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  • Faculty Leaders Call on Howard University President, Top Administrators to Resign

    Howard University’s faculty leaders have joined the chorus of calls for beleaguered President Wayne A.I. Frederick to resign. A letter sent out on April 20 singles out Frederick, HU’s board chairman and two administrators, asking for their resignations following a financial aid scandal and other controversies at the university. The letter, recently publicized by the…

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    Anne Branigin

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  • HBCUs Should Not Take Trump’s Hush Money

    In a clearly calculated move, Betsy DeVos’ first stop to a postsecondary institution as the newly minted U.S. secretary of education was to an HBCU—Howard University, “the Mecca” of black education in the United States. Students and outside observers wasted no time serving up pointed questions and severe rebuke, but make no mistake: Every single…

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    Kirsten West Savali

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