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Tag: Kentucky State University
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Kentucky State University President Resigns, Amid Financial Probe
Dr. M. Christopher Brown II—once a rising star in academe— resigned on Tuesday as president of Kentucky State University, amid an ongoing financial probe.
July 20, 2021
African-American
HBCUs Have A Champion in President Trump
When President Trump says he saved Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) he is 100% correct because he did. He could have cut their funding in his budget, signaled to Republicans they were not a priority, vetoed all bills increasing funding, and refused to publicly tout value, but he didn’t. During this year’s observance of HBCU Week, the record shows that there has been no greater champion for HBCUs in the White House than Donald J. Trump.
September 24, 2020
African-American
Land-Grant HBCUs Celebrating the 130th Anniversary of the 1890 Morrill Act
APLU and its HBCU member institutions are preparing to celebrate the 130th anniversary of the passing of the second Morrill Act, which provided the land to establish institutions for African Americans during Reconstruction.
August 27, 2020
Latest News
Kentucky’s Law Schools Unite for Diversity
Kentucky’s three law schools, which typically compete for prospective students, recently joined ranks in a new effort to increase diversity at all of their institutions.
December 12, 2019
HBCUs
Kentucky State First-Year Students to Receive Laptops
After faculty began to increasingly notice students using their cell phones to view assignments and course materials, Kentucky State University has now planned for every full-time, first-time student to receive a new laptop computer. The plan is part of the university’s campus-wide Quality Enhancement Plan titled “Learning that Works.” Each student will receive a Dell […]
June 13, 2019
News Roundup
Kentucky State Cuts Non-Resident Tuition for Eight States
Kentucky State University is drastically reducing non-resident tuition for students from its seven bordering states and Michigan. The HBCU’s board of regents has approved a memorandum of agreement with the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education to lower per-semester tuition from $9,500 to $5,775. The reduced rate will take effect starting with the fall 2019 semester […]
June 9, 2019
Students
Colleges Utilizing Web Tool to Curb Sexual Assaults
Dr. Penny Smith created Keys to Coping, an online sexual assault reporting tool, hoping to transform the way colleges and universities handle reports of sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking on their campuses.
August 24, 2017
Faculty & Staff
Amid Controversy, Kentucky State Names Brown President
A divided Board of Regents at Kentucky State University selected a new chief executive to lead the troubled state-controlled, land-grant institution, despite concern that the process of selecting a new leader was flawed and concluded too quickly.
March 14, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Kentucky State Presidential Search Accompanied by Controversy
Kentucky State University’s search for a new president has run into a rolling storm of troubles amid widespread criticism this week from across the university’s community over its search committee’s recommendations.
February 16, 2017
Leadership & Policy
List of Finalists for Kentucky State U. President Stirs Controversy
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky State University faculty and alumni are expressing concern with the list of finalists for university president, and that interim university President Aaron Thompson is not among them. Media outlets report that Thursday, the KSU Board of Regents voted to approve three finalists for the job: M. Christopher Brown of Southern University […]
February 14, 2017
African-American
Verizon Invests in STEM Education for Black Males
Executives from Morgan State University and the Verizon Wireless Foundation announced a new partnership Tuesday in Baltimore aimed at exposing minority males to STEM via HBCU campuses.
July 14, 2015
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