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Leadership & Policy

HBCUs Aid the Rise of Black Women

In exploring issues of gender equity for Black women, the role of HBCUs and their impact across higher education and the business sector are too frequently overlooked. In an industry dominated by White males, Black women have shattered stereotypes and excelled in key campus leadership positions across the academic enterprise.

April 15, 2018

LGBTQ+

Campus Guide Focuses on HIV Prevention and Treatment

With college students still at a high risk of acquiring HIV, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation has released a comprehensive guide to HIV prevention, treatment and care on college and university campuses.

April 12, 2018

HBCUs

Albany State Gets NEH Grant for Museum, Heritage Studies Program

The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded Albany State University a grant to assist with establishing an interdisciplinary museum and heritage studies minor.

April 8, 2018

African-American

Direct Engagement With Trump, GOP Pays Off for HBCUs

The Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s decision not to resist – but instead engage in a strategic way and bipartisan fashion on behalf of our nearly 300,000 HBCU students who need a voice in Congress and with the Trump administration – has borne fruit at many levels.

April 8, 2018

LGBTQ+

VSU Rolls Out Inclusive Gender-Identity Diversity Program

Virginia State University is introducing its first university-wide diversity and inclusion program in order to create a “more inclusive campus culture” for Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer/Questioning Intersex Ally+ (LGBTQIA+) individuals.

April 1, 2018

Latinx

VSU Joins Verizon STEM Initiative For Boys of Color

PETERSBURG, VA. – Virginia State University will be among 24 schools in a program that offers minority males from middle schools in Petersburg, Hopewell and Dinwiddie summer intensive courses in science, technology, engineering and math. The Verizon Innovative Learning program, the education initiative of the Verizon Foundation, works with historically Black colleges and universities and […]

April 1, 2018

Latinx

Study Reports Wide Gender Disparity Among MSI Presidents

A new report from the Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions explores the dearth of women in presidential positions at Minority Serving Institutions. At 650 such schools, less than 12 percent of presidents are women.

March 27, 2018

African-American

Rankins Is First Black Named To Top Mississippi Higher Ed Post

Among the numerous African-American “firsts” who symbolize racial progress in their fields, Dr. Alfred Rankins is likely to stand out. He is the first African-American to become commissioner of higher education in Mississippi.

March 27, 2018

HBCUs

Uplifting HBCUs As Models of Student Success

To help counter the false narrative that often is bestowed upon historically Black colleges and universities, these institutions should make it a priority to highlight their unique strengths and accomplishments as often as possible.

March 26, 2018

HBCUs

HBCUs To Get Funding Hike in Federal Budget

Historically Black colleges and universities will receive a 14 percent increase in federal funding in the U.S. Senate’s omnibus bill following strong advocacy by senators Kamala Harris and Doug Jones.

March 22, 2018

HBCUs

HBCU, Tech, Political Leaders At ‘Day of Action’

WASHINGTON — The Bipartisan Historically Black Colleges and Universities Caucus and the Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics Caucus hosted technology companies and HBCU presidents and leaders on Capitol Hill for the first HBCU STEAM Day of Action.

March 20, 2018

HBCUs

Regional HBCUs Move to Recruit Students at Closing Concordia

When word spread that Concordia College – a small historically Black college in Selma, Alabama – was closing its doors, nearby institutions sprang into action to recruit their students. Talladega College and Oakwood and Alabama State universities are offering students options to transfer.

March 15, 2018