Winston-Salem State is seeing enrollment climb, with the HBCU welcoming 5,210 students for fall 2026, its largest total since 2021. The university announced a 9.1% enrollment increase compared with 2023. Growth includes gains among first-time freshmen and graduate students, alongside a decade-high academic benchmark for its incoming class. WSSU welcomed 1,120 first-time freshmen this fall,
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By Sian Cain Gloria Steinem, the American feminist and journalist whose activism helped push through greater rights for women around the world has died, aged 92. Steinem “passed away peacefully at her home in New York City, surrounded by some of the many who loved her”, a statement shared to her Instagram page said. “Gloria’s near-century on
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By Gary Grumbach and Kyla Guilfoil A federal judge reinforced the constitutional right to birthright citizenship Wednesday, blocking President Donald Trump’s latest executive order to limit it. U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman wrote in a 35-page ruling that Trump’s August order seeking to limit which people born in the U.S. can become American citizens “is almost certainly unconstitutional.” Boardman
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Tuskegee University’s president pushed back against criticism of the school’s dress code in a Sunday interview, arguing that requiring professional attire ensures students are “job-ready.” “If you raise the bar, students will reach it,” President Mark Brown told Fox News. “Why don’t we raise the bar? That’s what I think we ought to do. We’re unapologetic
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By Myla S. Roundy This week at Bowie State University (BSU), Urban One launched ONE Yard: The HBCU Experience — a two-city tour that students said left them feeling fulfilled and engaged. The six-hour event drew approximately 400 students, alumni and staff to the Martin Luther King Jr. Center. From live music to interactive activities to free
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The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) and its Board of Directors recently recognized two business leaders to honor the influence and actions of outstanding role models to students at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) at its CEO Impact Award event on Martha’s Vineyard. The luncheon event honored Shelley Stewart Jr. (Bottom Line Advisory) and Nicole Pullen Ross (Goldman
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By Michael Brauner The Alabama A&M Lady Bulldogs are one of three HBCU programs who have been included in the field for the PowHER Player Classic tournament at the University of South Carolina during the upcoming season. Opening the tournament on Nov. 28 with a matchup against North Carolina Central, the Lady Bulldogs will advance to either
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The future of two signature HBCU sporting events in Mobile is becoming part of a larger debate over how the city spends taxpayer dollars. Mayor Spiro Cheriogotis said the organization behind the Port City Classic and Bridge Builder Classic requested $500,000 in city funding. However, Cheriogotis said he would rather direct those dollars toward the
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Miami quarterback Cam Ward (1) is defended by Florida A&M defensive back Simion Hines, center, and defensive lineman Allen Smith Jr. (23) during the first half of an NCAA football game, Sept. 7, 2024, in Miami Gardens, Fla. Storied historically Black university Florida A&M will take on No. 7 Miami next week while Howard will
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Tennessee State University is one of the most underfunded historically Black land-grant universities in the country. In a 2023 letter to Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, former Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and former Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said the state owed the institution more than $2 billion, accrued over the past three decades. According to another tally in 2021 from the
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