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White House Proposes $9.2 Billion Cut in Education Funding

No one ever said that higher education wouldn’t cost money. Across the country, tuition is steadily rising and students are taking longer to pay...

First Lady Sarah-Elizabeth Reed and GEEARS: Georgia Early Education Alliance for Ready Students Launch the “First 2,000 Days Campaign”

Statewide public awareness initiative targets the importance of early childhood education The City of Atlanta announced that First Lady Sarah-Elizabeth Reed has signed on as...

Harold Martin Appointed Interim President of Morehouse College

The Morehouse College Board of Trustees has appointed alumnus Harold Martin Jr. as interim president. Martin takes on the day-to-day leadership of the college...

Marker Memorializes Historic Integration of Georgia Southern

A new commemorative marker on Georgia Southern University’s campus pays tribute to a special part of Georgia Southern’s history and the University’s first African-American...

Morehouse College Interim President William "Bill" Taggart Has Died

According to the Fulton County, Georgia medical examiner, William "Bill" Taggart, interim president at Morehouse College and Atlanta Business League Board Chair, passed away...

Months After Meeting with HBCU Presidents, Trump Still Giving Mixed Messages on Black Colleges

Repeatedly during his first 100 days, President Donald J. Trump signaled to the leaders and supporters of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) that...

Business Titan William Pickard Delivers Clark Atlanta University Commencement Address

“The essence of any commencement speech is to be brief,” said William Pickard, Ph.D., chairman and CEO of VITEC and Global Automotive Alliance. With him,...

Morehouse Receives $400,000 JPMorgan Chase Grant To Help Atlanta Entrepreneurs

The Morehouse College Entrepreneurship Center has received a $400,000 grant from JPMorgan Chase to help grow new minority-and-women-owned tech businesses and provide funds to...

Kennesaw State’s Black Studies Program In Danger of Being Cut

  Kennesaw State University faced recent pushback from student protestors when it revealed plans to deactivate its African American studies degree. The university has since...

A Gap Year For Struggling Students: One Innovation That Education Policy Makers Should Consider

Each year, my colleagues and I design and implement plans focused on supporting our academically vulnerable students. For schools like mine, the percentage of incoming...

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