UNCF today announces a major report, HBCUs Still Punching Above Their Weight, reaffirming that historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) continue to outperform expectations as engines of opportunity, enrolling and graduating students at rates that far exceed their share of higher
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Camron Harris is now facing eight felony charges after Chesterfield County police connected him to the Virginia State University shooting that wounded five people this weekend. Officers found the 19-year-old hiding in a closet inside a campus residence hall. His
By Natasha Korecki AUSTIN, Texas — Democrats teed up South Carolina to lead a six-state gantlet
By Alexandra Marquez Attorney General Todd Blanche said Sunday there’s a “possibility” that the Justice Department
“I’m definitely not really over that,” Clark said. While administrators prefer that students, faculty and alumni focus on the school’s new academic year, much of the community’s attention is still trained on the unenrollment debacle. More than 500 incoming first-year students were
Stillman College is bringing football back to Tuscaloosa, restoring a program that had been dormant for years. “Football has a special place in the history and spirit of Stillman College,” President Dr. Yolanda W. Page said in a statement. “As we celebrate 150
By Howard Newsroom Staff Howard University and the J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation recently announced a $10 million endowed scholarship fund at Howard to support students pursuing leadership excellence in hospitality and other fields. The scholarship fund is designed to expand choice and
By Jamaal Abdul-Alim When Dr. Karrie G. Dixon became the 13th chancellor of North Carolina Central University in the summer of 2024, the institution’s finances were a mess. A state audit would later reveal just how bad the bookkeeping had been. It
North Carolina A&T has named Katreshia Louis-Verrett as its new director of athletics, confirming a move HBCU Gameday first reported more than two weeks ago. The university announced Friday that Louis-Verrett will begin her new role on Sept. 1. She will oversee
A Clark Atlanta University alumna is headed to the Miss USA stage after capturing one of the country’s most prominent state pageant titles. Acacia C. McBride, a graduate of the Atlanta HBCU, has been crowned Miss California USA, earning the opportunity to
Texas Southern University’s Board of Regents will decide Wednesday whether to approve Ashley Robinson as vice president and director of athletics and Corey Lowery as head men’s basketball coach, two of the most consequential hires in the athletic department. But one of
UNCF today announces a major report, HBCUs Still Punching Above Their Weight, reaffirming that historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) continue to outperform expectations as engines of opportunity, enrolling and graduating students at rates that far exceed their share of higher education, especially
Camron Harris is now facing eight felony charges after Chesterfield County police connected him to the Virginia State University shooting that wounded five people this weekend. Officers found the 19-year-old hiding in a closet inside a campus residence hall. His arrest came
By Natasha Korecki AUSTIN, Texas — Democrats teed up South Carolina to lead a six-state gantlet of early presidential contests, sealing a 2028 road map that pushes Black and Latino voters and labor to the front of the line for choosing the party’s
