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Some of Connecticut’s community colleges rank among the best in the country

By Rob Polansky   Several Connecticut community colleges rank as some of the best in the country. The personal finance website WalletHub.com on Monday released two lists, including 2021’s Best & Worst Community Colleges and 2021’s States with the Best Community College Systems. Northwestern Connecticut Community College in Winsted ranked as the 20th best community college. Connecticut’s community college system ranked as the 6th best in the country. WalletHub said it said it compared more than 650 community colleges across 19 key indicators of cost and quality. The data included cost of in-state tuition and fees, student-faculty ratio, and graduation

University seeks to shine light on its past acts of discrimination

By Erin Gretzinger A UW-Madison student evicted from university housing for dating a Black man. Others expelled amid an administrative campaign to systematically seek out and remove homosexual male students from campus. Abusive conduct by a UW-Madison police officer who led the department for decades with impunity. It’s not exactly the stuff of college brochures. But beginning next fall, information about some of the university’s past blemishes will be on public display at the direction of top administrators. It’s all part of the Public History Project — a multiyear research effort funded by the university to unearth a history of

Parents outraged after college leaves students in “housing chaos”

By BARMEL LYONS It’s a disappointing start to the school year for many Clark Atlanta parents and students who are learning the dorms they had already paid for weren’t available due to lagging renovations. “I don’t know if it’s a hotel or apartment complex… whatever it is, it looks like it’s been abandoned,” said Clark Atlanta Parent Tewana Nelson. Parents are outraged over what they’re calling “housing chaos”. “I thought it was around the corner or something, they said off-campus but …damn… this is damn near out the state,” a parent exclaims. Students moved to 444 Highland Avenue off campus,

Target will cover 100% of college tuition for its workers

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By Alaa Elassar Target has announced that it will begin paying the college tuition and textbook expenses for its US-based part-time and full-time employees who attend select schools. The retail giant is following the lead of other large US companies offering more benefits to attract and retain talent in a tight job market. Starting as early as their first day on the job, more than 340,000 employees at Target stores and distribution centers will now be able to choose from 250 programs at over 40 schools and universities across the country, and they won’t have to pay a dollar, Target said in

2021 White House HBCU Scholars Announced

by Vanessa Roberson The eight cohort of HBCU Scholars has just been announced, and it a solid list of over 80 students! Learn who the scholars are, and why the scholars program is so important in the full story from The U.S. Department Of Education below. The White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (Initiative) today announced its eighth cohort of HBCU Scholars. This program recognizes 86 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students for their accomplishments in academics, leadership, civic engagement and much more. Currently enrolled at 54 of our nation’s HBCUs, the scholars were selected from an applicant

Grambling State Forgives $1.5M In Student Debt

by Vanessa Roberson It truly pays to be a student attending Grambling State University! First, the university just forgave $1.5 million in student debt! GSU is also considering making history with the first HBCU gymnastics program! Learn more about both opportunities in the exciting Ebony article below! Grambling State University is looking to make history as the first Historically Black College and University to offer women’s gymnastics. Plus, it has set aside $1.5 million to forgive student debt. According to a report from The Associated Press, after Grambling hosted a gymnastic conference full of 100 Black and brown gymnasts for the Brown Girls Do Gymnastics conference,

Classics is a part of Black intellectual history – Howard needs to keep it

by Rebecca Futo Kennedy and Jackie Murray Howard University’s decision to close its small classics department may seem like an unusual piece of education news to attract widespread media attention, especially when student debt is at an all-time high, racism and free speech on campus are constantly being debated, and finances are tight in many colleges and universities across the country. Yet some of our country’s most well-known thinkers, such as Cornel West, have written about how useful classics – the study of Greek and Roman languages, literature and history – is at a historically Black college and university. A

Florida A&M becomes the latest HBCU to forgive student debt, totaling over $16M, for the 2020-21 graduating class

By Lauren M. Johnson Florida A&M University students got a welcome surprise when the university announced it would be paying off student financial balances for the 2020-2021 school year. President Larry Robinson broke the news at the commencement for 2020 graduates Saturday. “This is an indication of our commitment to student success and our hope that your time on the ‘Hill’ has been transformative as you take on the challenges of the day, go out and make a difference,” Robinson told the graduates. The historically Black university used more than $16 million of funding from the federal CARES Act, which was

Keisha Lance Bottoms Joins Clark Atlanta University-Based HBCU Leadership Institute

by Vanessa Roberson Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is going back to school. Bottoms, whose mayoral term ends in January, will be the first honorary fellow of a new effort to train people for careers as leaders of historically Black colleges and universities. The HBCU Executive Leadership Institute will be based at Clark Atlanta University, the state’s largest, private HBCU. The mayor’s role will include speaking to the first cohort of fellows. The institute is funded in large part by the Chan Zuckerberg Foundation, which contributed $1 million toward the effort. “For more than 150 years, HBCUs have not only played an

Dillard University Denies Claims Of Academic Fraud Made By Former Dean

by Jarrett Carter, Sr. Officials at Dillard University are denying claims of widespread academic fraud made against the school president and several administrators between 2013 and 2019, and considering legal action against the former faculty member making a public case against the university. According to a letter forwarded to the HBCU Digest and to several print and broadcast outlets nationwide, former College of Business Dean Christian Fugar says that President Walter Kimbrough, Dillard Vice President for Academic Affairs Yolonda Page, and others within the executive cabinet facilitated the awarding of degrees to dozens of students who had not qualified for

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