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Rep. Harold Love Jr. Discusses Legislative Review of Funding Withheld from Tennessee State
Note: Be sure to subscribe today – free articles on the HBCU Digest will end on Jan. 1, 2021. Rep. Love discusses generations of missing funding from Tennessee State University, […]
Digest After Dark – COVID, Presidential Retirements and Bottomless Mimosas
We discuss the latest trends in COVID-19 management at HBCUs, how the sector will handle an increasing number of presidential retirements, and if twerking at brunch is an acceptable form […]
Hampton Alumna Rashida Jones Named MSNBC President, First African American to Head Major Cable Network
Hampton University alumna and veteran television news executive Rashida Jones was today named as the president of MSNBC. She will be the first African American to run a major cable […]
Lawmakers to Report on Millions Withheld from Tennessee State Over Decades in State Land Grant Funding
A bipartisan committee of Tennessee lawmakers will study how the state has underfunded its flagship historically Black institution’s land-grant activities over generations. The Tennessee Tribune reported last week on an […]
Xceleader Initiative Addresses HBCU Student Leadership
Xceleader Founders Jade Agudosi, Tevon Blair, and Aarian Forman discuss HBCU student leadership development, the state of HBCU student government within the impact of COVID-19, and the future of how […]
HBCU Presidents Discuss Financial Aid Funding Programs for Incarcerated Students
Claflin University President Dwaun Warmack and Langston University President Kent Smith discuss their advocacy for the Second Chance Pell Grant Program, an initiative that extends financial aid to incarcerated college […]
Alabama A&M President Andrew Hugine Announces Retirement
Dr. Hugine shares his plans to step down in 2021, his view of AAMU’s growth over his 11-year tenure at the institution, and the role of the pandemic in shaping […]
The Feds Still Need HBCUs to Finish Off This Pandemic, And They Ain't Working for Free
From most perspectives, the federal government’s effort to save people from the ravaging dual effects of the coronavirus pandemic and American virtues of self-interest and impatience have failed miserably over […]
Delaware State President to Lead Biden-Harris Inaugural Committee
Officials from the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris Administration have announced Delaware State University President Tony Allen as the chairperson of its inauguration committee. Allen will serve as the lead organizer for […]
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