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New Book Challenges Bad Stats

If you’re in the habit of spewing negative statistics about the education of Black students in the United States, expect to draw the ire of Dr. Ivory A. Toldson.

March 15, 2019

HBCUs

Legislative Black Caucus Voice Opposition of Proposal That Would Change SC HBCU Into A Trade School

Several members of the South Carolina’s Legislative Black Caucus have recently met with administrators of Denmark Technical College at the Statehouse to protest a proposal that would turn the 71-year-old historically Black college into a trade school. “This is not the time to close down Denmark Tech,” said Rep. Joe Jefferson, D-Pineville, whose wife is […]

March 12, 2019

Students

UNCF Issues First Ever State of HBCUs Address, Launches HBCU Congressional Honor Roll

Institutional leaders, elected officials, advocates and other supporters of the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) were in attendance Tuesday for the United Negro College Fund’s (UNCF) inaugural State of the HBCU Address, which put forth a comprehensive legislative agenda for Congressional members to further support HBCUs and their capacity to be engines of socioeconomic mobility for the students they serve.

March 5, 2019

Students

Experts Say Reauthorized HEA Must Promote Equity

Institutional accountability and effective federal-state partnerships are keys to improving higher education access and equity, particularly when it comes to students experiencing chronic disparities in terms of race, ethnicity and socioeconomic status, experts said at a recent event hosted by the Center for American Progress.

March 1, 2019

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One Size Does Not Fit All: Bennett’s Accreditation Problem

One size does not fit all, and the Bennett College story proves it. A recent study found that Bennett ranked 30th out of 578 private colleges in the likelihood that an attending student would move up two or more income quintiles. This social mobility feat is possible because Bennett admits and enrolls more poor students than many other SACSCOC institutions. Thus, the college’s financial stability should not be measured with the same yardstick as institutions with more affluent students and alumni. Bennett’s story demonstrates the time is ripe to examine the accrediting processes of our nation’s colleges and universities. We need commissions whose governing boards reflect the institutions governed.

February 28, 2019

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Johnnetta Cole, Jafari Allen: HBCUs Are Needed And Relevant

Two of the nation’s foremost Black academics and experts on historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) say the 100 predominantly Black schools around the country may be fighting to survive, but they remain relevant as they train students how to create justice in the world and accept themselves.

February 28, 2019

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The Perception of Diversity at HBCUs: Is It Real or Imaginable?

The landscape of education has changed greatly in the last 10 years. In the wake of soaring college costs, falling state support, a decrease in high school graduates and an unstable economy, college enrollment is down across the board. HBCU enrollment is no exception.

February 27, 2019

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Grambling State University: Where Students Are CELEBRATED, Not Tolerated

About 5 years ago, researchers studying Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) concluded that enrollment among Black students at these institutions was on the decline. In fact, a report released by the Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) at the University of Pennsylvania revealed that since the 1980s, the number of Black students enrolling at HBCUs had steadily decreased while the population of non-Black students gradually increased.

February 22, 2019

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Bennett Loses Appeal for Accreditation, Files Suit

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) has affirmed the agency’s December decision to terminate the accreditation of Bennett College, a historically Black College in Greensboro, N.C.

February 22, 2019

HBCUs

Senate Passes HBCU PARTNERS Act

The U.S. Senate has recently passed the historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU) Propelling Agency Relationships Towards a New Era of results for Students (HBCU PARTNERS) Act. The bipartisan legislation will reinforce partnerships between federal agencies and HBCUs by mandating the federal agencies with relevant grants and programs to embark on annual planning and coordinate […]

February 14, 2019

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Base 11 Awards Morgan State With $1.6M Grant for Student Rocketry Team

Nonprofit organization Base 11 has announced it has given Morgan State University a three-year, $1.6 million Aerospace Workforce and Leadership Development Grant that will support Morgan State’s rocketry lab and establish a student rocketry team. The commercial space industry is predicted to become a $2.7 trillion economic section in the next three decades, according to […]

February 12, 2019

Students

34 Howard Students’ Debt Covered by Alexandria, VA Church

Thanks to a recent donation from Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Virginia, 34 Howard students with financial need had their debts covered. Howard selected full-time students with a GPA of 2.0 or above who displayed significant financial need, with balances from $100 to over $3,000, said Howard’s vice president of communications Crystal Brown. During […]

February 11, 2019