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UNCF PARTICIPATES IN CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING ON
EXAMINING THE UNIQUE ROLE HBCUs WILL PLAY IN THE 21ST- CENTURY ECONOMY
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From left to right: Bill Mayew, Ph.D., associate professor, Duke University's Fuqua School of Business; Makola M. Abdullah, Ph.D., president, Virginia State University; Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA), ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, Larry Walker, Ph.D., educational consultant and author, HBCU Lifestyle; Gloria Pryor James, Ph.D., provost and vice president of academic affairs, Wiley College; and Brian Bridges, Ph.D., vice president of research and member engagement, UNCF
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UNCF's vice president of research and member engagement, Dr. Brian K. Bridges (above right),
recently participated in a congressional briefing on "Examining the Unique Role HBCUs Will Play in the 21st-Century Economy." Hosted by Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA), ranking member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce; Rep. Alma Adams (D-NC), co-chair of the Bipartisan Congressional HBCU Caucus; and Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), this panel discussion was part of a series of congressional briefings to build support for the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA).
During the July 13 session, participants highlighted the many contributions of HBCUs and the inequities that must be addressed to promote their longevity. Dr. Bridges, shared the value and values of HBCUs, and Dr. Gloria Pryor James, Wiley College provost and vice president of academic affairs, discussed innovative collaborations between HBCUs and the federal government, including Wiley's Second Chance Pell pilot program.
The briefing was well-attended and included congressional staff, representatives from the White House Initiative on HBCUs and other allied organizations. Representative Scott met with the panelists after the briefing and discussed his desire to leverage the HEA reauthorization in the next Congress to redress underlying issues of racial disparities affecting capital financing, enrollment, endowment, retention and completion at HBCUs.
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"Today, the nation's 106 HBCUs make up just three percent of America's colleges and universities, yet they produce almost 20 percent of all African American graduates and 25 percent of African American graduates in the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics."
~Dr. Michael L. Lomax, UNCF president and CEO
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UNCF TRAINS COLLEGE ADMINISTRATORS WITH A $500,000 GRANT FROM WALMART FOUNDATION
College administrators from select UNCF-member institutions strategized about how to attract and retain strong students at the 2016 UNCF Institute for Capacity Building (ICB) Enrollment Management Institute, July 21-22 in Atlanta.
The main objective of the training conference was to give participants the tools and skills to help them achieve short- and long-term goals toward building and retaining enrollment. T
he ICB conference was made possible by a $500,000 grant from the Walmart Foundation.
"We are proud to support the efforts of UNCF to help the institutions remain viable and competitive college options for students to achieve outcomes that will move them to and through graduation," said Carol May, program officer of the Walmart Foundation.
Click here to learn more about Walmart Foundation's support of UNCF.
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DR. LOMAX: ARE BLACK FAMILIES PREPARED FOR COLLEGE?
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Dr. Lomax recently appeared on Radio One's "Roland Martin Show" to discuss how prepared black families are to send their children to college.
Research by
Learning Heroes,
a non-profit that helps parents navigate the changes happening in classrooms across the country so they can help their children be successful in school, and by
UNCF's Frederick D. Patterson Research Institute shows that African
American parents are overwhelmingly supportive of their children receiving a post-secondary education and believe their children are prepared to succeed in college. However, statistics show young people of color often are not adequately prepared for post-secondary education. During the segment, Dr. Lomax discussed what African
American parents must do to ensure their children succeed in high school and in college, and what African
American families must do to get
─and keep
─their students on the road to earning a college degree.
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HBCU INNOVATION SUMMIT UPDATE
More than 25% of 120 students, who participated in the 2014 and 2015 UNCF HBCU Innovation Summits are now interning or working full-time at tech companies around the country.
Of the students, 93 percent are majoring in computer science, engineering or information technology. . Read more...
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UNCF MEMBER COLLEGE PRESIDENTS GATHER TO DISCUSS CAREER PATHWAYS AND
COMPETE FOR LILLY ENDOWMENT GRANTS
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Representatives of more than two dozen HBCUs gathered in Atlanta in June for
a three-day meeting about how to create better pathways for students to complete their education with the tools needed to move into meaningful jobs, careers and vocations.
The schools in attendance qualified for planning grants as part of the seven-year UNCF Career Pathways Initiative funded by the Lilly Endowment. The initiative shines a bright light on UNCF's research work and its ability to ask a big-picture question and to translate ideas into action on college campuses across the country. Click here for more information about this iniitiative.
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ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY DONATES $250,000 TO UNCF AT
67TH BIENNIAL INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
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More than 22,500 members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., (AKA) recently gathered in Atlanta for the 67th biennial international convention to honor community leaders and award UNCF with a $250,000 contribution
in support of the "Think HBCU" initiative that supports HBCUs across the country.
The presentation was made by AKA's international president and UNCF board member, Dorothy Buckhanan Wilson,
L.H.D.,
to UNCF's president and CEO Dr. Michael L. Lomax. More...
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UNCF REMEMBERS DR. ROSCOE C. BROWN, JR.
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UNCF remembers Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, Jr., a genuine American hero and Tuskegee Airman who, after serving his country in the skies over Europe during World War II, served as an educator for many decades, embodying the ideals for which UNCF stands. Brown was honored by UNCF last year for his longtime work addressing and solving educational challenges. He died July 2 at the age of 94. Read more...
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