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Wilson Challenges Black Colleges to Step Up
The Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) pulled no punches when he met with a group of education officials. John Wilson said in...
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Hampton Basketball Star Hospitalized After Shooting UPDATE: Smalling Dies...
UPDATE: Hampton University confirms that Theo Smalling died from his injuries. Click here for more information. The captain of the Hampton University basketball team is in critical condition after...
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Texas Southern, Smiley Part Ways
The Tavis Smiley Communication School at Texas Southern University (TSU) will be renamed as school’s governing board voted to cut ties with the author and journalist for not delivering on his pledge...
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Gov: Time to Merge Black Colleges
In an effort to save money, Haley Barbour, the governor of Mississippi, is proposing merging Jackson State University, Mississippi Valley State University and Alcorn State University into one school....
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HBCU Makes Overweight Students Take Fitness Course
A controversial graduation requirement from Lincoln University mandating all overweight students to take a health and fitness course is causing a serious debate between students, health officials and...
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Report: Obama to Increase HBCU Funding
The proposed 2011 federal budget will include a $98 million funding increase for historically Black colleges and universities. In a recent television interview Education Secretary Arne Duncan said the...
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Two More Days to Vote for Your Favorite HBCU
Fisk University in Tennessee You only have two more days to cast your vote in Home Depot’s “Retool Your School” campaign. It’s simple. Vote for our favorite HBCU to win a $150, 000 grant to get a...
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Actor Idris Elba Travels to South Africa With 21 HBCU Students
Actor Idris Elba accompanied 21 students from historically Black colleges on a trip to South Africa during the country’s historic hosting of the 2010 World Cup. The undergrads, winners of the Coca...
View ArticleWas Bryant Gumbel Wrong In Focusing On Hazing Only at HBCUs?
By Anthony Jerrod, contributor, The Atlanta Post Does the mainstream news media engage in racial profiling- that is, defining a social problem in America as a minority problem and in particular, a...
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Is Merging a HBCU with a White Institution The Answer To Raising Graduation...
By Brittany Hutson, The Atlanta Post For a while now, the relevance of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) has been called into question. But with the recent news that Louisiana Gov....
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