By Brittany Bailer The Howard University School of Education has been named the recipient of the 2024 American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) Best Practice Award in Support of Global and International Perspectives. The University is being recognized for its revamped elementary education program that integrates global experiences into the curriculum. “It is an honor to be recognized
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By Erica L. Green Vice President Kamala Harris harnessed the star power of one of her most powerful surrogates — and one of America’s foremost interviewers — to lay out a powerful pitch for her campaign on Thursday, as she passionately confronted pressing issues during a livestream forum with Oprah Winfrey. The event, “Unite for
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By Ariyana Griffin Meharry Medical College is collaborating with local middle and high schools to provide workshops, summits and events for students to engage in science. The Tennessee-based HBCU was founded in 1876 by Samuel Meharry along with four of his brothers. The institution now serves as the nation’s largest private, independent, historically Black academic
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By Eva Andersen President Biden announced an additional $1.3 billion investment in Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) during his speech at the 2024 HBCU Week Conference in Philadelphia. Hundreds of attendees cheered as Mr. Biden took the stage at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, where he highlighted his administration’s efforts to support HBCUs. “In just four years,
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Courtesy of Clark Atlanta University Clark Atlanta University (CAU) is proud to announce its inclusion in the Wall Street Journal’s 2025 Top 500 Universities ranking in “The 2025 Best Colleges in the U.S.: Princeton, Babson and Stanford Take the Top 3 Spots.” As one of only six private Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) featured in the
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By Kenneth Mullinax Dr. Tanjula Petty, Alabama State University’s vice president for Institutional Effectiveness, Strategic Initiatives, and Transformation, has been tapped for the prestigious honor of being a leader at the annual National Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Week Conference, sponsored by the White House Initiative on HBCUs and the President’s Board of Advisors on HBCUs. The
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The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) released a new report that highlights the positive financial impact HBCUs have on the United States economy, solidifying their importance in shaping America’s future workforce. According to the UNCF’s analysis, the total impact of HBCU spending generates $16.5 billion in annual spending across communities throughout the country. This results in about
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By Ashley Brown Sean Combs, widely known as “Puff” or “Diddy,” was taken into custody Monday following the unsealing of a three-count indictment by a federal grand jury in the Southern District of New York. The charges against the music mogul span over a decade and involve allegations of physical and sexual violence against multiple
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By Sholnn Z. Freeman To celebrate the successful outcomes of Howard University’s “Howard Forward” Strategic Plan, President Ben Vinson III, Ph.D., and dozens of University faculty, staff, and students gathered to acknowledge the key goals that were met as a result of the plan’s implementation while also outlining a path to create new strategies for growth, reputation building,
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By Bianca Quilantan Leaders of the nation’s historically Black colleges aren’t sold on either Kamala Harris or Donald Trump, even though both candidates tout their support on the campaign trail. School presidents — usually key in galvanizing local communities to vote — have stayed uncharacteristically quiet this election due in part to the candidates’ thin
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