March 18, 2025

Harvard offers free tuition to students whose families make $200K or less per year

By Stephanie Price Harvard University announced it will now offer free tuition to students whose families make $200,000 or less per year. “Putting Harvard within financial reach for more individuals widens the array of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives that all of our students encounter, fostering their intellectual and personal growth,” Harvard President Alan M. Garber said in a statement on

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Two N.C. A&T Students Present Research on Impact of HBCUs on Social Justice

Courtesy of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Research by North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University undergraduate students Kyla Holton and Jayden Seay, along with junior political science Honors College student Keon Jordan, is shedding new light on the role historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have played in shaping social justice movements.

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New Study Reveals HBCU Students Have Better Mental Health Than Other College Students

A report from the University of Michigan School of Public Health, in collaboration with the United Negro College Fund, reveals Black students at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) typically have better mental health outcomes than students at other institutions. In partnership with the Healthy Minds Network, the report titled “Community, Culture, and Care: A Cross-Institutional Analysis

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A majority-Black town starts armed protection group after neo-Nazi rally

By Aaron Franco and Morgan Radford  Nearly every morning for the last month, Jay has been waking up before sunrise to drive around the streets of Lincoln Heights, patrolling neighborhood bus stops to make sure children are getting to school safely. “We have a very tight community, so all of our kids, they know us,” he said. But

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The 15 WHITE COATS® Brings HBCU Tethered Tour To Dillard University

Courtesy of Dillard University The Louisiana-based 15 White Coats®, a Black physician-led nonprofit dedicated to promoting cultural imagery in learning spaces, providing economic support to minority groups aspiring to be physicians, and promoting culturally appropriate literature access in learning spaces, visits Dillard University with HBCU Tethered Tour. The HBCU Tethered Tour is an 18-month program

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Colleges React to Changes at Department of Education

The Department of Education has laid off more than 1300 employees in an attempt to get rid of the Department. The Department of Education sent out letters to institutions informing them of the cuts. Federal officials claim schools should not see interruptions in service. The interim President at Clinton College – which is a Historically

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HBCU basketball well represented in WNIT postseason tourney

Alabama A&M, Coppin State, Howard, and Texas Southern’s HBCU women’s basketball teams will begin their quest to capture a postseason championship banner at the Women’s National Invitational Tournament (WNIT.) The WNIT committee awarded Howard (21-11) and TSU (16-15) automatic bids as they were the highest regular-season finishers in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and Southwestern Athletic Conference, respectively,

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Johns Hopkins University to let more than 2,000 workers go after Trump’s USAID cuts

By Evan Bush Johns Hopkins University said it would eliminate more than 2,000 jobs after President Donald Trump’s administration rescinded federal funding for thousands of international aid projects, including a program designed to help prevent HIV transmission in India and a clinical trial for diarrheal disease in Bangladesh. The university, one of the country’s most significant

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Salvadoran police officers escort alleged members of the Tren de Aragua recently deported by the U.S. government to be imprisoned in the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) prison, as part of an agreement with the Salvadoran government, in Tecoluca, El Salvador, in this handout image obtained March 16, 2025. Secretaria de Prensa de la Presidencia/Handout via REUTERS

Judge demands answers of Trump administration in Venezuela deportation case

By Ted Hesson and Tom Hals A federal judge on Monday gave the Trump administration a Tuesday deadline to provide details about plane loads of Venezuelans it deported despite orders not to, in a brewing showdown over presidential power. President Donald Trump claims the deported Venezuelans are members of the prison gang Tren de Aragua, which he designated as a Foreign

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