Southern Football Player Questions Student, Campus Leadership in Open Letter

A Southern University football player has called out administration and students for a growing since of apathy on campus, particularly around the issue of capital and budget priorities on the campus.

The Louisiana Dilemma: The HBCU Problem and Modern Higher Education

Louisiana doesn’t have enough money to finance the 30 public colleges and universities it divides among four systems for two-year and four-year institutions. Within a web of varying political agendas and economic belief systems, […]

National Science Foundation Extends Southern Partnership for 10 Years, $2.5 Million

The National Science Foundation has awarded Southern University a $2.5 million S.T.E.M. research grant to renew its partnership with the Baton Rouge campus’ Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave observatory Science Education […]

Beyoncé's 'Formation' Creates New Opportunities for HBCU Academics, Appreciation

Beyoncé gave us a lot to work with over the last 24 hours via sound, image and innuendo. Now its up to HBCUs to slay that sh*t. 

Digest Five – Five Signs a State is Trying to Merge, Close an HBCU

There are very specific signs that administrators and alumni have to watch for in order to identify if your school or HBCU community is in a merger culture, and the signs must yield some kind o faction from graduates, students and supporters well in advance of reactionary marching and appeals for support.