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SECTOR NEWS Google’s approach to historically Black schools helps explain why there are few Black engineers in Big Tech For years, Google’s recruiting department used a college ranking system to […]

Vernon Jordan will always be a warm, familiar face in the thoughts of civil rights advocacy, business, and political power. But he’ll never be remembered for his greatest professional and […]

Global tech and business development consulting company CGI will open a new domestic delivery hub in Knoxville in the coming years. In exchange for a $27 million investment in the […]

SECTOR NEWS Biden advisor talks free HBCU tuition as part of push towards reparations “We have to start breaking down systemic racism and barriers that have held people of color […]

SECTOR NEWS Black Amazon employees say hiring from HBCUs part of a larger culture of bias, discrimination The idea of “meeting the bar” also comes up in conversations related to […]

Florida A&M University Associate Professor Cheron Davis discusses her work on the latest edition of ‘The Beauty and Burden of Being a Black Professor,’ and how politics, relationships, and mentoring […]

SECTOR NEWS US Army looks to expand opportunities with HBCUs As the Army progresses toward a force as diverse as the country it defends, senior leaders are also increasing its […]

SECTOR NEWS HBCUs draw employers’ interest The hiring rate for graduates of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) shot up an average 5.9 percent a year from 2016 through 2019, […]

SECTOR NEWS Google’s program for Black college students suffered disorganization and culture clashes, former participants say More than a dozen people who participated in the program between 2017 and 2020describe […]