By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a bipartisan bill that will permanently provide more than $250 million a year to the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities, along with dozens of other institutions that serve large shares of minority students. In signing the bill, Trump said historically Black schools […]
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Congressional Black Caucus Members Talk Impeachment, HBCU Funding
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Shortly after the House Judiciary Committee voted along party lines to impeach President Donald Trump on Friday, December 13, members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) held a conference call with publishers of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), the trade association of Black Press publications […]
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AAAS Selects Dr. Willie May as a Fellow
By AFRO Staff The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has announced the election of Morgan State University’s Willie E. May, Ph.D. as a 2019 AAAS Fellow. May, who serves as Morgan’s vice president for the Division of Research and Economic Development (D-RED), was among the more than 400 newly elected leading scientists […]
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Howard Awarded $4M to Further STEM Education
By AFRO Staff Howard University recently received a $4 million award from the Hopper-Dean Foundation with an eye toward reducing disparities in STEM fields. The Bison STEM Scholars Program (BSSP) will provide 10 computer science or computer engineering students with a full-ride scholarship for four years and help expand the university’s STEM program. According to Howard, it is the largest […]
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Senate Passes Bill to Save Funding for HBCUs
By COLLIN BINKLEY, AP Education Writer The Senate on Thursday passed a bipartisan deal that would permanently restore funding to historically Black colleges and universities and other schools that serve large shares of minority students. The legislation also would simplify the federal form used to apply for student financial aid. Although the amended bill has […]
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With Student Loan Debt at an All-Time High, Some Students Worry About Post-Grad Life With Loans
By Rachel Bucchino, Capital News Service Student loan debt has reached an all-time high of $1.48 trillion as of June 2019, and is expected to increase, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Roughly 81% of this debt is composed of federal direct loans, as reported by Federal Student Aid (FSA), an office of […]
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Morgan Continues to ‘take Manhattan’ as the HBCU Trained Carter Legacy Singers Opens the Holiday Show at Carnegie Hall!
For Immediate Release Media Contact: Chrissy Thornton Cell: 443-633-4811 Email: carterlegacysingers@gmail.com Morgan continues to ‘take Manhattan’ as the HBCU trained Carter Legacy Singers opens the Holiday show at Carnegie Hall! November 29, 2019: On the heels of a historic first for Maryland; having the Morgan State University Band, the Magnificent Marching Machine, open the Macy’s […]
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Students Rally in Maryland’s Capital to Resolve Longstanding HBCU Lawsuit
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Students and alumni from Maryland’s four historically black colleges rallied near the state Capitol building in a call for a resolution to a 13-year-old federal lawsuit over disparities in academic programs. Individuals from Bowie State, Coppin, Morgan State, and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore arrived […]
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Mississippi Fire Department Roiled By Noose In Locker
By Rebecca Santana, The Associated Press There’s little disagreement that the object found in a White Mississippi firefighter’s locker was a hangman’s noose. But as with many things in America these days, there’s deep disagreement about what it meant. To some it was a reminder of lynchings that took hundreds of Black lives in Mississippi, and […]
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StartUp Africa: Conference Encourages Entrepreneurship, Collaboration with African Businesses
By Brianna McAdoo Special to the AFRO In the spirit of forwarding Black excellence, service and leadership diasporically, Howard University teamed up with StartUp Africa on Nov. 16 to host its 8th Annual Entrepreneurship Conference at the institution’s Interdisciplinary Research Building. StartUp Africa is an organization that supports “youth in building business skills and in […]
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3 Black Colleges get $1M Apiece for Faculty Development
By The Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Three historically Black colleges are each getting $1 million grants to aid faculty development. Atlanta’s all-male Morehouse College is getting $1 million from the Carnegie Corp. of New York, while neighboring all-female Spelman College is getting $500,000 from Carnegie and $500,000 from the Rockefeller Foundation. Prairie View A&M […]
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Saxby’s Café Opens At Bowie State
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com There is no experience like practical work experience for college students who hope to work in the food service or restaurant industry. Now those who wish to gain the knowledge to manage and run establishments that attend Bowie State are now able to develop those skills through a program […]
