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Reviving The Great Debaters Tradition

Seventy-eight collegiate teams are competing this week at the National Debate Tournament Championships (NDT), chartered and sanctioned by the American Forensics Association. Not one of them is a historically Black college or university. The worst news is that the vast majority of the teams in the NDT do not have a single African-American debater.

In Memoriam: Dr. John Hope Franklin (1915-2009)

“Warm, generous, compassionate, a giant among American historians,” is how one University of Chicago colleague of Dr. John Hope Franklin remembers him.

New Study Reveals Immigrant Blacks Outpace Native Blacks and Whites in Selective College Enrollment

High school students from Black immigrant populations enroll in selective colleges at a higher rate than U.S.-born Blacks and Whites, because they have greater access to resources that influence postsecondary success, say the authors of a new study.

Women’s History Month – HBCU Women Light Up Stage and Screen

When Taraji Henson was nominated for an Academy Award this year for best supporting actress, the celebration rippled beyond Hollywood and into the halls of two historically Black universities.

Knowledge at No Cost

A growing number of mission-driven U.S. institutions are joining the global movement to provide courses online for free.

Getting Into the Game

Despite the fast-growing and lucrative landscape of video game designing, minority students are finding themselves with limited options in the field.

Knowledge at No Cost

A growing number of mission-driven U.S. institutions are joining the global movement to provide courses online for free.

Earmarks Helpful for Minority-serving Institutions Struggling In Tough Economy

With Congress completing work on a $410 billion omnibus spending bill, minority-serving institutions can point to some tangible funding gains in the first months of 2009 with the possibility of more gains ahead.

Faculty & Staff

HBCUs File Lawsuits Against Accrediting Agency

As one historically Black university resolves litigation with the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education, another, Hampton University, ignites a similar suit against the same agency to restore the reputation of what school officials call “a proven” pharmacy program.

HBCUs: Segregated, But Not Segregating

Those who seek to bring more Whites into historically Black colleges should suggest constructive solutions for improving the quality of these institutions.

HBCUs Benefit From the Blues

In an effort to help the Thurgood Marshall College Fund raise funds, the department store Nordstrom is exclusively selling a CD compilation of legendary and contemporary Black female blues and jazz artists.

The ‘Belles’ are Back

Bennett College for Women is ever mindful of its place in history while preparing students for their future in a global society.

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