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Hogan Education Vetoes Anger Many

By Deborah Bailey Special to the AFRO Maryland Governor Larry Hogan vetoed groundbreaking K-12 legislation this week, designed to overhaul Maryland’s public education systems at both the K-12 and higher education levels and address longstanding inequities.    In his veto letter, Hogan cited “economic fallout from this (Covid-19) pandemic” as the reason for vetoing the $4 […]

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HBCU Advocates Respond To Hogan Veto

MD HBCU Advocates Respond to Hogan Veto of Funding Bill for Black Universities “It is most unfortunate that the state still refuses to acknowledge the order from Federal Judge Catherine Blake to fund unique, high demand academic programs, recruiting, and scholarships in response to the HBCU Coalition representing the extraordinary students, faculty and alumni of […]

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N.C. A&T to Celebrate Class of 2020 with Glittering Lineup of High-Profile Events

N.C. A&T to Celebrate Class of 2020 with Glittering Lineup of High-Profile Events EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (May 4, 2020) – Commencement season is a special time at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in any year. But this year, the university is going above and beyond to give the newest Aggie graduates a sendoff […]

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Morgan’s Master of Science in Project Management Program Earns International Accreditation

Morgan’s Master of Science in Project Management Program Earns International Accreditation    BALTIMORE – The Master of Science in Project Management (MSPM) program at Morgan State University was recently accredited by PMI’s Global Accreditation Center for Project Management Education Programs (GAC), the world’s leading specialized accrediting body for project management and related degree programs. The MSPM […]

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Chancellor’s Letter-Reopening Fall 2020

NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY www.ncat.edu  A LAND-GRANT UNIVERSITY and A CONSTITUENT INSTITUTION of THE UNIVERSITY of NORTH CAROLINA  April 29, 2020  Aggie Family,  As we learned last week, the State of North Carolina’s stay-at-home order has been extended until at least May 8. We were also informed that public schools around the […]

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Coppin Student Recruited by Top Accounting Firms

By AFRO Staff A Coppin State University (CSU) accounting Student has received offers for internships this summer from each of the nation’s top four major accounting firms.    Kyra Thomas, a CSU junior majoring in accounting, from Springdale, MD, has been offered internships at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, PricewaterhouseCoopers(PWC), Ernest & Young, and Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler […]

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Coppin State University Ranked 17th Best Value University by a College Ranking Website

College Consensus 2020 BALTIMORE — Coppin State University (CSU) has been ranked among the top 20 Best Values Universities in the nation for 2020, according to a college ranking website. College Consensus (collegeconsensus.com), a unique college ranking website that aggregates publisher rankings and student reviews, has ranked CSU 17th among best value colleges and universities in […]

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COVID-19 Has Affected Maryland Schools — at all levels

By Wesley Brown Capital News Service ELLICOTT CITY, Maryland — Learning has changed in Maryland since the coronavirus outbreak. Teachers and students have been forced to turn to online platforms across all education levels due to the closing of classrooms. Last week, the Maryland State Department of Education extended its closure of public school systems […]

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Morgan State’s Institute of Urban Research Releases Comprehensive Study on Community Attitudes Toward Baltimore City Police

Morgan’s Institute for Urban Research Releases Study Detailing Community’s Perceptions of and Experiences with the Baltimore City Police Department The Baltimore Police Monitoring Team-Funded Report, One Year-Plus in the Making, Comes in the Wake of a 2017 Consent Decree BALTIMORE — In a follow-up to the 2017 Consent Decree between the U.S. Department of Justice […]

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