Key Takeaways HBCUs generate $16.5 billion in annual economic impact and support more than 136,000 jobs nationwide. Graduates from HBCUs continue to drive economic mobility, with the 2021 graduating class projected to earn $146 billion in lifetime earnings. Applications to public HBCUs have increased 126% since 2004, demonstrating growing demand for these institutions. UNCF remains
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The South Carolina Gamecock’s women’s basketball team is busy finalizing their 2026-27 schedule. With the season set to begin in November, South Carolina has added two more games to its regular-season schedule, as Coach Dawn Staley and the Gamecocks will host a home tournament with two HBCU schools. South Carolina announced the tournament, which is
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Urban Edge Network will broadcast the 2026 Chicago Football Classic live from Soldier Field, bringing Mississippi Valley State University and Lincoln University (Pa.) to a national audience on Saturday, Sept. 12. Kickoff is scheduled for 3 p.m. CT. Hardy Pelt, CRO of UEN, told HBCU Legends that UEN’s third-generation app adds contextual advertising while the network prepares technology that
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Benedict College is launching a new HBCU initiative focused on Black male student success after receiving a $100,000 grant from The Boulé Foundation to support its newly established B.E.S.T. Leadership Institute. The Columbia, South Carolina, institution announced the investment as Benedict College reaches a notable enrollment milestone: male students now make up the majority of
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Allen Media Group’s free-streaming digital and television platform, HBCU GO–the leading media provider for the nation’s 107 Historically Black Colleges and Universities – returns this fall with its most expansive season of sports and culture programming to date. Allen Media Group’s free-streaming digital and television platform, HBCU GO — the leading media provider for the
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Hornets running back Sean Weston scored on a 16-yard run with 1:53 remaining as Delaware State survived a second-half Stony Brook comeback for a 41-34 victory Thursday night at Alumni Stadium in the season opener for both teams. DeSean Jackson, in his second season at Delaware State, improved his overall head coaching record to 9-4.
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By Bridget Bowman Nurse N’Kiyla Jasmine Thomas has won the Democratic Senate primary runoff in Oklahoma, NBC News projects, securing another win for the party’s democratic socialist wing. Thomas, a 31-year-old member of the Chickasaw Nation, defeated attorney and minister Jim Priest, 70, in the contest, despite being drastically outspent. The two advanced to a runoff
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By Ben Kamisar Former Gwinnett County School Board Chairman Everton Blair has won the special election to serve the rest of Rep. David Scott’s term in Georgia’s 13th District, NBC News projects, defeating the late congressman’s daughter. Blair’s victory is an upset, as he trailed Marcye Scott during the first round of voting last month 46%
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By Lawrence Hurley and Gary Grumbach A federal judge Thursday blocked a Postal Service regulation that would exert control over mail-in ballots ahead of the midterm elections in the latest setback on the issue for President Donald Trump. The recently finalized measure would implement a key provision of Trump’s executive order on mail-in ballots that would add a
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The United Negro College Fund kicked off its fundraising campaign Wednesday afternoon at Green Island Country Club. And the keynote speaker was Columbus Mayor-elect Isaiah Hugley, a graduate of a Historically Black College and University. Justine Boyd, the assistant vice president of UNCF Atlanta, noted the significance of Hugley’s rise to the city’s top job.
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