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Historical Flashback: The power of Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University) Dilemma X would like to share these historical newspaper articles on the famous Tuskegee University. Tuskegee University was founded in 1881 and is located in Tuskegee, Alabama. Click images below to enlarge for better viewing. Click your return arrow to return to this Dilemma X […]

Temple University scientists eliminate HIV-1 from genome of human T-cells Building on their groundbreaking research, Temple University scientists make another breakthrough in a potential cure for HIV. Temple Now- Temple University March 21, 2016 In 2014, a team of researchers in the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University became the first to successfully […]

President Obama issues Executive Order to combat job discrimination for the formerly- incarcerated Ban The Box -Hillary Clinton endorsed ban the box last week, while Republican Sen. Rand Paul also introduced similar federal legislation, with Democrat Sen. Cory Booker, to seal criminal records for non-violent offenders. New Jersey, a state where Republican Gov. Chris Christie […]

Historical Flashback: Creating the University of North Carolina system Higher Education, in any country, is important not only for economic development and cultural advancement. Higher Education is also important for national defense. Many states have created university systems which help manage and govern their public universities and colleges. Some states do not have public university […]

U.S. Higher Education: Graduate school enrollment from 2004-2014 First-time doctoral enrollment in history, English, and other arts-and-humanities disciplines fell 0.5 percent from 2013 to 2014. Doctoral enrollment for all fields increased an average annual rate of 1.2 percent during that time period, and grew almost 2.0 percent from 2013 to 2014. _____ The Council of […]

2015 Release: U.S. college president compensation at public and private colleges and universities These data show the total compensation received by chief executives of public and private universities and public university systems since 2009. All individuals, including interim leaders, who served in the capacity of chief executive are included. Often, more than one president serves […]

GSK and UNC-Chapel Hill announce novel partnership to accelerate search for HIV cure Unique public-private collaboration will create HIV Cure center and a new company to bring together academic and pharmaceutical research scientists Issued: GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK) -Research Triangle Park, NC The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a leading global public research university […]

Jamaica just planted its first legal Marijuana (Cannabis) plant By Balford Henry Jamaica Observer The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, planted its first legal ganja (marijuana) plant yesterday, symbolizing its position as the pioneer in legally cultivating and researching the benefits of the drug in Jamaica. Emotive adjectives colored the presentations from government […]

Asian-African Summit 2015 Asian-African ministerial meeting kicks off in Indonesia Xinhua Ministers from Asian and African countries held a meeting here on Monday in preparation for the Asian-African Summit 2015. The summit runs from April 22 to April 23 and the commemoration of the 60th Asian-African Conference is scheduled for April 24. The upcoming summit […]

This is how “Historically Black Colleges and Universities” (HBCUs) became the “branding” Have you ever wondered when the term Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) became the “branding” for some institutions of higher education in the United States? Dilemma X shares this information to show when the nomenclature, “Historically Black Colleges and Universities” (“HBCUs”), became […]