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George Washington University Adjunct Faculty to Potentially Receive Raise and Base Salary Increase

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Per that agreement, GW part-time faculty may see their first contractual raise in four years and an increase in base salaries – from $4,467 to $5,000. The collective bargaining agreement (CBA) could give a 10% raise to all regular, or tenure-eligible, part-time faculty starting Spring 2023.

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Biden Administration Offers Support to Underfunded Land-Grant HBCUs

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According to the Second Morill Act of 1890, states that opened a Black land-grant school were required to fund it equitably compared to their pre-existing land-grant schools. billion funding deficit since 1987. The other two states with land-grant HBCUs that did not receive the letter—Delaware and Ohio—have funded them equitably.

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UNCF to Launch Nationwide Walk for Education Fundraising Campaign

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The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) will be kicking off a nationwide Walk for Education fundraising campaign this week. Maurice Jenkins The National UNCF Walk for Education Campaign is seeking to raise at least $2.5 executive vice president and chief development officer at UNCF. Jenkins, Jr., Have fun while doing good!”

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Education Department Announces Initiative to Improve Access to Training Programs

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Miguel Cardona The initiative, “ Raise the Bar: Unlocking Career Success,” – supported by the Departments of Commerce and Labor – involves a program to expand work-based learning opportunities for students, using $5.6 million dollars in Perkins funding.

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Howard University Takes Affirmative Step, All HBCUs Need More Support

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And despite chronic and discriminatory under-funding, HBCUs have stood as the greatest driver of social and economic mobility of Black Americans in the country. HBCUs receive less than 1% of federal research funding and development grants, and less than their share of state and federal funding overall.

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Dartmouth Launches New Research Institute Focused On Black Diaspora

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The institute is being launched with initial funding of $2.3 million that includes $1 million raised from alums, families, and friends through the Call to Lead campaign. million and will also provide a further $400,000 to match funds raised during the institute’s initial period of operation.

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Hochul Proposes Nearly $7.5B for Higher Ed in FY24

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Harnisch thought that the funding proposal was especially good in light of national trends. “In However, the proposal has also drawn criticism from those who say that the funding is insufficient to make up for years of stagnation under Cuomo and from some who work in New York’s public colleges. “[It] She gets it.”