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Tag: Cheyney University
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Cheyney University to Eliminate Student Debt From 2020 and Spring 2021
Cheyney University plans to eliminate unpaid student bills from the last three semesters with funding from the federal stimulus package, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. Using around $400,000, an average debt of over $2,200 will be forgiven for 180 students, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported. The historically Black college in Pennsylvania follows many other institutions over […]
August 3, 2021
African-American
Enrollment at Some HBCUs Increases in the Wake of Black Lives Matter Protests
On the whole, HBCUs, like the rest of the higher education sector, are experiencing drops in enrollment as the coronavirus continues to create uncertainty. But in the wake of Black Lives Matter protests this summer, some HBCUs are attracting higher numbers of students.
August 12, 2020
HBCUs
Cheyney University’s Accreditation is Reaffirmed
After years of struggle, the Middle States Commission on Higher Education announced that Cheyney University—the historically Black university located in Pennsylvania—will keep its accreditation.
November 25, 2019
HBCUs
Bringing HBCUs to the (Round) Table
Repeatedly in the HBCU research literature and through anecdotal accounts, we have learned that school officials, specifically counselors but also teachers, are not aware of HBCUs and fail to present these schools as options for college-bound high school students.
September 5, 2019
HBCUs
Amidst Accreditation Concerns, Cheyney Turns a Fiscal Corner
It looks like Cheyney University has turned a corner. The historically Black institution that was once rumored to be on the brink of possibly shutting down amid concerns about the future of its accreditation recently announced that it ended the fiscal year with not only a balanced budget, but a surplus of $2.1 million.
August 22, 2019
HBCUs
Fundraise or Die Trying: Bennett, Cheyney and the Future of HBCUs
In 2019, historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are learning the hard way that fundraising over $8.2 million dollars in less than 60 days may not be enough to keep hope alive. The $8.2 million dollar figure refers to the amount raised by North Carolina’s Bennett College between December 2018 and February 2019 as a part of the #StandwithBennett campaign that garnered national attention after celebrities publicly endorsed the college’s effort to retain its accreditation. Yet, despite all of Bennett’s efforts, the college’s accreditation was pulled.
April 8, 2019
News Roundup
Cheyney President Announces New Fundraising Campaign to Improve School Budget
Although there have been concerns by the head of the Pennsylvania’s state system about Cheyney University’s accreditation and finances, university president Dr. Aaron A. Walton announced a fundraising campaign to help balance the school’s budget by June 30 and pledged to work to keep the institution going. “We will have a balanced budget,” Walton said […]
March 6, 2019
Students
UNCF Issues First Ever State of HBCUs Address, Launches HBCU Congressional Honor Roll
Institutional leaders, elected officials, advocates and other supporters of the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) were in attendance Tuesday for the United Negro College Fund’s (UNCF) inaugural State of the HBCU Address, which put forth a comprehensive legislative agenda for Congressional members to further support HBCUs and their capacity to be engines of socioeconomic mobility for the students they serve.
March 5, 2019
HBCUs
Cheyney University Gets Another Accreditation Extension
Cheyney University was recently granted a second, one-year extension from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education to address ongoing monetary and other issues and continue its accreditation, stating that as one of the country’s oldest historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) it had made required improvements. The extension allows the university an additional year to work […]
November 23, 2018
HBCUs
Michelle R. Howard-Vital, a Seasoned Administrator, Dies
Dr. Michelle R. Howard-Vital, a seasoned administrator who held leadership positions at institutions in four states—Illinois, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Florida—died on Tuesday evening after a long battle with cancer She was 66.
August 23, 2018
Sports
Black Students, College Choice and HBCUs: Enrolling the Next Generation
In 2017, historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) saw an increase in freshman student enrollment and substantial increases in enrollment for a small number of HBCUs, including North Carolina A & T State University, Kentucky State University and Spelman College.
June 27, 2018
HBCUs
What About Cheyney University? We Rose First!
Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world, Nelson Mandela said in his 2003 speech, “Lighting Your Way to a Better Future.” Enslaved people who sought freedom through education and abolitionists who used education as a catalyst to end slavery understood this idea. So did Quaker philanthropist Richard Humphreys, who […]
March 13, 2018
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