U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has made an annual donation of her nearly $200,000 salary to four select charities. This year, a portion of that annual gift will […]
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HBCUs Absent From Feds' Gainful Employment Negotiations: Oversight or Strategy?
The US Department of Education will begin a new rulemaking negotiation period in December aimed at reforming its gainful employment policies; guidelines which suggest punishment for schools producing graduates who […]
Betsy DeVos to AP: "I Should Have Decried More Forcefully the Ravages of Racism in this Country"
WASHINGTON (AP) — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Wednesday distanced herself from her comment earlier this year about the nation’s historically black colleges and universities being pioneers of school choice, […]
Maybe HBCUs Should Rethink the Whole 'Hating Betsy DeVos' Thing
We’ve ripped her for her comments on HBCUs and school choice, we booed the hell out of her at Bethune-Cookman’s commencement, and HBCU Twitter has made her a go-to meme […]
HBCU Graduates Shouldn't Have to Listen to Controversial Speakers
It’s commencement season. And college graduates across the country are reveling in this extraordinary ritual of spring. Parents beam with pride. Families, many of whom have traveled a great distance […]
Bethune-Cookman and Florida Memorial Show the Spectrum of HBCU Outreach
The graduation season of 2017 has offered some interesting comparison in leadership among HBCU presidents. The administration at Bethune-Cookman University, under the leadership of Dr. Eddie Jackson, invited controversy when […]
We Can Talk HBCU Politics and Respectability, But Leave Students Out of It
The point of a protest is to make things uncomfortable for an intended target, and for everyone around that target who cares to watch it unfold. This means that we […]
Bethune-Cookman Officials Cite Final Commencement Protest Count at 20 Students
Bethune-Cookman University has released its post-commencement press release, and cites the total number of student protestors from yesterday’s exercises at 20, with 13 students being removed from the event. From […]
Bethune-Cookman Grads Are So Petty, and Mary Would Be So Proud
Yesterday, the graduating class of Bethune-Cookman University, one of the nation’s more than 100 historically black college and universities (HBCUs) booed United States Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. And it […]
The Worst Performance at Bethune-Cookman's Commencement
The key word for Bethune-Cookman University’s commencement ceremony was persistence yesterday afternoon. US Education Secretary Betsy DeVos persisted over passionate, raucous booing and shouting. The students persisted in booing and turning […]
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