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HBCUs

Sen. Bernie Sanders Proposes Plan to Support HBCUs

After his recent tour of historically Black colleges and universities, Sen. Bernie Sanders, a 2020 presidential candidate released a plan to cancel HBCUs’ public loan debt, make private and public HBCUs free and issue an executive order strengthening the HBCU White House Initiative, Essence reported. He also proposed a $5 billion fund to expand teacher-training […]

December 2, 2019

Latinx

­­It’s Time to Give Critical Thought to Disaggregating the Term “MSIs”

There is a tendency in academia as well as in the media to compound all of the institution types that fall under the Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) designation into one category. Amalgamating all eight MSIs into one classification, fails to delineate the differences between these distinct institutions and can offer an erroneous image of these institutions and the students they serve.

November 19, 2019

HBCUs

$3 Million in Grants Helps Morehouse, Spelman, and Prairie View Invest in Faculty Development

Three prominent historically Black colleges and universities, Morehouse College, Spelman College and Prairie View A&M University, plan to invest more money in faculty development after receiving several grants totaling $3 million from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation. The grants come at a time when the […]

November 19, 2019

HBCUs

Florida A&M University Launches Project to Preserve Its Band History

Florida A&M University has embarked on a project to digitize and share footage of its historic band, the Marching 100. The effort is spearheaded by Dale Thomas, a Florida A&M University alumnus who graduated in 1986 with a degree in music education. He was able to save reels more than 65 years old. Now 30 […]

November 12, 2019

HBCUs

Baltimore County Delegate Working With Other Lawmakers to Settle State HBCU Lawsuit

Maryland Delegate Charles E. Sydnor III  announced plans to work with other lawmakers in order to settle a dispute between the state of Maryland’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and its predominately White institutions. Legislation is currently being considered to resolve the ongoing lawsuit. Sydnor and other lawmakers are proposing a settlement of at […]

November 11, 2019

African-American

Senate Democrats Start New Push to Pass the FUTURE Act

Sen. Doug Jones and Sen. Jon Tester are making a renewed push for the U.S. Senate to pass the Fostering Undergraduate Talent by Unlocking Resources for Education (FUTURE) Act, bipartisan legislation – introduced by Jones and Sen. Tim Scott – to renew mandatory federal funds to minority serving institutions for two years.

November 6, 2019

HBCUs

Senators Send Letter in Support of the FUTURE Act

A group of 38 senators sent a letter to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer calling on them to pass the FUTURE Act. The FUTURE Act would renew $255 million in mandatory federal funding for minority serving institutions, including historically Black colleges and universities, for two years. The bipartisan legislation […]

November 5, 2019

HBCUs

Florida State University Creates First College of Entrepreneurship

Florida State University will welcome the Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship as its newest college, according to an announcement at its Board of Trustees meeting on Friday. Now the Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship, it will be the university’s 17th college and first stand-alone entrepreneurship college in American higher education. The original school was founded […]

November 1, 2019

HBCUs

Trump Touts Relationship With HBCUs With Eye on 2020

HBCUs seemingly have a role to play in Trump’s strategy for 2020, forcing them to navigate complicated relationships with his administration and their constituents.

October 28, 2019

HBCUs

Southern University at New Orleans Chancellor Steps Down

Southern University at New Orleans Chancellor Dr. Lisa Mims-Devezin is stepping down and returning to teaching after a challenging year for the historically Black university. Mims-Devezin has been chancellor since late 2016. Her departure comes after the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools’ Commission on Colleges, an accrediting agency, put the school on probation this […]

October 25, 2019

Sports

Spalding University Athletic Center Called a Symbol of White Privilege at Simmons College

Spalding University, a private liberal arts college in Louisville, Kentucky, opened a new athletic center this week called the Field of Dreams. Across the street, Simmons College of Kentucky, a private historically Black college, is wrestling with the disparity between HBCUs and predominantly White institutions.

October 23, 2019

HBCUs

The Road to HBCU Self-Sustainability

Having been in the trenches of HBCUs for most of my life as a student, administrator and instructor, I know first-hand the difficulties our institutions face.  I believe, however, that HBCUs have the capacity to turn around their fortunes.

October 23, 2019