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Kentucky State University’s Retention Rate Climbs 38 Percent

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A study from Kentucky State University’s Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness has revealed a 38 percent increase in the University’s retention. The recently published 2014-2015 retention rate of 60.2 percent is KSU’s highest in 10 years. Retention rate is calculated as percent of first-time, full-time bachelor degree-seeking (Cohort) students who enrolled in previous fall […]

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NCCU Researchers Target Aggressive Types of Breast Cancer

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October 2015 marks the 30th anniversary of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which is also a time to recognize the dramatic drop of about one-third in breast cancer deaths over the past three decades largely due to better screening and treatment options. Yet, not all patients have shared equally in these improvements, said Associate Professor of

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Matt Sheptoski, faculty adviser of GSU’s Psychology and Sociology Club, and Jack Chandler, the club’s president, deliver 225 books to Louisiana Prison.

Grambling Issues HBCU Challenge to Collect Books for Prison Libraries

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Seeing a small prison library with a shortage of books during a tour of a correctional facility last year inspired Grambling State University’s Psychology and Sociology Club members to organize a book drive last spring that raised 225 books for the inmates at Richwood Correctional Center in Monroe, LA. “We are trying to provide prisoners

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A speech-language pathologist works with a young student.

Hampton Receives $1.2 M Grant to Train Minority Speech-Language Pathologists

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The Hampton University Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders has received a $1.2 million grant to train minority scholars to work in high poverty schools. The grant from Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs (DOE-OSEP), will provide tuition assistance to 24 highly-qualified communicative sciences and disorders graduate program candidates. These scholars will be

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Tougaloo Professor Named Humanities Teacher of the Year

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October is National Arts and Humanities Month, proclaimed annually by the President and the Governor. The Mississippi Humanities Council will celebrate the occasion by presenting Humanities Teacher Awards to one humanities faculty member at each institution of higher learning in the state. Tougaloo College is proud to announce the selection of its 2015 Mississippi Humanities

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Dr. Gwendolyn E. Boyd, President of Alabama State University.

Alabama State’s President Boyd Receives Top Honors

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Dr. Gwendolyn E. Boyd has received three honors recently for her record of leadership and her accomplishments as President of Alabama State University. President Gwendolyn E. Boyd recently received top national and state honors from three different organizations. Boyd was named one of the “Most Interesting College Presidents in America, she was voted one of

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