Tracking Graduation Rates at HBCUs
The student graduation rate at almost all historically Black colleges and universities is below 50 percent. And the trend is not encouraging.
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Breaking News
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The New Dean of the Florida A&M University and Florida State University College of Engineering
Yaw D. Yeboah is currently a professor of engineering at Penn State. From 1975 to 1979, he earned four degrees in four years at MIT. [...]Feb 02, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
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Robert Franklin Stepping Down as President of Morehouse College
He will take a sabbatical leave from Morehouse and return as a Distinguished Professor and President Emeritus. [...] -
Naomi Long Madgett Named the 2012 Kresge Eminent Artist
The noted poet is professor emerita at Eastern Michigan University. [...]Jan 27, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
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Research & Studies
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Study Examines the Mental Health of Black Women Community College Students Who Lived Through Hurricane Katrina
Nearly five years after the hurricane, a third of the women still showed signs of post-traumatic stress. [...]Feb 02, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
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Research Measures Racial Differences in Nonverbal Communication Between Doctors and Patients
The University of South Carolina study found Black physicians outperformed their White colleagues. But Black doctors were less at ease when they had White patients. [...]Jan 28, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
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Study Finds That Black Women Leaders Are Not Viewed Negatively When They Act Assertively
Researchers at Duke University and Northwestern University show that executives are perceived differently depending on their race and gender. [...]Jan 28, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
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HBCU News
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Three HBCUs Sign Collaboration Agreements With the Environmental Protection Agency
Students and faculty at Bowie State University, Howard University, and Wilberforce University will gain access to internships, mentoring, research projects, and employment opportunities. [...]Feb 03, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
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Johnson C. Smith University and Charlotte Law School Start Dual Degree Program
Students can earn a bachelor's degree and a juris doctorate in six years. [...]Feb 03, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
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Xavier University Establishes Two New Degree Programs
The historically Black university in New Orleans will offer new degree programs this fall in communication studies and public health sciences. [...]Feb 03, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
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People
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Kansas State Scholar Named Chief of African Village
Myra Gordon is associate provost for diversity at Kansas State and now a chief of the Nigerian village of Alayi. [...] -
M. Roy Wilson Named to a Key Post at the National Institutes of Health
He has served in a number of leadership posts in higher education, most recently as chair of the board of Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science. [...]Feb 03, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
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Brad Braxton Named to Endowed Chair at SMU
A former Rhodes Scholar, he has held teaching positions at Vanderbilt University and Wake Forest University. [...]Feb 02, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
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Other Recent Articles
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Brown University Student Discovers a Lost Speech of Malcolm X (2.06.2012)
An audiotape of the 1961 speech that no one had heard for 50 years was found in the university’s archives.
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Series of Hate Crimes Strikes the Campus of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside (2.03.2012)
The advent of Black History Month unfortunately often coincides with a rise in racial incidents on campus.
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In Memoriam: Thomas C. Cox (1939-2011) (2.03.2012)
A history scholar, he taught at the University of Southern California from 1982 to 2008.
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Northwestern University to Host a Summit of Black Studies Doctoral Programs (2.03.2012)
The three-day conference will be held in April and will be highlighted by a keynote address from poet and Yale University scholar Elizabeth Alexander.
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In Memoriam: Roger Salters (1939-2012) (2.03.2012)
He had taught engineering at the University of Denver since 1987.
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The United Methodist Black College Fund Celebrates Its 40th Anniversary (2.03.2012)
The fund supports 11 historically Black colleges and universities with ties to the church.
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In Memoriam: Lawrence Mozell Clark Sr. (1934-2012) (2.03.2012)
He was a longtime professor and administrator at North Carolina State University.
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Higher Education Grants of Interest to African-Americans (2.03.2012)
Here is this week’s news of grants won by historically black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education.
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Howard’s Online Executive MBA Program Is Up and Running (2.02.2012)
The program is designed for students to complete course work in about 18 months while continuing to work full-time.
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New Princeton University Committee Aims to Identify Ways to Enhance Diversity (2.02.2012)
The committee will develop recommendations for strategies to attract people of color and women to positions in which they have historically been underrepresented.
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Carnegie Mellon University Teams Up With Kenya ICT Board (2.02.2012)
The groups are developing a credentialing examination for software developers that eventually they hope to roll out worldwide.
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Kentucky Community Colleges Going to Church to Recruit Minority Students (2.02.2012)
On February 12, pastors will discuss the importance of higher education and information will be available to church members about the 16 colleges that make up the system.
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Honors for Four African American College Officials (2.02.2012)
Brandon Brown, Zina McGee, Roderick McDavis, and Rosie Phillips Bingham win prestigious awards.
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In Memoriam: Camilla Ella Williams (1919-2012) (2.01.2012)
She was professor emerita at Indiana University and the first Black woman to perform for a major U.S. opera company.
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Online Articles That May Be of Interest to JBHE Readers (2.01.2012)
From time to time, The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education will provide links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. Here are this week’s selections.
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Recent Books That May Be of Interest to African-American Scholars (2.01.2012)
The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. Here are the latest selections.
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