Less than two years after her arrival at Benedict College as the institution’s first female president, Roslyn Clark Artis is on her way to becoming one of its longest-serving executives, […]
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HBCU Presidents React to Amazon HQ2 Location Announcement
Retail giant Amazon announced New York City and Northern Virginia as the split sites for its new headquarters, projects which will bring about 25,000 jobs to each region, respectively according […]
South Carolina State Receives $500K Grant to Reduce Hearing Loss Among Rural Farmers
Researchers will conduct studies and awareness campaigns to reduce hearing loss among minority farmers throughout the state.
Elizabeth City State to Offer Homeland Security Degree
Elizabeth City State University will be the first public university in North Carolina to offer a degree in the competitive national security and domestic disaster response fields.
UDC Signs $1 Million Distribution Deal with Pepsi
Pepsi will be the choice of a new generation of Firebirds at the University of the District of Columbia for the next decade, as the institution recently signed an exclusive […]
Cheyney Enrollment Drops By 38 Percent
Cheyney University, the nation’s oldest HBCU which has been saddled by debt and eyed for potential consolidation by state legislators, faces another obstacle on its uphill climb to survival. Enrollment […]
Four Critical Factors for HBCU Success in the 21st Century
This summer, I had the opportunity to travel to several of our Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) member-school campuses, meeting with leaders and stakeholders about what makes HBCUs extraordinary, and […]
Tuskegee Endorses Regional Air Force Training Initiative
Officials at Tuskegee University emphasized its continuing support today for the proposed Leonardo DRS T-100 jet trainer project, which, pending approval by the U.S. Air Force, would be located at nearby Moton […]
The Trump Administration and HBCUs: Supporting Investments; Strengthening Competitiveness
Today, we kickoff the 2018 National Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Week Conference in Washington DC! This year’s theme is HBCU Competitiveness: Aligning Institutional Missions with America’s Priorities. Over […]
Enterprise Donates $250,000 in Support of Harris-Stowe State Summer Bridge Program
Students enrolled in Harris-Stowe State University’s summer bridge program will see academic opportunities and experiential learning increase next year, thanks to a $250,000 gift from the Enterprise Holdings Foundation and its […]
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