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Recent coverage of historically Black colleges and universities tells dramatically different stories about how well the sector is doing heading into the fall semester and sheds new light on the […]

A while ago, I wrote a piece about the survival of ‘ghost HBCUs,’ institutions that had years ago lost accreditation, students, financial stability, and hope within changing geography and economies, […]

Spelman College President Mary Schmidt Campbell will join a growing list of leaders at historically Black institutions to retire in 2022, with her tenure sealed as one of the most […]

The population of the United States is browner, more metropolitan, and shrinking in numbers according to the 2020 Census data, released earlier this week. The report shows what we’ve all […]

Howard University President Wayne A.I. Frederick will be part of an executive meeting this afternoon to discuss corporate strategies for vaccine mandates. Howard is one of several HBCUs and a […]

Walter Kimbrough, one of the highest-profile college presidents in the country elevated by his activity on social media and takes on the intersections of pop culture and higher education, will […]

Four buildings on the Virginia State University campus formerly named for sympathizers of the confederacy and discrimination against African Americans have been officially renamed to honor Black women with historic […]

The Chronicle of Higher Education has a new database outlining the number of colleges and universities nationwide now requiring covid-19 vaccines for students and employees. The number is just under […]

Former West Virginia State University President Nicole Pride was forced out of her post last week, shortly after members of her executive cabinet publicly accused her of creating a culture […]

Officials at Dillard University are denying claims of widespread academic fraud made against the school president and several administrators between 2013 and 2019, and considering legal action against the former […]