Tag: higher education
How Chandra Scott is Expanding the Possible
By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson
The Birmingham Times
The nation’s first ever Historically Black Community Colleges (HBCC’s) conference will be held February 8-9 in Mobile and hosted by Alabama Possible, a...
Alabama Has More HBCUs Than Any State in the Nation. A...
Compiled by Sym Posey
The Birmingham Times
Alabama has the largest number of Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the nation. Here’s a closer look at...
The $1 Billion Impact of Alabama’s HBCUs
uncf.org
HBCUs are economic engines in their Alabama communities and beyond, generating substantial economic returns year after year, according to a landmark study commissioned by...
How Miles College Leads The Way With Public-Private Partnerships
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Since her selection to serve, originally on an interim basis, as president of Fairfield’s Miles College in 2019, Bobbie Knight...
Enrollment Increases Second Year in a Row at Miles College
Alabama NewsCenter
Miles College has increased its total enrollment this fall by 4 percent, for its second consecutive annual enrollment increase. The college welcomed 519 new...
Income, Race Disparities Persist in Higher Education Opportunities
By Tiffany Pennamon
Diverse Education
While the United States has made progress in increasing postsecondary attainment, data trends show that there are still persisting inequalities in...
Expelled in 1956, first black student at University of Alabama gets...
Associated Press
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Autherine Lucy Foster, the first African-American student to attend the University of Alabama, received an honorary doctorate degree last...
College Choice Foundation gives students higher ed boost
Ameera Steward
The Birmingham Times
When she earned more than $2 million in college scholarships and a full-ride to Yale University, Jillian Jolly, a Ramsay High...
Black Studies Leaders Laud Georgetown Student Vote for Fee to Fund...
By LaMont Jones
Diverse Education
Some African-American studies professors are praising Georgetown University undergraduate students for passing a referendum to assess students a semesterly fee to...
With white students becoming a minority, public universities push harder to...
By Casey Parks
Diverse Education
BATON ROUGE, La. — A few weeks after Stewart Lockett made local headlines for becoming the first black student body president at Louisiana...