Alcorn State University President Alfred Rankins is headed back to another familiar place, returning to the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning as its first black commissioner of higher education. Dr. […]
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HBCU Voices of STEM Excellence – Alcorn State's Melanie McReynolds
Dr. Melanie McReynolds, a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Rabinowitz Lab Group at Princeton University, shares her journey from Alcorn State University to the Ivy League, and the moments and […]
HBCUs Outpace Flagship PWIs in Black Freshman Enrollment
The Hechinger Report recently produced a report on African-American and Latino in-state student enrollment trends at public flagship campuses. The results were a dismal showing of disparities between the kind […]
HBCUs Among Nation's Best for Limiting Parents' Higher Ed Loan Debt
Bluefield State College, Tuskegee University and Alcorn State University makes the nation’s 250 best institutions for college affordability.
Who Won Crankfest 2017?
With a full slate of diss videos and smack talk leading up to the event, Crankfest 2017 did not disappoint HBCU bandheads around the country. Courtesy of HBCUBands.com, here is the […]
Crankfest is Redefining HBCU Band Beef
The rivalry between HBCU marching bands is just as intense and passionate as the kind you find between football or basketball teams. That intensity is being taken up a few […]
Mississippi's Landmark HBCU Lawsuit Shows the Reach of Inequity Beyond Borders and Across Generations
Five years from now, the State of Mississippi will make its final payout to its three public historically black universities as mandated by a Supreme Court desegregation decision ordered in […]
Freshman Enrollment Surges at Several HBCUs
While North Carolina A&T State University has broken its own enrollment mark as the nation’s largest historically black college or university, several HBCUs are posting record enrollment for first-year students […]
Former Alcorn State Interim President Norris Edney Dies
Alcorn State University is saddened to announce former interim president, Norris Allen Edney, Sr., died Saturday at his home in Natchez, Mississippi. Edney served as interim president from February 2010 […]
Alcorn State Nursing Placed on Accreditation Warning
Four Mississippi universities and community colleges have been told to make improvements to their nursing programs. The College Board earlier this month granted accreditation renewals in nursing instruction at 23 […]
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