North Carolina A&T has welcomed the largest freshman class in school history as the HBCU extends its enrollment growth streak to 13 consecutive years. An estimated 15,700 undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at North Carolina A&T for fall 2026. That total includes more than 800 transfer students and a record 3,214 first-year students. The incoming
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By Adriana Fraser Howard University’s Center for Women, Gender, and Global Leadership (CWGGL) welcomed Her Excellency Paula-Mae Weekes, former president of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, to the University for a special fireside chat event exploring how global leaders can navigate times of uncertainty. Weekes, the first woman to serve as the president of Trinidad and Tobago
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UNCF Board Chair Milton H. Jones, Jr., announced Dr. Michael L. Lomax, who has served as president and CEO since 2004, will conclude his historic tenure in June 2027, completing a leadership journey that transformed UNCF into one of the nation’s most influential champions of educational opportunity for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). “This
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Siembra’s groundbreaking model of virtualizing college enrollments has expanded to HBCUs by connecting students and families with earlier, district-wide engagement. Siembra Mobile Inc. today announced a landmark partnership with Claflin University, a private historically black liberal arts college in Orangeburg, South Carolina, making it the first Historically Black College and University (HBCU) to join Siembra’s College Connect
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The board of governors for Bluefield State University in West Virginia has fired President Darrin Martin over concerns with the HBCU’s financial stability, according to a report from MetroNews. In an August 27 meeting, the board decided to reverse their July 14 decision to renew Dr. Martin’s contract. According to chairman Charlie Cole, the board was
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By Sahil Kapur and Kyle Stewart WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday voted down a proposed constitutional amendment to keep the Supreme Court at nine seats, with the measure falling short of the two-thirds majority needed to pass. The vote was 212-206. All but one Democrat voted against it, as openness within the party to expand the high court by
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By Phenix S Halley With the 2026 midterms approaching, the NAACP is raising alarms over a planned Justice Department presence at polling places, questioning whether deploying more than 1,000 federal personnel to voting sites could have a chilling effect, particularly Black voters. The nation’s oldest civil rights organization launched an investigation into the Department of Justice’s (DOJ)
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By Charles Hallman After last weekend’s MEAC/SWAC Challenge Kickoff that was nationally televised from Atlanta between Alabama A&M (SWAC) and Howard (MEAC), won by Howard 31-24, nearly every Black college football team is now in full 2026 season mode. “HBCU football is the SWAC,” Grambling State Head Coach Mickey Joseph said before the Challenge Kickoff
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By Megan Brand The Trump administration is threatening to withdraw support for the Smithsonian Institution, accusing its leadership of presenting a “radical ideology” that weakens “shared American identity” in the latest effort to pressure the institution to change its presentations and practices. The Interior Department sent a letter to the Smithsonian last Friday, which the department posted online,
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By Nicholas Riccardi The U.S. Postal Service is poised to launch a hastily built, error-riddled computer system that could jeopardize the process of mail voting relied upon by one-third of all voters, according to a whistleblower statement released Tuesday by Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal. The effort is part of the implementation of President Donald Trump’s executive
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