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Rapper Rick Ross’ Son Might Be Heading to the NFL After Committing to This HBCU
Ross’ son William Roberts III has committed to this Florida-based HBCU after attending a high school famous for producing NFL players.
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Bethune-Cookman and the Survival of the HBCU, Part 3: Things Fell Apart
Editor’s note: Please read part 1 and part 2 of “Critical Condition: Bethune-Cookman and the Survival of the HBCU.” “Look to the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you shall also see the future, foretold.” — Marcus Aurelius text When the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)…
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Critical Condition: Bethune-Cookman and the Survival of the HBCU, Part 1
“There will come a time of fire and night, when enemies rise and empires fall, when the stars themselves begin to die.” ― Kevin J. Anderson text Winter always comes. Everything dies. Nothing else is certain. At the fall of every glorious thing that was ever built, among the ashes and rubble, you will find…
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Bethune-Cookman President to Resign Amid Financial Woes
Bethune-Cookman University has announced that President Edison Jackson will resign almost a year before his contract ends. The trustee board of the private HBCU, located in Daytona Beach, Fla., accepted his early retirement but has not announced the terms or specific date of his departure, saying only that it will be announced at a later…
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Betsy DeVos Spoke at Bethune-Cookman and It Went Worse Than Expected
A week ago, Bethune-Cookman University, an HBCU located in Florida and named after Mary McLeod Bethune, announced that Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos would be the school’s commencement speaker, and the news went over like a lead balloon. DeVos, a leader in “school choice” with no qualifications for her position besides being a rich white…
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Betsy DeVos to Speak at Bethune-Cookman University’s Commencement Ceremony
For some reason unbeknownst to many of us, historically black college Bethune-Cookman University in Florida has announced that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos will be the keynote commencement speaker next week. The news is super confusing, considering that the pro-school-choice head of education once famously flubbed that HBCUs were the true pioneers of school choice, rather…