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America’s top High School talent choose HBCU’s
Tom Joyner Foundation scholarship winner, Cheyenne Boyce has a 4.0 grade point average and ranks first in her graduating class. She’s been accepted at Howard University and Spelman College, but still is deciding which to attend.
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NAACP sues state of Georgia for discrimantion against HBCU’s
The Georgia NAACP is suing the state, saying Georgia is keeping Albany, Fort Valley and Savannah State Universities educationally below-par with predominantly-white schools.
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Is Morris Brown College Just Another Historic Monument Now?
Until the school is reaccredited, its students cannot receive federal or state financial aid.
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VSU Drumline Performs in The White House
As President Obama Signed the Executive Order to recognize HBCUs, The VSU Drumline Performed
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White House To Invest $850 Million For Black Colleges And Universities
“HBCUs face tough challenges today,” President Obama said to a room including about 60 HBCU presidents, lawmakers, students and media. The government will increase its funding for the nation’s HBCUs by $100 million in the fiscal year 2011 budget.
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Colleges Take Action to Boost Minority Grad Rates
Only about 40 percent of underrepresented minority students—blacks, Latinos, and American Indians—graduate from college within six years; the same statistic for nonminorities is 60 percent.
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Florida A&M University Establishes Haiti Relief Fund
FAMU will focus on supporting indigenous organizations or those with a local presence, regarding the Haiti Disaster, such as Doctors Without Borders.
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Marching 100 to Perform for Superbowl XLIV
Florida A&M University’s Marching “100” has been selected to perform in the Super Bowl XLIV pregame show scheduled for Sunday, February 7, at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, FL