Historically black colleges

Historically black colleges

Three darker-skinned students in a seminar room.
Mar 21, 2023
Scholars launched a new database focused on minority-serving institutions to create more clarity among researchers, policy makers and others about how to classify and study them.

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March 21, 2023
Scholars launched a new database focused on minority-serving institutions to create more clarity among researchers, policy makers and others about how to classify and study them.
February 14, 2023
Some students at historically Black colleges in Atlanta are protesting a police training center scheduled for construction. They and some of their professors want campus leaders to denounce the project.
February 13, 2023
The first Latina crowned Miss Coppin State University is facing backlash on social media for taking on the role at a historically Black university. The incident raises larger questions about who belongs at and can represent HBCUs as their student populations diversify.
November 17, 2022
FBI officials identified a teenager who they say is responsible for the majority of bomb threats to HBCUs this year. Some HBCU leaders say the results of the investigation are long overdue.
November 2, 2022
Some historically Black colleges and universities experienced record research funding this fiscal year. It’s a hopeful sign to a group of HBCUs seeking R-1 status.
October 17, 2022
The author discusses her recently published book on how societal ideas about Black masculinity shaped the values instilled in graduates at Morehouse College.
September 9, 2022
The new board member at the University of Virginia is an appointee of the Republican governor and the latest example of the increasing political polarization of higher education in the state.
September 7, 2022
Florida A&M’s football team called out administrators after 26 players were declared ineligible for the season opener. Now the university is facing calls for accountability.
August 23, 2022
Leaders of historically Black colleges and universities are tired of waiting for results as an FBI investigation into campus bomb threats continues.
June 17, 2022
Differences in opinion about the current role and future prospects of Lincoln University raise bigger questions about the HBCU’s historical identity and public image. 

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