Attending HBCUs provides meaningful experiences for students and significantly improves their life outcomes after graduation. Those are the takeaways from a landmark survey shared with Blavity that polled alumni from dozens of Black schools, affirming the benefits of attending HBCUs at a time when these institutions are under scrutiny. New survey documents professional success, personal satisfaction
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Financial educator, entrepreneur, and investor Chris Sain Jr. is making another investment in the future of Black wealth. Through the Chris Sain Foundation, Sain has committed $50,000 to support the Melanin Money Foundation’s MM Vested In U initiative, a national effort designed to help Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) equip students with funded investment accounts and financial education before
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Tyler Perry’s latest act of generosity has helped an HBCU alumna continue her education in the Ivy League. Janay DuBerry, a graduate of Tuskegee University who is now attending the Harvard Graduate School of Education, revealed on Instagram that Perry covered the remaining cost of her education after financial aid still left her with a significant funding gap. DuBerry
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Florida A&M University (FAMU) has been recognized as the No. 2 public historically Black college or university (HBCU) in the nation in Forbes’ inaugural 2026 America’s Top HBCUs ranking, a distinction that underscores the University’s continued commitment to academic excellence, student success, and upward economic mobility. The inaugural ranking recognizes 10 public and 10 private HBCUs based
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Jillian Jackson is the new dean of students at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. Dr. Jackson has extensive higher education experience in student affairs, academic affairs, instructional leadership, and student success. Prior to her new role, she served as Shaw University’s director of digital teaching and learning. Earlier in her career, Dr. Jackson held various
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Johnson C. Smith University began demolishing one of its signature dormitories this week, a process that will eventually make way for a redevelopment project with details still undetermined. Workers began dismantling the 35,000-square-foot Liston Hall on Monday, just across Beatties Ford Road from the main Campus. Built in 1962, the building had fallen into disrepair
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by: Odyssey Fields One Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in the DMV is holding strong to its foundation and was once again recognized nationally for its online education. Forbes named Bowie State University top 5 of the best HBCUs with online degrees in 2026. The recognition highlights the university’s commitment to providing accessible academic programs
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In December 2025, Louis Carr wasn’t a household name, unless you were deeply in the know of ad executives. He’d been a near-BET lifer, someone who elevated the company’s profile behind the scenes through ad work, navigating how to sell it to advertisers as one of the footholds of Black entertainment and the Black community, generating over
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A leadership initiative focused on strengthening student success at historically Black colleges and universities recently brought campus leaders together for a week of professional development and collaboration. The Thurgood Marshall College Fund‘s HBCUs Embracing and Retaining Our Everyday Strengths (HEROES) program welcomed participants from the University of the District of Columbia, Prairie View A&M University, Drake
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Fayetteville State University celebrated a standout showing at the 3rd Annual HBCU Sports Awards, streamed live on the HBCU Sports YouTube channel on Saturday, July 25, as junior golfer Landon Cabingas and Director of Athletics Anthony T. Bennett earned two of the event’s top honors. Cabingas was named HBCU Men’s Golfer of the Year, while Bennett received HBCU Athletic Director of
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