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HBCUs

Danielle Holley-Walker Continues the Legacy

Danielle Holley-Walker, who left her post as associate dean at the University of North Carolina to become dean of the law school at Howard University, says the school has been fortunate in the past decade or two with respect to admissions, enrollment and sustenance.

July 19, 2018

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Gina Adams: Power Player Who Supports Scholars

Every work day is a busy day for Gina F. Adams, which makes lunch on this particular Friday a welcomed diversion. It’s even more special because Adams is meeting for the first time with a first-year student at Howard University’s School of Law.

July 13, 2018

LGBTQ+

HBCU Leaders Push to Make their Campuses More LGBTQ Inclusive

Creating better inclusion for LGBTQ students at historically Black colleges and universities was the focus of the second annual “Historically Black Colleges and Universities Leadership Summit on LGBTQ Inclusion for University Presidents and Senior Executives” hosted by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation

July 11, 2018

Sports

Black Students, College Choice and HBCUs: Enrolling the Next Generation

In 2017, historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) saw an increase in freshman student enrollment and substantial increases in enrollment for a small number of HBCUs, including North Carolina A & T State University, Kentucky State University and Spelman College.

June 27, 2018

News Roundup

Michelle Obama Pushes Education Through Initiative

WASHINGTON — Former first lady Michelle Obama told first-generation college freshmen to surround themselves with a community to help them survive college. Obama was the first in her family to attend college. She said: “Finding a cohort for yourself and starting to build your community is going to be important. College wasn’t meant to do alone.” […]

June 15, 2018

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For-Profit College Probes Fuel Rise in Consumer-Protection Sentiments

Amid new efforts to reinvigorate lethargic federal investigations of for-profit colleges, some academics who study higher education see the issue as a harbinger of wider conflict and change.

May 23, 2018

Disabilties

Panel Dissects Role of Suspensions in School-To-Prison Pipeline

Statistics abounded Wednesday evening during a panel discussion titled “School to Prison Pipeline: Decriminalizing Public Education” co-sponsored by New America, the National Black Child Development Institute and the Greater Washington Urban League,

May 17, 2018

Students

Boseman Delivers Wakanda Wisdom to His Alma Mater’s Graduates

WASHINGTON — Actor Chadwick Boseman, also known as superhero T’Challa in “The Black Panther” blockbuster movie, challenged Howard University graduates to focus on finding purpose rather than just jobs and careers during a metaphorical and occasionally spiritual commencement address delivered on Saturday.

May 13, 2018

HBCUs

Alum Couple Establishes $1M Endowment at Howard

Drs. Irvin D. Reid and Pamela Trotman Reid, former college presidents who met at Howard University in the 1960s, last week announced a $1-million endowment for their alma mater’s Department of Psychology.

May 6, 2018

HBCUs

Court Ruling Bad News for Struggling Morris Brown

Financially struggling Morris Brown College this month was dealt another blow when the Georgia Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that a land sale rooted in property sold by Morris Brown was illegal.

April 22, 2018

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Scholars: Kendrick Lamar’s Pulitzer is a Sign of Hip-Hop’s Impact

While the announcement of Kendrick Lamar’s selection for a Pulitzer Prize came as a surprise to some, it confirmed what many African-American and hip-hop studies scholars have known for years: that hip-hop and rap have had a profound social impact on the Black community and broader society.

April 17, 2018

Students

Howard University Students End Sit-In Protest

WASHINGTON — The occupation of a university administration building in Washington, D.C. by students making demands to school officials has ended. News outlets report Howard University students and officials announced Friday afternoon a deal ending the protest that began March 29. Parts of the agreement include students will be involved in reviewing the adequacy of […]

April 8, 2018