Howard University has joined the ranks of some of America’s most renowned colleges and universities, not on a list of academic or cultural achievement, but on a list of the nation’s most liberal-leaning institutions. According to CampusReform.org, a history of protesting conservative trustees, a disparate percentage of faculty donations to democratic political campaigns and the [...]
Morehouse College alum Brian Newman was sworn in last week as a city councilman in Columbia, SC. Newman is the youngest member of the council, and replaces tenured councilman E.W. Cromartie, who left the office after pleading guilty to federal tax evasion charges. From MidlandsConnect.com: “My inspiration is really bettering our community and bettering Columbia,” [...]
South Carolina State University is facing increasing pressure from state lawmakers to provide documentation on how more than $20 million in funding was spent over 12 years for a now-defunct transportation center. From the Post and Courier: State Sen. Robert Ford, R-Charleston, who initially called for the audit council investigation, and Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter, D-Orangeburg, [...]
Texas state legislation has passed a law requiring all public universities to make information about class enrollment, costs, descriptions and faculty evaluations available within three clicks on each school’s homepage. While lauded for transparency and information access, the measure could be harmful to Prairie View A&M University and Texas Southern University, the state’s only public [...]
The following is an editorial by Elesia Summers-Thomas, an alumnus and current graduate student at North Carolina A&T State University and congressional intern. November 4, 2008 was a remarkable day. We had new leadership, President Obama, the first African American President. After that day many believed America had arrived and all were accepted. We had [...]
Howard University alumnus Kamala Harris overcame a spending spree from her primary opponent to capture the Democratic nomination for the position of California Attorney General. If elected, the first African-American female district attorney in San Francisco history will hold the same distinction for the state AG post. From the Los Angeles Times: Among a crowded [...]
Paine College will host a discussion on “Impacts of the New Laws on Higher Education, Healthcare and Energy” with U.S. Congressman James E. Clyburn, this evening at 5:30 p.m. in the Gilbert-Lambuth Memorial Chapel. From the release: “Paine College welcomes Congressman Clyburn to the campus and to the state of Georgia. We look forward to [...]
Despite his killed proposal to merge Louisiana’s three governing boards of higher education, House Speaker Jim Tucker’s rewritten proposal to make the boards beholden to the state Board of Regents has earned the approval of the House Education Committee despite concerns from House legislators. The bill would place the Southern University System, the only HBCU [...]
Florida A&M University graduate and disgraced former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was sentenced to 18 months to five years for a probation violation. His highly-publicized exploits of infidelity, indiscretion with public funds and perceived arrogance turned a city against him, and struck down one of the fastest ascensions to public influence in recent years. From [...]
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf decried economic and political corruption at a recent town hall meeting held on the campus of Morgan State University. Organized by Liberians for Ellen, an organization working for Sirleaf’s reelection in 2011, Sirleaf addressed an audience of Liberians from around the United States on her efforts to create economic opportunities [...]
