Tag: Historically Black Colleges & Universities: Page 21

Students

Higher Ed Gets Opportunity to Benchmark Diversity

The Global Diversity & Inclusion Benchmark tool — also known as the GDIB — is being made available for the first time in its 10-year history to colleges and universities.

September 11, 2016

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Diverse Conversations: How Black Colleges Can Win Against Tough Competition

How will HBCUs compete against PWIs that now accept and actively recruit minority students and have more resources to serve them?

September 8, 2016

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Report: Free College Proposal a Threat to Private Colleges, Diversity

Hillary Clinton’s free college proposal could ultimately cause enrollment at private colleges to drop and diversity at public schools to suffer, according to a new study.

September 6, 2016

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Delaware State Using Data Science to Improve Retention

Delaware State University uses data science to not only improve retention rates among students but the overall success of the school.

August 29, 2016

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Would Guns be Allowed in Texas Classrooms if They Were More like Stadiums?

Back-to-school now includes guns, thanks to the new campus carry law that took effect in the state of Texas.

August 28, 2016

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Increasing HBCU Retention: It’s the Small Things

Administration may overlook the collection of issues that may lead students to attrition, transferring from an HBCU to a predominantly White institution (PWI), community college or giving up higher education altogether for each individual student.

August 28, 2016

Students

Diverse Docket: Ousted Ohio State Band Director Loses Bias Suit

The ousted marching band director at The Ohio State University has lost his Title IX suit accusing the school of gender bias.

August 25, 2016

Leadership & Policy

FAMU Board Fails to Extend Mangum’s Contract

The Florida A&M University Board of Trustees has for the second time this summer declined an opportunity to extend the contract of the historically Black institution’s president, Elmira Mangum.

August 24, 2016

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Yousufzai Introduces Students to Beauty of Science

Dr. Sardar Yousfzai, an assistant professor in the Division of Natural Sciences at Paine College, has dedicated each summer for the past 10 years to hosting a free summer chemistry camp to middle and high school youth.

August 24, 2016

Students

Saint Augustine and Halifax Community College Announce Partnership

Saint Augustine’s University (SAU) and Halifax Community College (HCC) announced today that they will be starting a new partnership. Students who receive their Associates degree from HCC and then admitted to SAU will go in with a junior class status. The agreement will allow graduates of HCC with a GPA of at least a 2.0 […]

August 23, 2016

Students

LGBTQ Inclusion Summit Series Kicks off at Virginia State University

Leading LGBTQ education organization Campus Pride launches its first HBCU Sports Inclusion Summit series this week at Virginia State University.

August 23, 2016

Leadership & Policy

University of Arizona President Calls for Independent Probe of Medical Schools

TUCSON, Ariz. ― The president of the University of Arizona has called for an independent investigation into allegations of misuse of public funds by its two medical schools. The Arizona Daily Star reports that President Ann Weaver Hart released a statement on Monday calling for the independent third-party investigation with no university or Arizona Board […]

August 18, 2016