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More than 90% of historically black colleges and universities eligible for federal funding are below the U.S. Department of Education’s threshold for student loan default rates, based upon three-year repayment data. It […]

A picture of how to consider life after COVID-19 is slowly taking shape throughout the country, as states with varying political hues are redrawing lines on mask requirements, capacity guidelines, […]

SECTOR NEWS What one HBCU credits for record surge in applications It has been a bittersweet past year for even the most successful higher education research institutions, tempered by the […]

North Carolina A&T State University has raised more than $181 million over the last eight years, a record for the flagship historically Black institution and believed to be the most […]

SECTOR NEWS Maryland finalizes $577M settlement for HBCU federal lawsuit Maryland has finalized a $577 million settlement to end a 15-year federal lawsuit relating to underfunding at the state’s four […]

President Joe Biden name-checked historically Black colleges and universities in his first address to a joint session of Congress last night, hours after unveiling his American Families Plan for rebuilding […]

Dr. Dixon shares thoughts on the shooting of Andrew Brown and the logistical steps the campus is taking to support the city and university students. She also discusses the university’s […]

Last fall, IBM launched an HBCU-centered quantum center designed to increase HBCU research and training pipeline from underrepresented universities and communities. In February, the company announced that the initiative had […]

If a college campus is one of the best in class at producing African American talent in a wide range of industries, and the nation needs this talent to remain […]

SECTOR NEWS UAPB Chancellor interviews for Louisiana State University presidency The first candidate interviewed was Laurence Alexander, who has been chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, an […]