For the last decade or so, there has been much discussion in education centered on preparing students, faculty, and professionals who are globally competitive. With advances in technology, increased trade, and growing multinational companies and institutions, it is imperative that this generation and future generations are prepared to work in a global marketplace and community. […]
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Over the past month into the next month, many African American students will walk across stages, shake hands, receive degrees and look forward to the future ahead of them as college graduates. This is a great accomplishment for all of these students. They have worked hard. They have achieved their goals. And if they went
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In April 2014, at the American Educational Research Association’s annual meeting, the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities held a session with distinguished panelists to discuss HBCUs’ role in providing college access to Black males. Led by the Initiatives’ deputy director Ivory Toldson and keeping in line with President Barack Obama’s newly
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Those who question the relevancy of HBCUs often bring up perceived lack of diversity in their arguments. Some people don’t think that HBCUs provide an environment that is representative of the ‘real world.’ And maybe this would be a good leg to stand on, if it were true. Furthermore, it would also be a better
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In 1926, Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History declared that the second week of February would be Negro History Week. Woodson chose this week, in particular, because it contained the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. In 1976, the U.S. Government officially recognized ‘Negro History Week’
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In 1904, a fierce Mary McLeod Bethune founded Bethune Cookman College in Daytona Beach, Florida. Not too far up the road, and 110 years later, Florida A&M University selected its first Black female president Elmira Mangum. At first glance, the selection of a woman as president of FAMU might not seem like a big deal,
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