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Coppin State University: A Renaissance of Purpose and Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Were seeing more students select Coppin as their university of choice, says Jenkins, an Army veteran who led West Virginia State University from 2016 until he took the helm of Coppin in 2020. The campus has seen significant upgrades to its facilities, creating modern learning spaces that foster collaboration and creativity.

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Q&A: UNCF's Ed Smith-Lewis on the UNITE Convening and HBCU Transformation

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One of our most defining initiatives started in 2016: the Career Pathways Initiative (CPI), a $50 million investment by the Lilly Endowment. Originally designed as an annual conference for CPI institutions, UNITE quickly evolved into the premier space for HBCUs to gather, collaborate, and push the boundaries of what's possible.

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Seed Investments Fund 15 Research Collaborations Between Virginia Tech and Minority-Serving Institutions

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Collaborations between Virginia Tech and historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) or other minority-serving institutions (MSIs) have led to 15 research projects supported by grant funding. Since launching in 2016, the program has grown, with its list of partner schools expanding and new Virginia Tech departments taking part.

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Rhodes College Joins Initiative to Expand Access for Highly Talented Low-Income Students

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Rhodes College joins the collective of 137 public and private colleges and universities nationwide who work collaboratively to expand access and opportunity for highly talented low- and moderate-income students. ATI, formed in 2016, comprises regional and flagship public institutions and leading private colleges and universities.

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NIH Grant to Study Infertility, Health Among Women of Mexican Heritage

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She is collaborating with Dr. Dalia Stern of the Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública to lead the study. “We Farland has been collaborating with the Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública since 2016, including using data from the Mexican Teachers’ Cohort study.

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AAC&U Annual Meeting Explore Liberal Education’s Role in Preserving Democracy

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What we have done in the past has not worked,” said Pasquerella, who has led the global membership organization since 2016. “We We can’t be passive recipients to those who know better, who know that African American history is real history. We need to start controlling the narrative.”

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New HBCU Medical College in NOLA Will Confront Medical Inequities

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They expect it will continue to boost the local economy, still recovering from Hurricane Katrina’s impact almost 20 years ago and will also allow for greater collaboration with other medical schools in the area, like Louisiana State University and Tulane University.

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