Tag: HBCU
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Projecting False Truths: The 4.0 GPA at an HBCU vs. a PWI
Note: Today’s op ed comes to you courtesy of George M. Johnson, an advocate for change in Higher Education. He is the Former Director of Student ... -
10 reasons to attend a HBCU for graduate or professional school
**The Edvocate is pleased to publish this guest post on stealth assessment as a way to fuel important conversations surrounding P-20 education in America. The opinions ... -
Florida Tech spearheads STEM poster program
The Florida Institute of Technology hopes to inspire students to seek out careers in science, technology, engineering and math and has started a poster outreach campaign ... -
Trouble brewing between FAMU president and board of trustees
Despite receiving an award for HBCU ‘Female President of the Year,’ Elmira Mangum is facing stiff criticism from the school’s board of trustees. According to Tallahassee.com, ... -
Top 4 Reasons Colleges Need the Hispanic Community to Thrive
The face of higher education is rapidly evolving as more middle- to low-class young people find ways to obtain a college degree or technical training. The ... -
Here’s how competition makes peer review more unfair
Stefano Balietti, Northeastern University A scientist can spend several months, in many cases even years, strenuously investigating a single research question, with the ultimate goal of ... -
Is financial aid meant to help students or colleges?
A recent article via Forbes.com asks a fairly interesting question regarding financial aid for students attempting to attain a higher education. Does financial aid help colleges ... -
The history of student loans goes back to the Middle Ages
Jenny Adams, University of Massachusetts Amherst In 1473, Alexander Hardynge, who had finished his bachelor’s degree at Oxford nearly two years previous, borrowed money through an ... -
Twitter Accusations Strain HBCUs Relationship
In a disturbing string of tweets posted to Twitter last week, an anonymous student at all-women’s Spelman College stated that she was gang raped by students ... -
Tom Joyner to give full scholarship to future HBCU student
Known for his zeal for supporting Historically Black Colleges and Universities, host of the nationally syndicated “Tom Joyner Morning Show” Tom Joyner plans to give away ...
