Job Opportunity
The Center is receiving applications for its newly-created sponsorship manager position. Commission-based and ideal for HBCU business or marketing students seeking experience in the non-profit industry, resumes can be forwarded to info-at-hbcumedia-dot-org. Position: Sponsorship Manager COMMISSION SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENT As a Sponsorship Manager for CHMA, you are expected to Develop a plan for growing the CHMA’s [...]
Tips for HBCU Journalists
Imani Jackson is an award winning journalist and a mass communication senior at Grambling State University. She has been editor-in-chief of The Gramblinite newspaper for two years. Follow her @faithspeaks on Twitter. College and university students need outlets to promote and publish their works. This is especially true of mass communication and/or journalism students who [...]
HBCU Media Briefing
Several presidents from historically black colleges and universities descended upon Atlanta today to brief members of the national media on the value of HBCUs, and their role in the nation’s aggressive degree attainment agenda. We strongly endorse and applaud the initiative taken by the participating HBCU leaders, and the Southern Education Foundation for organizing this [...]
TMCF Misses the Media Mark
The email’s headline sparked the initial interest; THURGOOD MARSHALL COLLEGE FUND MEMBER UNIVERSITIES PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTE ANSWERS DOUBTS OF HBCU CONTINUED RELEVANCY. I fully expected a passionate, rallying cry for HBCU leaders and constituents to join in a solid, responsible effort to trumpet the value of the historically black college and university. I eagerly anticipated editorial [...]
Diversity and Attention
As attacks on America’s historically black colleges and universities become more frequent in the public media discourse, HBCU constituents can take heart in one thing; the long-missing media attention for these institutions is finally arriving. The gift is signed, sealed and delivered by Richard Vedder in his Chronicle blog entry “Why Do We Need HBCUs?” [...]
Defending HBCUs
The rhetoric authored in Jason L. Riley’s recent editorial, “Black Colleges Need a New Mission,” is the latest attempt to undermine the contemporary need and historical value of historically black colleges and universities. While his premise of academic imbalance and resources is offered with some accuracy, the glaring omission of state and federal du jure [...]
HBCU Rankings
The Dark Side of HBCU Rankings Every year, news publications produce rankings of America’s colleges and universities. And supporters of historically black colleges and universities particularly enjoy this annual review, not just for bragging rights on the worth of their schools, but for the national display of productivity and excellence in comparison to some of [...]
Tom Joyner and Online HBCUs
Radio mogul and HBCU advocate Tom Joyner recently discussed his plans to develop online learning at historically black colleges and universities at the National Urban League’s Centennial Convention earlier this week. With an anticipated launch in September 2010 and motivated by the exodus of African-American students to online colleges like the University of Phoenix and [...]
Letter to the Tennessean
Where much time and effort has been invested in exposing the university’s leadership and structural deficiencies, little to no time has been attributed to the critical elements influencing these issues. The university’s academic mission of serving those whom the State of Tennessee has abandoned at the elementary and secondary levels, and its cultural mission of [...]
2011 HBCU Awards
Nominations are currently being accepted for the 2011 HBCU Awards. The HBCU Awards acknowledges and celebrates achievement from historically black colleges and universities throughout the United States. Crowning winners in the fields of leadership, arts, athletics, research, and community engagement, the HBCU Awards is the first and only event to recognize the influence and impact [...]
