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Howard University Takes Affirmative Step, All HBCUs Need More Support

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The nation’s oldest private and public universities respectively, both were financed by profits from the enslavement of African-descended people. HBCUs receive less than 1% of federal research funding and development grants, and less than their share of state and federal funding overall. We can change that.

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How to keep moving when higher ed data dries up

University Business

This shift has seismic implications for all higher education institutions but the disruption will likely be greatest on those below the emerging research institution level. The federal data scaffolding may be crumbling but the need to tell the full story of higher educationclearly, credibly and comparablyremains intact.

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Higher ed research and development spending is surging

University Business

Growth in research and development spending hit a 20-year high in higher ed, according to the latest data. Colleges and universities shared the bulk of the costs with the federal government in fiscal year 2023, which saw research and development spending grow by 11.2%. The average growth since 2013 was 5% annually.

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Australia asks universities to show they merit the title

Confessions of a Community College Dean

But some well-regarded universities conduct little research, while some of the world’s most exalted teaching and research institutions do not call themselves universities. The other universities that failed to achieve 50 percent—Bond, Federation and Notre Dame Australia—are due for re-registration in 2024 or 2025.

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Five ways to help students take smart sustainability actions (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

These findings , from a survey conducted by Inside Higher Ed and College Pulse and sponsored by Kaplan, are consistent with research literature on climate anxiety , which is especially prominent among younger adults. More generally, research shows that fear has only limited power in inspiring action. Partner with local governments.

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Why the Defense Department is poised to become HBCUs’ new best friend

University Business

Federal officials discovered that land-grant HBCUs in 16 states have been underfunded compared to their neighboring, predominantly white research universities by more than $12 billion since 1987. Senators are now working to create stronger federal oversight over state funding. billion in fiscal year 2020.

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5 Focus Areas for Campus Presidents Amidst Decreasing Trust

Campus Sonar

And no wonder—in 1990, state-per-student funding was almost 140% more than that of the federal government. But in the last two decades, the gap between state and federal funding narrowed, with state funding per student only 12% above federal levels in 2015. housing, university bookstores, etc.)