AP | Tennis star Coco Gauff donated US$100,000 to UNCF to provide scholarships for students playing competitive tennis at historically Black colleges and universities. UNCF will...
The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) will host its annual 2025 “A Mind Is…”® New York Gala on March 20, 2025, bringing together over 500 guests,...
The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) has secured a US$25 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to enhance its capacity and support the growth of historically...
Bloomberg | Cadence Patrick’s decision to attend Spelman College over Harvard surprised many, but it reflected a broader trend: rising interest in historically Black colleges and...
AP | Spelman College has officially announced that Dr. Helene Gayle will not be returning from her leave of absence and will step down permanently from...
The Shawn Carter Foundation, founded by Jay-Z and his mother, Gloria Carter, has partnered with the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania to launch the...
Morehouse School of Medicine has announced it will receive US$18 million from Sanofi as part of a larger initiative involving three historically Black medical schools. This...
Meharry Medical College in Nashville has received its largest donation to date, thanks to a substantial investment aimed at enhancing physician training at historically black colleges...
Howard University is set to receive US$175 million to support the endowment of its College of Medicine. Howard University President Ben Vinson III, Ph.D., described the...
The surge in interest in Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) is evident as Howard University experiences a remarkable influx of applicants for the incoming class...
Applications to Spelman College, a historically Black women’s college in Atlanta, have seen a significant increase, rising by nearly a third between 2020 and 2024. This...
The collaboration between Spelman College, Morehouse College, Morehouse School of Medicine, and Clark Atlanta University marks a significant milestone in addressing systemic barriers within the nation’s...
The Black Equipment Finance Network recently awarded its inaugural scholarships to two students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), marking a significant milestone in their...
The 2023 US Supreme Court decision to strike down affirmative action has sparked renewed attention and concern regarding discrimination against Black academics at predominantly White institutions...
AP | A billionaire couple is giving US$100 million to Atlanta’s Spelman College, which the women’s school says is the largest-ever single donation to a historically...
AP | The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) announced a donation of US$100 million from the Lilly Endowment, the single largest unrestricted gift to the organization...
Press Release | Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall’s famous words, “If we are ever to become a fully integrated society, one in which the color of...
AP | Higher education officials in Mississippi voted Thursday to name a new president of Jackson State University (JSU), the state’s largest historically Black university. The...
AP | Scientists are setting out to collect genetic material from 500,000 people of African ancestry to create what they believe will be the world’s largest...
By Jamaal Abdul-Alim If you ask just about anyone at Howard University what’s the other name for their school, they will readily tell you: “The Mecca.”...
AP | The HBCU Transformation Project, a coalition of 40 historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), on Wednesday announced a US$124 million gift from philanthropic funders...
By Marybeth Gasman The Supreme Court handed down a decision on Thursday rejecting the use of race in college admissions. Although the majority of commentary has...
Press Release | Johnson C. Smith University’s Board of Trustees announced yesterday the selection of Dr. Valerie Kinloch as the university’s 15th president, effective August 1,...
AP | Stacey Abrams will join the faculty at Howard University in Washington, D.C., the next step in her reemergence after the Democrat lost her second...
AP | Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) play an outsize role in producing teachers of color in the U.S., where only 7 percent of teachers...
Globe Newswire | Following the establishment of the Toni Morrison Endowed Chair in Arts and Humanities in May 2021, President Wayne A. I. Frederick and the...
Renovations are underway for a new medical school building at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in Willowbrook, California. The University administration says it’s...
Bloomberg | Bloomberg for Education and Bloomberg Human Resources put the finance knowledge of more than 60 students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to...
Two more universities will soon join the list of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) with medical schools. The programs, to be located at Xavier University...
Robert F. Smith, the richest Black man in America, wants to invest in HBCU students – by helping them invest in the stock market. In 2019,...
This spring, Ovell Hamilton, a professor at Morehouse College in Atlanta, will guide students through a first-of-its-kind course in which Black history is taught entirely through...
The National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week Conference is an event where the HBCU community comes together to envision how to combat the barriers it...
A number of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are seeing an increase in Black students applying and enrolling after years of decline. “The percentage of...
JIS | The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, is exploring opportunities for collaboration with tertiary institutions in the United States, particularly Historically Black Colleges...
On May 13, Cornell Engineering presented billionaire and philanthropist Robert F. Smith with a Distinguished Alumni Award. During his acceptance speech, the founder and CEO of...
AP | Spelman College, one of the nation’s only two historically Black colleges for women, on Monday chose as its president an epidemiologist who spent decades...
By Marybeth Gasman With growing applications and enrollment at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), these important institutions need more support to put African American students...
Press Release | During a launch event at Dunbar High School with JPMorgan Chase and Youth Guidance to announce the D.C. expansion of their respective programs,...
HBCUs make up just 3% of U.S. higher education institutions, but they educate 14% of all Black college students and produce 24% of all Black degree...
Black America is taking control of both the economic and media influence they hold and they are using it to invest in Black experiences, Black communities,...
The acting sensation and iconic tennis star have joined with others to help aspiring entrepreneurs from Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) launch businesses. Actor Michael...
All hackathon participants will have an opportunity to interview for a Zillow internship
AP | Entertainer Nick Cannon is promising to pay off the loan debt of 7 students at historically black colleges (HBCUs), including 3 in North Carolina,...
For the 15th consecutive year, Spelman earned the distinction of being the No.1 historically Black college or university in the country
With federal funding and private donations, these schools are wiping out current students’ account balances – including tuition and fees – and giving them a fresh...
The money went toward paying off students’ outstanding tuition and fee balances during 2020-2021 school year.
Hannah-Jones opted against teaching at the University of North Carolina after a protracted tenure fight centered on conservative objections to her work and instead chose Howard
Earlier this week, Truth Initiative and Shaw University hosted 33 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to kick-off the Tobacco-Free HBCU Campus Initiative. Led by Truth...
The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) last week launched the application process for the inaugural year of the Apple and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)...
By Michal Ortner Undergraduate and graduate degrees are widely available in partial or completely online classes that are offered by for-profit institutions of higher learning. In...
(PRNewswire) – Earlier this month, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) and Apple announced a partnership to identify, develop and harness talent from the nation’s community...
Spelman College in Atlanta – the liberal arts college for women in Atlanta, was last week, named the U.S. top historically Black college or university (HBCU)...
(BlackPRWire) – ASPiRE, the television network that celebrates the groundbreaking achievements of African Americans, announced last week, a partnership with the White House Initiative on Historically...
For generations, historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have played a key role in educating young African Americans. But facing steep declines in enrollment, HBCUs are...
U.S. senate appropriators want the National Science Foundation to do more for faculty and students at the country’s historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). It is...
The United Negro College Fund (UNCF), has altered its signature phrase. Now, a mind is not only “a terrible thing to waste,” but “a wonderful thing...
In 1926, the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History proposed that a week in February each year be reserved to remembering Abraham Lincoln,...
In 2013, Howard University was classified by the National Science Foundation as the top producer of African Americans who go on to earn doctorates in science...
The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) raised over US$3.8 million during its recent annual Leadership Institute and Gala, which was held in Washington, DC for the...
Herman Russell (pictured), is the founder and chairman of H. J. Russell & Company – one of the largest minority owned construction and real estate firms...
Immediate past president of Tuskegee University Gilbert L. Rochon. PHOTO/Tuskegee University Gilbert L. Rochon has resigned as president of Tuskegee University. Dr. Matthew Jenkins has been...
(Black PR Wire) -Atlanta, Georgia – ASPiRE has acquired national cable rights to “Inside the Game” the nation’s longest-running sports highlights show devoted exclusively to Historically...
(NNPA) – As Historically Black Colleges and Universities adapt to the rapidly changing educational landscape, advocates say that collaborative partnerships in business, in the community, and...
Incoming Executive Director of the White House Initiative for Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Dr. George E. Cooper The Obama Administration announced a new leadership team...
The U.S. Education Department, yielding to pressure from historically black colleges (HBCUs) and members of Congress, said Wednesday that it would reconsider recent changes to the...
African American lawmakers on Tuesday urged U.S. President Barack Obama to do something about changes to a college loan program that they say make it tougher...
According to a new report, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are attracting more Asian and Latino students than ever before. Many of the top HBCUs...
Howard University in Washington, D.C. , holds the top rank for Peace Corps volunteer-producing Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) with 21 undergraduate alumni serving as...
(Black PR Wire) – Torrance, CA – After two days of intense competition among 250 students representing 48 competing teams, Morgan State University claimed its second...
Representatives of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) community have launched an effort to stream a techology-based entrepreneurship initiative at Black institutions. The United Negro...
A White House official said President Obama will deliver the commencement address at all-male Morehouse College in Atlanta this spring. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr....
Earvin “Magic” Johnson. PHOTO/File NBA legend and business mogul Earvin “Magic” Johnson, multi-Grammy Award-winning musician, actor and philanthropist Common, and Black Entertainment Television (BET) chairman and...
Students, supporters and alumni of Maryland’s historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), namely: Bowie State University; Coppin State University; Morgan State University and the University of...
Dr. John Silvanus Wilson Jr. speaks at Fayetteville State University’s convocation. PHOTO/File (PRNewswire) – The Morehouse College Board of Trustees has announced that Dr. John Silvanus...
Sports began on American college campuses as a way for students to blow off steam and be healthy. Over the last century and a half, athletics...
Historically black colleges and univerisities (HBCUs) have produced 25 percent of America’s black college graduates and most of the black doctoral degree recipients, according to the...
The Department of Education recently announced it is providing US$228 million in grants to 97 historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in 19 states. The funds...
(PRWEB) – NBTV1.com is National Black Television: “TV that Cares!”. The Internet television network helps African-American young people and historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) strive...
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are running out of money. Students know it, alumni know it, corporations know it and the government knows it. The...
Graduating class at Morehouse College. PHOTO/Erik Lesser/Getty Images Budget pressures are forcing state legislatures and the federal government to reconsider financial support for historically black colleges...
Dr. Eugene M. DeLoatch Dr. Eugene M. DeLoatch was amongst those whom dared to dream of space travel at a time when Dr. King was working...
Christopher Smith, a doctoral student in biomedical engineering, looks at stem cell samples through an inverted microscope in a lab at the Johns Hopkins University. PHOTO/Patrick...
HBCU Network CEO Curtis Symonds For longtime cable television executive Curtis Symonds, launching the HBCU Network as a cable television channel represents the pinnacle of a...
Dr. Robert M. Franklin After five years at the helm, Robert M. Franklin is stepping down as president of Morehouse College. In a press release issued...
Alumni and students from Maryland’s four historically black universities took their long-held view that the state perpetuates racial segregation to court Tuesday, arguing that their institutions...
Elizabeth Hallaren, a 20-year-old white woman, says she is beginning to understand what it’s like to be a minority. As a fourth-year nursing student at Hampton...
Since the beginning of the recession entrepreneurism has been on the rise as more and more people tire of endless job searches that yield few results,...
One of my favorite African-American Studies professors, who held a doctorate in Africana Studies, used to ask the same question: Why do so many of the...
Howard University is stepping even further into the digital age. The Historically Black College and University (HBCU) has announced the launch of its first online degree...
ATLANTA (AP) - About 100 presidents of historically black colleges are meeting to discuss their role in the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges...
Florida A & M University and Tennessee State University are partnering with Tom Joyner’s HBCUsOnline as part of a new national initiative to enroll students in...
