The University of Illinois is moving towards an agreement with state legislature to institute a performance-based system of funding for its three campuses. Under the agreement, state lawmakers will pledge […]
Author: Jarrett Carter Sr.
Have Ya’ll Noticed That HBCU Football is Great Again?
HBCU football fans should enjoy the next two weeks of black college football, because they will be the start of what could be a new culture of exposure and performance […]
Just Wait Until ‘Atlanta’ Does an Episode on HBCUs in Season 2
Matthias Clamer (FX) Darius probably did go to Morehouse With every treatment of Donald Glover’s cultural masterpiece ‘Atlanta,’ the prose on its bold humor, slick intellect and cinematic simplicity takes black […]
We Joke About Ramen Noodles, But Is Hunger a Growing Issue at HBCUs?
Alabama A&M University student Justin Franks was recently awarded WHNT’s ‘Pay It Forward’ recognition for starting a student food pantry at the university. With $40, support from the university and […]
Morehouse President Responds to Alumni Petition
Morehouse College President John Silvanus Wilson today issued a letter to alumni, responding to claims from a petition with more than 360 signatures, calling for his immediate firing. The letter, […]
Fact Checking President Obama on HBCUs
President Barack Obama held an hour-long town hall meeting at North Carolina A&T State University last night, a stop that many people regard as his farewell legacy tour with less […]
Black Women Leading Patriotic Movement in HBCU Sports
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has people all over the country believing in the power of taking a knee, but on HBCU campuses nationwide, it has been our female […]
HBCU Voices of STEM Excellence — Howard’s Kristin Carothers
Howard University alumna and clinical psychologist Kristin Carothers joins our HBCU Voices in STEM Excellence podcast series to discuss her path to a career in psychology, and the value of […]
For Racism, Can We Hurry Up and Get to the ‘Enough’ Threshold?
At what point do we say we’ve had our fill of racism and racist behavior, and we decide to move on? Institutionally, it doesn’t seem like we’ve yet arrived at […]
When Black Students Call Their PWI an HBCU, It’s a Beautiful Thing
Snap was lit at Towson University over the weekend. It's official. Towson is an HBCU. Fuck with us. Never sleep on us. S/o to CSA https://t.co/n9QyAmrwTI  — @respekmyglo And understandably, we started […]
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