Racism Is Why Black Colleges Have To Pay More For Loans Than Other Schools
It’s expensive to be poor. And few places in higher education feel that more acutely than historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), where endowments are typically smaller and enrollments have...
4 Bethune-Cookman Board Of Trustee Members Resign
Four members of the Bethune-Cookman University’s board of trustees resigned this week — and more could follow — amid an ongoing financial crisis that’s prompted calls for...
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Celebrates The Life Of Member Aretha Franklin
WASHINGTON, DC - Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. joins with the family and loved ones of Aretha Franklin in grieving the loss of this music giant. We...
Central State University Grad Omarosa: DeVos Said Black Students Don’t Have ‘Capacity To Understand’...
Stating that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos once said students who booed her at a historically black college lacked the “capacity to understand” what the Trump administration is...
There’s A Student Housing Crisis At Clark Atlanta University
ACU Local reports say approximately 150 students are waiting on room assignments, even though they were supposed to be in dorms on Monday night. CAU released a statement...
Audit Shows Fired Southern University Band Director Deposited Over $300K In To His Personal...
An audit is questioning $300,459 worth of university band money deposited into the personal bank accounts of former Southern University band director Nathan Haymer.
The audit was released...
HBCU Grad Omarosa Allegedly Secretly Recorded Conversations With Trump While Working At The White...
Writing that a Central State University graduate, and also a Howard University graduate, had secretly recorded conversations with President Donald Trump while working at the White House...
Fired Tennis Coach Feels Clark Atlanta Scapegoated Him
A tennis coach fired by Clark Atlanta University last month after a sexual harassment investigation prompted by a student complaint believes he is being scapegoated by the...
This Howard Alumna Was Racially Profiled at Victoria’s Secret
The list of racist retail incidents across the nation just got its latest addition after a Howard University graduate detailed the racial profiling horror — complete with...
Teen Accepted Into 113 Colleges Chooses Full Ride To HBCU, Bennett College
This is the definition of black girl magic.
Jasmine Harrison, a 17-year-old from Greensboro, North Carolina, has been accepted into 113 colleges and universities, WFMY, a CBS affiliate...
“Oh, Noooo Barbie, What Is You Doing?”
There's no arguing that Barbies have improved when it comes to inclusivity, as we're no longer only seeing the same straight-sized, blonde, white dolls that were first...
Tom Joyner Will No Longer Play R. Kelly’s Music On His Show
Tom Joyner has taken a step in the right direction by banning R. Kelly’s music.
During Jacque Reid’s “Inside Her Story” segment of the Tom Joyner Morning Show, #MeToo founder Tarana Burke...
Delaware State Mourns Passing Of Former Head Football Coach Al Lavan
Dover, Del.--- Delaware State University Athletics mourns the passing of former Hornet head football coach Alton “Al” Lavan, who died early Monday in Colorado.
Lavan was DSU’s head...
FAMU’s School of Nursing Placed on Probation
Florida A&M University’s School of Nursing has been placed on probation by the state Board of Nursing following two consecutive years of low passing rates on license...
Howard University Sit-in Stretches On As Students Keep Up Demands
Students at Howard University, a historically black university in Washington, D.C., are entering the fourth day of their sit-in as they negotiate their demands with the university...
Six Howard University Employees Fired For Misappropriating Financial Aid
Six Howard University employees were fired last year after an internal investigation found the financial aid office had misappropriated university-based grants to some university employees, the school's...
Howard University Community Mourns The Death Of Recent Howard Grad Robert Lawrence
Back in January, friends, and family of the bison community took to social media to talk about reports of Robert Lawrence, a recent Howard University graduate, who...
The Mutiny At Hampton University
Students at one of America’s top HBCUs are protesting a long list of problems faced by students at the school, including sexual assault, safety, food and the...
