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Community College National Legislative Summit Tackles Policy Priorities

Community college presidents and trustees on Monday gathered at the Community College National Legislative Summit to discuss current issues affecting higher education, including the need for increased funding and more student advocacy.

How My Tenure as Vice President at an HBCU Made Me a Better Scholar

My doctoral training gave me many things, including the “statistical chops” to analyze cross-sectional, nationally-representative, and complex-sampled survey data from HBCUs with relative ease. But I lacked the practical experience at an HBCU that could enrich my understanding, deepen my perspectives, and connect my interpretations back to the context from which they came.

Letter Requests Progress on Small Business Administration’s Outreach to HBCUs

Five members of Congress has signed a bipartisan letter to the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) associate administrator, Allen Gutierrez, requesting that the agency report its progress in implementing last year’s outreach goals to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). In April 2019, Gutierrez testified on how SBA could provide better entrepreneurial services to HBCUs in […]

In a First, Washington National Cathedral Will Host HBCU Sunday on Feb. 16

For the first time, on Sunday, Feb. 16, Washington National Cathedral will host alumni, students, organizations, families and community representing the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), at its 11:15 a.m. worship service and Eucharist.

With $8 Million Deficit, Bethune-Cookman Faces Potential Accreditation Loss

Bethune-Cookman University (B-CU) a private historically Black university must close its $8 million budget deficit by March if it is to remain in operation, reported the Daytona Beach News-Journal. The school, founded in 1904, is currently in its second year of academic probation. “2020 will be a pivotal year in history of B-CU,” President Dr. […]

Howard Alumnus, Football Player Referees Super Bowl

Former Howard University football player, Greg Steed, was one of five African American NFL officials refereeing Sunday’s Super Bowl game in Miami. Steed, who is in his 17th season as an NFL official, began his career officiating high school football before moving onto college football conferences such as Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (Howard’s conference), the Atlantic […]

Southern HBCUs Get $50 million from Atlanta Energy Firm

An Atlanta-based energy firm, Southern Co., has announced a $50 million scholarship and training initiative for students of several southern historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The multi-year initiative will benefit students attending HBCUs in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. The first round of allocations is expected to be awarded in time […]

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How HBCUs’ Strategies Can Help K-12’s Students of Color

The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) hosted a daylong summit on Tuesday to discuss the role HBCUs can play in K-12 learning. The event was held in conjunction with the release of a new report titled, “Imparting Wisdom: HBCU Lessons for K-12 Education.”

Does America Really Want More Black Teachers? If So, Supporting HBCUs is the Answer.

A national call to action for more Black teachers is especially necessary when considering research shows Black teachers are less likely to suspend or expel students of a shared race. Thus, increasing the number of Black teachers can aid in eliminating the school-to-prison pipeline, a system 2019 national Teacher of the Year (TOY), Rodney Robinson, knows too well.

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Clark Atlanta Chose Me

“I didn’t choose Clark, Clark chose me”. This is how Tennessee native Hali Smith describes her choice to attend Clark Atlanta University, a historically Black university (HBCU) in Georgia. This is her story.

Report: Universities Must Cultivate Race-Conscious Policies to Address Historical Inequities

Higher education institutions’ historically racist admission policies have led to underrepresentation of Black and Latino students and the only way colleges and universities can remedy that is through race-conscious policies, says a report published Wednesday by The Education Trust.

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SUNO Cuts Staff, Suspends Athletic Programs

In response to insufficient finances, Southern University at New Orleans — the city’s only historically Black public university — has cut several staff members and has accepted “a significant number” of resignations, reported The New Orleans Advocate. The school, which was placed on probation by its accrediting agency due to its financial struggles, hopes to avoid a second consecutive year of probation.

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