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Institutions
Vanderbilt Launches First Campus Outside Nashville in Manhattan
The campus will initially offer two academic programs: an Undergraduate Semester Program and a Master of Science in Business and Technology.
November 5, 2025
Institutions
Trinity Christian College to Close After 66 Years in Illinois
The college's Board of Trustees made the closure decision after reviewing the institution's financial outlook and strategic alternatives.
November 4, 2025
On the Move
J. Margo Brooks Carthon
J. Margo Brooks Carthon has been named the Van Ameringen Chair in Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania.
November 4, 2025
Leadership & Policy
College Degree Holders Earn $8,000 More Annually Despite Student Loan Burden, New Study Finds
The study found that degree holders earn approximately $10,400 more annually than non-completers before factoring in debt payments. However, graduates spend roughly 23% of their increased earnings on student loan obligations, reducing the net financial benefit.
November 4, 2025
HBCUs
Alabama HBCU Sells Historic Murals to Secure Institution's Future
The sale brought the college approximately $20 million, representing a creative solution to the severe financial pressures facing the private HBCU.
November 4, 2025
Leadership & Policy
California Democrats Condemn Education Department's $350M Funding Cut to Minority-Serving Institutions
The lawmakers urged the administration to fund all MSIs, HBCUs and TCCUs as Congress intended, rather than pitting the institutions against each other for limited resources.
November 4, 2025
Opinion
A Vote of Confidence: Trusting HBCU Leaders to Narrow the Funding Gap
MacKenzie Scott’s generosity provides more than capital. It’s a powerful vote of confidence in HBCU leadership, empowering them to dismantle the systemic and institutional barriers of educational inequity.
November 4, 2025
Opinion
A Step in The Wrong Direction in Engaging College Students in our Democracy
Ensuring college students are able to vote shouldn’t be a partisan issue.
November 3, 2025
On the Move
Shawn B. Thomas
Shawn B. Thomas has been named director of investment leadership programs at UNCF.
November 3, 2025
Students
HACU Conference Opens with Call to Action Amid Challenges Facing Hispanic Students
The conference opened with a sense of urgency around the progress made in Hispanic higher education and the mounting challenges that exist.
November 2, 2025
Faculty & Staff
Stanford Ends Fellowship Program Aimed at Diversifying Faculty Pipeline
Program supported 374 doctoral students over 17 years before closure.
October 31, 2025
HBCUs
Howard University, VSU and Spelman Receives Record Gifts from MacKenzie Scott
All three universities say that the philanthropic gifts will help to focus on student success initiatives.
October 31, 2025
Leadership & Policy
Education Department Rule Restricts Public Service Loan Forgiveness Eligibility
The rule, which was published Friday in the Federal Register, grants Education Secretary Linda McMahon unilateral authority to determine which organizations are ineligible for the program.
October 31, 2025
On the Move
Seth Thompson
Seth Thompson has been appointed chief diversity officer (CDO) at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF).
October 31, 2025
Institutions
Teach For America Partners with Aspen Institute to Add Policy Training for Rural Educators
The new curriculum aims to help rural educators influence education policy at the state and national levels while addressing challenges in their local schools.
October 31, 2025
Leadership & Policy
Federal Aid Policy Blocks Low-Income Students From Returning to College, Study Finds
The study found that students required to return federal aid after withdrawing mid-semester are 5% less likely to re-enroll in college. For low-income students, that figure jumps to 11%.
October 31, 2025
Opinion
HBCUs as Promise in Helping to Sustain the Black Teacher Pipeline
One of the strongest ways to strengthen HBCU teacher pipelines is through intentional investment legislated through federal, state, and local policies.
October 31, 2025
African-American
Book Review- A Dream Deferred: Jesse Jackson and the Fight for Black Political Power
Abby Phillip pays careful attention to how Jackson's commitment to educational access and equity ran throughout his political career. His advocacy for investments in higher education for minorities, his push for tuition-free quality education, and his work to unite parents, students, and teachers in common pursuit of educational excellence all emerged from his own transformative college experience.
October 30, 2025
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