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Fixing FASFA: Black Students and HBCUs Will Lose the Most

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As the largest champion of the Black college community and the only national organization to provide both financial and professional development support to students attending publicly supported HBCUs, TMCF notes that the delays and lack of clarity surrounding Better FASFA are presenting dire consequences for its students and institutions.

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Summit Brings Together Leaders to Discuss How to Strengthen America's HBCUs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

HBCU leaders convened online Thursday to strategize about the state of historically Black colleges and universities in the country and what can be done to strengthen them. The event was hosted by Virginia Union University and Rice University. To not do so would be a disservice to their students, she added.

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Retired Navy Vice Admiral to Lead Texas Southern

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Moving the university forward through challenges and opportunities in present-day higher education requires a leadership with specific credentials, said James Benham, vice chair of Texas Southern’s Board of Regents and chair of the presidential search committee. “If James Crawford III James W. Crawford retired after 30 years with the U.S.

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Association President Receives 2024 ACE Donna Shavlik Award

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

And I appreciate all those who have supported me and my efforts to empower women as leaders in higher education.” ACE plans to present the award during its 2024 ACE Women’s Leadership Dinner on March 20 in Washington, DC. Marjorie Hass “I am deeply honored to be recognized by ACE,” said Hass.

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Why African American History Month Is the Quintessential American Celebration

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Reflection and assessment are crucial mechanisms to achieving progress in any society and in this case, recognition of the inspiring accomplishments, as well as the numerous tribulations of people of African descent in America, presents the most compelling and significant articulation of the American story. Dr. William B.

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From Past to Present: New Book Explores the Importance of HBCUs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

HBCU: The Power of Historically Black Colleges and Universities , published by Johns Hopkins University Press, provides personal anecdotes from past and present HBCU students and leaders about the critical role that these storied institutions have played throughout history. But the book is not merely an exercise in nostalgia.

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Pushing Back on the DEI Pushback

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

To combat the pushback against DEI, we recommend higher education leaders pursue a five-fold strategy rather than attempting to skirt DEI bans, as some public universities reportedly have tried to do. First , public universities must persuasively make the demographic case for maintaining a focus on DEI in higher education.

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