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Johnny Taylor, a long-serving former executive with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and chair of the White House Presidential Advisory Board on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, resigned his position […]

It has been a few days since the second of the two HBCU presidents in Missouri suddenly resigned from his post for seemingly no reason at all. Corey Bradford, with […]

SECTOR NEWS Alabama’s racism was a powerful tool for Gov. John Patterson By the time Gov. John Patterson left office in 1963, Dr. King and family had returned to Atlanta. […]

Sweeping changes in Title IX policy and compliance ushered in by the Trump Administration are likely to be gutted in a rewriting of the rules by the Biden Administration in […]

SECTOR NEWS Why more college students, athletes are committing to HBCUs As colleges overall saw a nearly 3% dip in enrollment this spring compared to last year, according to the National Student […]

SECTOR NEWS Texas Southern University Board of Regents selects sole finalist for president The Texas Southern University Board of Regents named Dr. Lesia L. Crumpton-Young as the sole finalist for […]

We discuss new leadership at Lincoln University of Missouri, details on the American Rescue Act funding for HBCUs, and if HBCUs have a place for Nikole Hannah Jones.

SECTOR NEWS A $250 Million fund steers HBCU endowments into venture capital Adeyemi Ajao, co-founder of San Francisco-based venture firm Base10 Partners, has been working with friends and founders for […]

Editor’s Note – I haven’t taken a vacation in the 11 years since I launched the HBCU Digest. I’ve written regularly through holidays, deaths in my family, surgeries, kids’ birthdays, […]