• Leaders of Florida’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities are celebrating a funding increase. Gov. Ron DeSantis held a news conference today at Bethune Cookman University in Daytona Beach, days after signing a state budget that included a funding boost for HBCUs.
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• Bethune-Cookman University’s Interim President says employees can expect layoffs and salary cuts.
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• Bethune-Cookman University students will see a tuition increase starting in the fall. This is the university’s first tuition increase in eight years.
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• The Bach Festival Society of Winter Park and the Bethune Cookman University Concert Chorale join forces this weekend, celebrating the music of African American composers. Soloists Kevin Deas and Krysty Swann talk to Intersection about performing works by William Grant Still, Nathaniel Dett and William L Dawson
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• The president of Bethune-Cookman University has resigned amid criticism about how he handled the historically black university’s finances and reputation. The Daytona Beach News Journal first reported the announcement Tuesday from the school’s board chairman.
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• Bethune-Cookman University says it supports the First Amendment rights of its students.
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• A petition to stop US education secretary Betsy DeVos from giving the commencement address at Bethune Cookman University in Daytona Beach has gathered thousands of signatures. University president Edison Jackson said he understands the concerns from critics, but “it does not benefit our students to suppress voices we disagree with.”
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