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Profiling Some of the Institutions With the Most Minority Business Graduates

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The career goals and objectives of business students have evolved greatly over the past decade. UMGC has agreements with all 16 community colleges in Maryland, says Dr. Pam Carter, vice president and dean of the School of Business, which offers seven undergraduate degree programs and 10 stand-alone certificates.

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Legends Henry and Shirley Frye Honored with Renaming of A&T Building

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has renamed its Academic Classroom Building, one of its most high-profile buildings. He established Greensboro National Bank to combat lending discrimination against Black business owners in the city. and Shirley T.

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Driving While Black

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

on June 9 near the Delaware Water Gap was caught on video and raises new questions about the history of policing along the busy thoroughfare 25 years after four young men—three Black and one Hispanic—were pulled over and shot by New Jersey state troopers while driving to North Carolina Central University for a basketball competition.

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Dr. Valerie Kinloch Appointed President of Johnson C. Smith University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

One of Kinloch’s goals is to raise the school’s national profile with students, families, and funders. “We

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It was NEVER about Deion: HBCU Realities VS. Perceptions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Don Lemon in conversation with Bomani Jones said, “ I kinda feel like we’re talking about family business in front of everybody ”, and he was correct! The perception that HBCUs do not do enough to retain high profile coaches or that HBCUs are a pipeline to Power 5 athletic jobs is a distorted reality. HBCUs lack the resources….HBCUs

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Agriculture Department Attempts to Keep Rural Colleges and Universities Afloat

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Secretary Tom Vilsack “Beyond the educational prospects, these institutions support small businesses who depend on the student and faculty population, and they make their communities a more attractive place to live,” said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. They generate opportunity.”

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Lending a Helping Hand

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Starting out in his first full-time job in the industry at his alma mater, Georgia State University (GSU), White worked his way up from travel coordinator to associate athletics director for business operations and finance and chief financial officer for the athletics department. White holds a B.A. in psychology from UNC Chapel Hill, an M.S.