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HBCU Review: 16 HBCUs Make Forbes Magazine’s 2013 List of Top Colleges - HBCUs make Forbes list, Alabama State University’s smoking policy, Pell Grant changes affect HBCU students, and more HBCU news headlines. — Dominique Zonyéé and LaToya Bowlah Fisk University, Spelman and Morehouse College ranked highest among the HBCUs on Forbes Magazine’s list of top institutions to attend this year. The magazine derived their list based on factions that affect college students such as financial aid, tuition and job acquisition. Out of 650 institutions, 16 are HBCUs. (Photo: Erik S. Lesser/Getty Images)

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Allstate’s Quotes for Education Program for HBCUs - As part of the fifth annual Allstate Quotes for Education program, Allstate will donate up to $150,000 to assist students attending HBCUs. From Aug. 1 until Nov. 30, for every Allstate customer who receives an insurance quote from a participating agent and mentions “quotes for education,” Allstate will also donate $10 to Tom Joyner Foundation’s HBCU scholarship fund.(Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

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Alabama State University to Implement No Smoking Policy - Alabama State University officials are looking to permanently ban tobacco use on campus, including smokeless tobacco and electronic cigarettes. The board of trustees is expected to decide on the policy in September. If the ban is approved, Alabama State will be the second public school in the state to ban smoking on campus.(Photo: Chicago Tribune/MCT /Landov)

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Ohio’s Only Public HBCU Ramps Up Enrollment Efforts - Central State University in Ohio is boosting its enrollment efforts by offering in-state tuition to out-of-state candidates this fall. Students from 24 Indiana counties will be eligible for in-state tuition. Also students from Detroit, Indianapolis and Chicago will receive discounted tuition rates for two years. The new tuition agreements will save eligible students $6,000 to $7,000. (Photo: Courtesy of Central State University)

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HBCUs Work to Improve NCAA Academic Guideline Scores - Hampton football is back in the NCAA's radar as an eligible team for the postseason due to improved academic scores. Seventy-eight percent of Division I teams that scored below the cutoff rating for postseason eligibility were from HBCUs.(Photo: Christopher Futcher/Getty Images)

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Opportunity Funding Corporation and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund to Promote Entrepreneurship - The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) and Opportunity Funding Corporation merged together on Aug. 1 in efforts to continue to support and increase the number of Black entrepreneurs hailing from HBCUs. The partnership will allow African-Americans to have even more opportunities than they did before. OFC has been a supporter of African-American entrepreneurialism, having helped finance the businesses of BET founder Bob Johnson and Radio One founder Cathy Hughes. (Photo: Thurgood Marshall College Fund)

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Tuskegee University Holds Summer Commencement Service - Tuskegee University President Gilbert L. Rochon handed out degrees at the university’s third summer commencement ceremony on Saturday, Aug. 2. “With our unwavering commitment to education and research, Tuskegee University is working to improve the overall condition of minorities and the underserved,” Rochon said.(Photo: Courtesy of Tuskegee University)

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Cheyney University Will Have 13 Living Learning Communities - Cheyney University is making the college experience for freshmen and transfer students a little bit easier with the installment of 13 Living Learning Communities (LLC) in their student residence halls. The LLC are groups of students who all share similar interests, classes and academic majors. New students are encouraged to participate in the LLCs in order to improve their college experience.(Photo: Courtesy of Cheyney University)

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Tuskegee University Golden Tigers Predicted to Win the SIAC Championship - The Tuskegee University Golden Tigers football team was ranked in the top of its division last season, in addition to being No. 1 among all of the HBCU football teams.  Following their 2012 win for the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) West Division Title, TU is predicted to do it again in the 2013 season. Although the Tigers will miss running back Derrick Washington, key playmakers including QB Justin Nared and WR Marquel Gardner will continue to make an impact. (Photo: AL.COM /Landov)

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Summer Pell Grant Predicament Disproportionately Affects HBCU Students - Congress changed the law in 2012 regarding the eligibility standards for low-income students receiving Pell Grants, and HBCU students are feeling the brunt of the new rules. As many students across the United States rely on federal funding for college, the law mainly affects those students who attend HBCUs. Marybeth Gasman, an associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education, said that the new Pell Grant law, “disproportionately hurt students attending HBCUs that do the lion’s share of educating poor students.” (Photo: Alex Slobodkin/Getty Images)

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Alcorn State University President to Receive Distinguished Service Award  - Alcorn State University President M. Christopher Brown II Ph.D. is being recognized for his significant contributions to increasing diversity and access in the higher education community. Brown will be the first HBCU president honored with the Commission on Access, Diversity and Excellence Distinguished Service Award. (Photo: Courtesy of Alcorn State University)

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Delaware State University to Offer Region’s First Helicopter Flight Degree - Delaware State University and Horizon Helicopters of Newark, New Jersey, are partnering up to offer a DSU aviation program students helicopter pilot training. “For years, we’ve received dozens of calls every day asking if we offer this kind of program,” said DSU aviation program director Stephen Speed. Currently, less than 10 students are expected to enroll in the first year. (Photo: Xinhua/Ding Haitao)