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Tag: Johnny C. Taylor Jr.
STEM
Meeting of HBCU Groups Explores Opportunities
Opportunity zones and STEM opportunities were among key topics discussed Thursday at a meeting of the Presidentâs Board of Advisors on HBCUs hosted by the U.S. Department of Education and the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
June 13, 2019
Latest News
Gallup Study: WGU Alum Exceed Average in Positive Metrics
Employers are increasingly demanding employees who are competently trained to meet workplace needs, and a new Gallup study indicates that graduates of online-based Western Governors University are more satisfied than others in a range of school-work-life areas.
April 30, 2019
HBCUs
National HBCU Conference Week Underscores Institutional Competitiveness
WASHINGTON â Competitiveness is the theme for this yearâs National Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Week Conference hosted by the White House Initiative on HBCUs.
September 17, 2018
African-American
Center for Advancing Opportunity Releases Findings That Reflect âFragile Communitiesâ
The Thurgood Marshall College Fund in January 2017 announced a bold new partnership with the Charles Koch Foundation to use data-driven analytics to study the problems of âfragile communitiesâ in the United States.
February 5, 2018
African-American
TMCF and Koch Collaboration Looks to Former Education Official to Lead Research Organization
A new research initiative created to support HBCUs and research fragile communities that lack access to education and economic opportunities has named Gerard Robinson, an education scholar and former school official, as its new executive director.
December 11, 2017
African-American
Outgoing TMCF Leader Says HBCUs Must Boost Enrollment, Finances
For Johnny Taylor, this sums up the struggle of HBCUs: âThe market shifted, and you are economically challenged.â
December 3, 2017
African-American
TMCF Adds Two New Board Members
Board members Phyllis Harris and Gail Thomas both come from the private sector where they have led departments at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and Microsoft, respectively
November 27, 2017
African-American
Taylor Leaving Thurgood Marshall College Fund
Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., is stepping down after seven years as president and CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, the venerable national representative of publicly-supported historically Black colleges and universities.
June 4, 2017
Students
Advocates View HBCUsâ Future Warily
TMCF President Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. suggested that HBCUs and their advocates need to begin planning what the institutions need to look like 50 years from now, to ensure they are keeping up with the constant changes in the generations to come.
May 29, 2017
African-American
Congressional Black Caucus Not Buying Trumpâs âUnwavering Supportâ of HBCUs
Two leading Democratic Black lawmakers on Monday slammed President Donald J. Trumpâs attempt to walk back his previous comments questioning the constitutionality of a program that helps support HBCUs.
May 8, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Trump Issue Dividing Howard University Administration, Students
In a town hall meeting on Tuesday night, students expressed disappointment that the administration of the nationâs flagship historically Black university had not done more to put itself at the frontline of resistance to the new administration.
February 15, 2017
Faculty & Staff
HBCU Relevancy? A Glance at U.S. Demographics Provides Answer
Not a week goes by where those of us in the HBCU community are confronted with the question of the continued relevancy of HBCUs.
September 9, 2015
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