A bill has advanced through committee in Kentucky’s House of Representatives that, if passed by both chambers will grant Kentucky State University $23 million in fake bailout money and will cost the institution its autonomy and future as a sustainable historically Black institution.
Author: Editorial Board
Several HBCUs placed on federal financial sanctions last fall, but context is key
The department has been uneven in recent years at data keeping for default rates, which has been scrutinized for lacking context on the raw numbers associated with graduation or attrition rates.
What Biden’s budget proposal means for education
There’s no guarantee of how amenable Congress will be to maintaining much of the education platform in an election year, even with Democratic control. That’s probably why the ED Department also published today new recommendations for states to support educational development and student achievement.
HBCU boards must resist the temptation of proving innovation through untested leadership
Boards must consider the time and temperature of their work and the long-term impacts they can create by miscalculating institutional fit between campus and leadership.
Florida to mandate financial literacy as requirement for high school graduation
Students entering high school next fall in Florida will be the first to have financial literacy education as a requirement for graduation from high school. The new rule was signed […]
LISTEN: Digest After Dark – Let's Go On Strike
We discuss the new Executive Director of the White House HBCU Initiative, threats of faculty strikes at Howard University, and leadership chaos at Kentucky State University.
HBCU DIGEST: Hampton to offer free tuition, room and board to Ukrainian refugees
Hampton University this week announced plans to offer free summer session tuition and housing to students displaced by Russian military aggression in Ukraine. “The collective Hampton University faculty, staff and […]
HBCU DIGEST: Total HBCU enrollment fell to lowest mark in 22 years in 2020
Hampered by a global pandemic, a nearly year-long hiatus from in-person business, and economic uncertainty, cumulative attendance for the historically Black college and university sector dropped for the third consecutive […]
HIGHER ED DIGEST: Projecting higher ed impact of United States' cyber warfare with Russia and China
Officials from the FBI and US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced earlier this month that a number of state agencies, including colleges and universities, had been victimized by […]
HBCU DIGEST: Meharry announces $20 million gift from MacKenzie Scott
Meharry Medical College is the latest historically Black institution to announce a transformational gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, yesterday revealing a $20 million gift from the serial benefactor. In a […]
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