The new book “Black and Queer on Campus” explores the range of experiences that Black LGBTQ students face at colleges across the US.
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With the expansion of Second Chance Pell grants, more colleges and universities will soon offer degree programs to students in prison.
Kittrell’s legacy shows that home economics was always about more than cooking and sewing. It’s also a reminder that issues that affect families are simultaneously local and global.
The approximately $12 billion she’s given away in the past two years has shattered conventions, explains a philanthropy historian.
When white philanthropists made large gifts to these schools in the 19th century and early 20th century, many insisted upon a vocational focus for Black higher ed.
A professor of urban education argues that an epidemic of majority-Black public school closings is hurting already vulnerable communities across the country.
Her giving style is unusual for a billionaire donor.
Members of the nation’s four Black sororities, including Vice President Kamala Harris, commit to lifelong acts of service for their communities.
While support for social services and historically black colleges and universities rose sharply, these donors spent a tiny fraction of what the government distributed to people who needed help.
By not attaching any strings to the money, championing representation and generally taking care to respect nonprofit leaders, she’s following five best practices.
From thousands of people chipping in as little as $5 to George Floyd’s GoFundMe to donations well in excess of $1 million to HBCUs, anti-racist philanthropy is rising.
By not attaching any strings to the money, championing representation and generally taking care to respect nonprofit leaders, she’s following five best practices.
Any HBCU closures brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic could potentially hinder the careers of many Black Americans.
When Mikey Williams, one of the nation’s top high school basketball players, announced that he was thinking about going to a historically black college, the college basketball world paid attention.
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, or SNCC, traces its lineage to students who learned from a ‘second curriculum’ at historically black colleges and universities, a historian recounts.
Without government intervention, three experts warn, HBCUs will have a difficult time bouncing back from the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Graduates of historically black colleges and universities make more than peers who went to other schools, according to new findings that refute prior research that showed they suffer a ‘wage penalty.’
As students head back to campus, the ever higher cost of a college education is once again top of mind. The presidents of Colorado College, Penn State and Xavier University weigh in on what’s to be done.
While hip-hop is often viewed through its problematic elements, Dillard University President Walter Kimbrough explains why rap artists are ideal commencement speakers.
As the student protest over conditions at Howard University continues, a scholar weighs in on what the fallout means for historically black colleges and universities.
Les contributeurs les plus fréquents
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Associate Professor of Nonprofit Leadership, Seattle University
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Professor of Economics, University of New Orleans
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Associate Professor of Philanthropic Studies, Indiana University
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Professor of Counseling Psychology, Howard University
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Samuel DeWitt Proctor Endowed Chair in Education and Distinguished Professor, Rutgers University
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President of Dillard University, Dillard University
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President, Colorado College
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President, Xavier University of Louisiana, Xavier University of Louisiana
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President, Penn State
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Postdoctoral Research Appointee-Mays Family Institute on Diverse Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Emerson College
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Professor of History, North Carolina A&T State University
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Executive Dean and Professor of Psychology, University of North Texas
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Professor of Urban Education, University of Missouri-St. Louis
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Assistant Professor of History, Oklahoma State University
