An online petition opposing the firing of several members of Xavier University of Louisiana’s Student Affairs division has drawn more than 2.700 signatures and outrage on social media from students […]
Category: HBCU Digest
News and commentary on historically Black colleges and universities
Court Ruling Confirms: HBCUs Do Not Have to Share If They Are Going Out of Business
A federal judge in Massachusetts has dismissed a lawsuit from former students at Mount Ida College, who claimed that the school defrauded them by not disclosing the financial struggles of […]
Iconic Howard Medical Faculty Member LaSalle Leffall Dies
Long-serving Howard University faculty member and pioneering medical figure LaSalle Leffall died last week. He was 89. Dr. Leffall served as chairman of Howard’s Department of Surgery for more than […]
Anti-Abortion Activism is Pro-HBCU Women's Health Outreach
Within all of the sociopolitical debate and new laws virtually outlawing abortion across the country, some of the nation’s most restrictive states are also home to some of the most […]
FAMU Alumni Raise More Than $450,000 During Annual Convention
Florida A&M University graduates from across the country convened earlier this month for the university’s annual National Alumni Association convention held in Birmingham, AL., where participants raised more than $450,000 […]
Can HBCUs Catch the On-Campus Retail Wave and Bring Along Black Entrepreneurs?
Online shopping has drastically reduced the need for brick-and-mortar retail locations, but there is one type of setting where shopping and commerce in-person will never go out of style. College […]
Nearly 10 Percent of HBCUs are Located in Education Deserts. Can They Take Advantage of the Monopoly?
A new study from Third Way reveals that sizable sections of the country function as ‘education deserts,’ areas where prospective students live beyond commuting distance of at least one open-access […]
Digest After Dark – We Had a Really Good Year, Y'all
We recap the highlights and lowlights of the 2018-19 HBCU academic year.
A Lack of Engagement with HBCU Advisory Board is Pushing Trump into Obama Territory
The Trump Administration has created historic levels of policy engagement and funding for historically black colleges in just two short years. But much of that support has come without the […]
Presidential Commentary: Room For Improvement in Accreditation Should Not Be Confused With Bias Against HBCUs
The process of accreditation is fairly standard. The “rules and regulations” of accreditation known as the Southern Association of State Colleges and Universities’ Commission on Colleges’ (SACSCOC) Standards and Core […]
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