For many, it was bad enough for US Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to be announced as Bethune-Cookman University’s 2017 commencement speaker. It got worse when officials taunted protestors by publishing […]
Author: Jarrett Carter Sr.
HBCU Digest Radio Presidential Series – Howard President Wayne A.I. Frederick
We talk with Dr. Frederick about how the campus navigated a historic winter storm and the business perspectives of deferred maintenance on HBCU campuses.
Bowie State Extends Partnership with Environmental Protection Agency
Bowie State University and the Environmental Protection Agency today announced a five-year extension of their partnership to help diversify research, career placement, and professional training in the federal agency.
North Carolina Central Joins Triad Nuclear Research Consortium
North Carolina Central University was recently announced as the first historically black university to join the Triad Universities Nuclear Laboratory research consortium, a collection of researchers which manage particle accelerators […]
HBCUs Outpace Flagship PWIs in Black Freshman Enrollment
The Hechinger Report recently produced a report on African-American and Latino in-state student enrollment trends at public flagship campuses. The results were a dismal showing of disparities between the kind […]
Facebook to Sponsor Alfred Street Baptist Church HBCU College Festival
Alfred Street Baptist Church has connected thousands of students to admission and more than $6 million in scholarship support at historically black colleges nationwide through its annual HBCU college fair. […]
Spelman Receives $5 Million Gift
Seth and Beth Klarman, Boston-based philanthropists who have amassed more than $1.5 billion dollars in personal wealth from hedge fund management, have donated $5 million to Spelman College in support […]
Lawsuit Creates More Construction Controversy for Bethune-Cookman
One week after officials at Bethune-Cookman University announced a lawsuit against former administrators for what they called fraudulent dealings in establishing a dorm construction contract, the university is being sued […]
HBCU Voices of STEM Excellence – Virginia Union's Shanta Whitaker
Virginia Union University alumna Shanta Whitaker shares her journey from Richmond to Yale, how HBCUs continue to train the best and brightest in health fields, and the first time she […]
Howard University's Coldest Winter Ever
Historically low winter temperatures blasted the east coast earlier this month, and claimed the Howard University campus as one of its highest-profile victims of burst pipes, overworked heating systems and […]
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