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How Chandra Scott is Expanding the Possible

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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...

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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...

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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

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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...

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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...

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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...