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Alabama HBCUs Seek To Buy Birmingham-Southern College

By Nahla Abdur-Rahman A potential battle for the purchase of Birmingham-Southern College (BSC) ensues from Alabama HBCUs. Alabama A&M University hopes to acquire the school independently, while a group of other colleges aim to purchase it together. As BSC closes on May 31, Miles College leads the effort for other schools to join its purchasing group. State Sen. Merika Coleman spoke on the plan during a legislative session on May 2, as reported by AL.com. Miles College President Bobbie Knight began the talks with other HBCU leaders, as Coleman revealed in an interview. “I actually met with President Knight of Miles College and her

UC Academic Workers Vote to Authorize ‘Stand-Up Strike’ Over University Response to Pro-Palestinian Protests

By Margaret Attridge Academic workers across the University of California (UC) system voted to authorize a “stand-up strike” over the university’s response to pro-Palestinian protests on campuses. The over 48,000 workers are represented by the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) as UAW 4811. Almost 20,000 members participated in the vote from May 13-15, with 79% voting in favor of strike authorization, according to the union. In a stand-up strike, the UAW 4811 Executive Board will have the authority to call campuses to strike at certain times, rather than calling all workers to strike simultaneously.

FAMU Vice President Resigns As $237 Million Donation Scandal

By Christopher Rhodes Fallout continues from Florida A&M University‘s announcement of a dubious $237 million donation. As at least one executive has resigned over the secretive and unvetted gift, more questions arise about how FAMU put itself in an this position. A VP resigns after secret deal put on hold FAMU hit pause on an announced $237 million stock donation from Gregory Gerami and his Isaac Batterson Family 7th Trust, an entrepreneur and business with little publicly available information and a history of a failed nine-figure donation to another school. The repercussions continue to grow for Gerami’s FAMU donation, which was kept secret even

UNC-Chapel Hill board slashes diversity funding to divert money to public safety resources

As North Carolina’s public university system considers a vote on changing its diversity policy, the system’s flagship university board voted Monday to cut funding for diversity programs in next year’s budget. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Board of Trustees approved a change that would divert $2.3 million of diversity funding to go toward public safety and policing at a special meeting to address the university’s budget. The board’s vote would only impact UNC-Chapel Hill’s diversity funding, which could result in the loss of its diversity office. The vote to shift more funding to public safety comes as

Oklahoma Black Caucus Finds State Underfunded Langston University By $160 Million In The Last Decade

By Quintessa Williams Monroe Nichols, D-Tulsa, Chair of the Oklahoma Legislative Black Caucus, has issued an official call, urging the Oklahoma State Legislature and Board of Regents to prioritize funding for Langston University. “Over the last decade Langston University has been funded at 45 cents in state appropriation for every dollar invested by the federal government. During that same time period, OSU was funded at a rate of $3.14 in state appropriation for every federal dollar invested,” Nichols said. “This imbalance threatens to cripple Langston’s ability to fully support students. In just the last 10 years, Langston has been underfunded by $159,008,794 in

Howard University to Host Event Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of Landmark Brown v. Board of Education Decision

Written By Howard University Newsroom staff This week marks the 70th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision, the landmark ruling deciding that separating children in public schools based on race was unconstitutional. The decision ended legalized racial segregation in schools, overruling the “separate but equal” finding from the Plessy v. Ferguson case in 1896. While the Brown case is a historic event taught and shared through the generations, much remains unknown about the case, according to Lisa Crooms-Robinson, interim dean of the Howard University School of Law, who hopes that changes following a special event hosted

How One HBCU is Empowering Undergrads to Forge a Path to Prosperity

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Starting in young adulthood, one of the most important life skills is managing your money. This starts with a good understanding of how capital works, how to budget and save, and how to invest and make a nest egg grow. But there’s an access gap in setting up young minds for financial success. As compared with white high school students (one in nine of whom had access to finance education), only one in 20 students from Black and Brown schools had the same access, one of the root causes of the racial wealth gap in America. And this gap plays out

Data Science and Analytics Symposium Emphasizes Diversity

Courtesy of Bowie State University Each day more solutions to address complex societal issues are being addressed using data science and analytics according to experts who presented information at Bowie State University’s 3rd Annual Data Science and Analytics Symposium. Students and other symposium attendees learned how AI, data science and analytics continue to transform how we approach and solve problems.  “The symposium highlighted the importance of constantly updating and enhancing our data and analytical skills to meet ever evolving socio-economic challenges,” said Lucia Foster, Chief, Center for Economic Studies and Chief Economist, U.S. Census Bureau. “I appreciated the chance to see

Dr. Maisha Standifer Addresses Health Disparities Among Black Women and Vulnerable Communities

By Hunter Gilmore Health disparities continue to plague marginalized communities across the United States. Narrow into the southern region of the country and jarring statistics persist to paint a jarring picture of what is happening in our communities, and it’s not being amplified enough. Black women are disproportionately affected by issues such as HIV/AIDS. According to the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine, the rate of Black females living with an HIV diagnosis in Georgia is 11.7 times that of their white counterparts. It’s alarming statistics like these that serve as the basis for the life work

White House Official Meets With Morehouse College Ahead Of President Biden’s Commencement Speech

By Quintessa Williams A senior White House official met with a small group of students and faculty at Morehouse College on Friday, amid some objections on campus to having President Joe Biden deliver the commencement address there this weekend, according to a White House official and a Morehouse administration official. During the meeting with Steve Benjamin, who heads the White House Office of Public Engagement, some of the students expressed concerns about Biden overshadowing their graduation, the White House official said. The official added that some students were worried in particular about the controversy surrounding Biden’s policy toward Israel and his handling of the

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