By Scott Wong and Megan Brand House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., recently met privately with Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and informal adviser, and they discussed possible areas of cooperation, a source familiar with the meeting confirmed to NBC News. The private meeting, which was first reported by The New York Times, took place in Manhattan, the source
More
Florida A&M football may not be headed for radio silence after all. Sources tell HBCU Gameday that discussions surrounding a radio broadcast package for the 2026 season remain ongoing, despite earlier indications that the longtime Rattler Sports Network would not return this fall. According to sources familiar with the situation, Vice President and Director of Athletics
More
Raising significant private support from individuals, corporations, and foundations is no longer optional for HBCUs—it is a core measure of institutional strength. The disruption currently reshaping higher education demands equally disruptive HBCU fundraisers who understand that incremental changes will not meet this moment. HBCU advancement units can no longer be relegated to just party-planning, the
More
Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU) is among 12 historically Black colleges and universities set to receive $1 million each through a new $12 million philanthropic fund announced Thursday by UNCF and The James and Judith K. Dimon Foundation. The gift establishes The Dimon Fund to Advance Economic Opportunity within UNCF’s ongoing $1.5 billion capital campaign,
More
Tensions over Texas Southern University’s search for a new men’s basketball coach and athletic director reached campus on Tuesday. Student-athletes, students, and alums gathered at the administration building to protest before Wednesday’s Board of Regents vote. The protest happened at noon on the second day of Texas Southern’s 2026 fall semester. It was the latest
More
Prairie View A&M University stood for 150 years, trained generations of Black professionals, and sent graduates across every sector of American life. Yet outside the HBCU community, its story is rarely told on the same terms as those of other Texas institutions. Dancer and activist Harrison Guy wants to change that, one movement at a
More
UNCF’s Institute for Capacity Building (ICB) announced the launch of the HBCU Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) Accelerator, a multi-year effort to help historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) build sustainable, career-connected learning pathways to improve student success and institutional capacity. The initiative is supported by catalytic grants from JPMorganChase and Lumina Foundation. The HBCU WIL Accelerator
More
By Chad Eric Smith The Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts at Howard University and the Fine Arts Student Council will commemorate the fifth annual Chadwick A. Boseman Day with three days of programming Aug. 26–28, culminating in a student showcase hosted by Howard alumnus, Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated actor and producer Anthony Anderson (B.F.A ’22). This year’s
More
Four historically Black colleges and universities in Alabama are among 12 institutions nationwide selected to receive $1 million each from a new $12 million gift announced by the United Negro College Fund. The James and Judith K. Dimon Foundation’s gift will provide permanent endowment funding to the selected schools, including Miles College in Fairfield, Oakwood
More
Saint Augustine’s University, the 158-year-old HBCU in Raleigh, will not offer classes or educational programs during the fall 2026 semester as it works through bankruptcy and an uncertain future. The decision marks a reversal for Saint Augustine’s. University leaders had planned to launch eight online, nondegree programs in September, according to The News & Observer. Those
More
