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Tough Budget Decisions Lead to Smart Outcomes for Florida’s Private HBCUs

While Florida has been leading the charge in HBCU funding, other states across the US are watching and learning.

August 18, 2020

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Edward Waters College to Become a University

The historically Black Edward Waters College in Jacksonville, Florida, is set to become a university after it received more than it expected in state funding, reported The Florida Times-Union. The 2020-2021 state legislative budget allocated an additional $3.5 million to Edward Waters, bringing total funding to $6.4 million. With the enhanced funding, the college will […]

July 13, 2020

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Open for Learning and Ready to Restart the Economy

These are challenging times. There is no doubt about that. Old routines are shattered, businesses are closed, workloads more challenging, socializing is distanced and perhaps most of all, we are living in a time of uncertainty.

May 14, 2020

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In Florida, Officials Agree to Allow Early Voting on College Campuses

In a settlement with voting rights advocates, Florida officials on Friday agreed to allow early voting sites back on college campuses, said an Associated Press (AP) report on WUSF News. The agreement also loosens parking restrictions on campuses, which state officials had said was a reason colleges were unsuitable as polling sites, said AP. Last […]

April 3, 2020

U of Wisconsin-Madison Spring Breakers Test Positive for COVID-19

The University of Wisconsin-Madison said that a group of students who went on spring break mid-March to Nashville and Gulf Shores, Alabama have tested positive for COVID-19, reported KIRO7. University of Wisconsin-Madison Police told WKRG News 5 that the students started their spring break in Nashville, Tennessee on March 13, then moved their trip down […]

April 2, 2020

Coronavirus Has Ripple Effects Across Higher Ed Landscape

The American Council on Education (ACE) said on Monday it is canceling its annual meeting, set for March 14-16 this year in San Diego, due to the threat posed by the novel coronavirus. However, the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education, or NADOHE, is still planning to go ahead with its March 11-14 annual meeting. These developments come even as more and more universities announce they are closing and/or moving classes online amid fears of a global pandemic.

March 9, 2020

UT Arlington President Vistasp Karbhari to Step Down From Position

University of Texas Arlington (UT Arlington) president Vistasp Karbhari said on Wednesday that he is stepping down from his leadership position effective Aug. 31. Karbhari became president of UT Arlington in June 2013. Earlier this week, the University of Central Florida said he’s one of the finalists for the job of the institution’s president, reported […]

March 5, 2020

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Dr. Paul Broadie: A Seasoned Community College Administrator

Unlike most college presidents, Dr. Paul Broadie II has had the unusual task of balancing his time and leadership between two institutions, at the same time.

October 23, 2019

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FAMU Students Participate in JC Penney’s Discount Event

At Governor’s Square Mall in Tallahassee, Florida, the department store chain JC Penney hosted the annual Suit-Up event Sunday. Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) students gathered at the mall where they were given the opportunity to purchase professional attire at a 60 percent discounted rate, the school’s press release reported. The event also included […]

September 17, 2019

Scholars Mentored By Shalala Predict Support for Higher Ed and Diversity

Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings is a proud member of “the Class of Shalala,” an informal name adopted by a group of Black women faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UWM) whose academic careers were boosted by the newly elected Congresswoman, who mentored women and minority faculty in higher education long before she ventured into politics.

November 8, 2018

New Report Explores Florida’s Minority Serving Institutions

Researchers predict that as Florida’s diverse population grows, so, too, will the state’s Minority Serving Institutions. That is one of the key findings in a new report from the Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions at the University of Pennsylvania.

July 17, 2018

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Florida Sued Over Ban on Early Voting on College Campuses

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A Florida voting rights group and university students from two schools sued the state’s chief election official on Monday over a 4-year-old edict banning the use of college buildings as early voting sites. The lawsuit takes aim at a decision made by Secretary of State Ken Detzner in 2014 that the University […]

May 23, 2018

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