being predatory or too business-focused, but the institutions say new federal regulations on them will limit access to higher education.

November 8, 2010

African-American

APLU and Other Organizations Establish Partnership Between Afro-Columbian and Historically Black Land-grant Universities

The Association of Public Land-grant Universities (APLU), the Asociación Columbiana de Universidades (ASCUN) and Phelps Stokes have established a collaborative partnership to promote educational and cultural exchange programs between Afro-Columbian serving universities and historically Black land-grant universities in the United States. The presidents of each organization signed a memorandum of understanding on Friday during a special ceremony at APLU headquarters in Washington, D.C.

October 31, 2010

Students

College Tuition Costs Climbing Again This Fall

College tuition costs shot up again this fall, and students and their families are leaning more on the federal government to make higher education more affordable in tough economic times, according to two reports issued Thursday.

October 28, 2010

Students

Founded as a ‘Colored Institute,’ W.Va. State University Celebrates 120th Anniversary

West Virginia State University, a historically Black school that first opened its doors in March 1891, is celebrating its 120th academic year this 2010-2011 school year.

October 11, 2010

Community Colleges

Gates Foundation Seeks College Success Technology

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is offering up to $20 million in grants to attract new technology aimed at helping students get a college degree.

October 11, 2010

African-American

Black College Graduate Excels as UNCF Special Programs Leader

Aaron Andrews, the CEO of the United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corp., credits the mentoring he received at Morgan State University for transforming “an insecure, inner-city kid” into a first-generation college graduate now bringing education to a new generation of disadvantaged minorities.

October 11, 2010

African-American

96 HBCUs Receive $85 Million in Ed. Dept. Grants

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on Friday announced the award of $84.775 million to 96 historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to strengthen their facilities and academic programs to improve education for their students.

October 3, 2010

Home

Latest Gates Foundation Awards Focus on College Completion

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation wants to make a dramatic change with its college success programs, by focusing on college graduation rates in addition to college enrollment.

September 28, 2010

Home

Historian Gordon-Reed Named MacArthur Foundation ‘Genius Grant’ Recipient

Acclaimed historian and law professor Annette Gordon-Reed is among 23 winners of MacArthur fellowships, announced Monday by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

September 27, 2010