Students attending HBCUs today rely on comprehensive campus resources to stay enrolled. A new coaching framework provides insight into boosting enrollment, persistence and completion. One-on-one coaching helped stopped-out adult learners return to an HBCU at more than two times the national average and ensured that nearly 84% of students enrolled in the fall returned in the
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Dr. Harry L. Williams, president & CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, issued the following statement regarding the IGNITE HBCU Excellence Act: “Congress must act with urgency to pass the bipartisan IGNITE HBCU Excellence Act sponsored by Congressman French Hill (R-AR), Senator Tim Scott (R-SC), Congresswoman Alma Adams (D-NC) and Senator Chris Coons (D-DE).
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For the first time, Forbes published rankings of the top 10 private and 10 public Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) that set their graduates up for success. Xavier University of Louisiana, the nation’s only Catholic HBCU, ranked No. 4 among private HBCUs. Founded in 1915 by St. Katharine Drexel and the Sisters of the
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Frederick McKindra: Dr. Cooper. I wondered if you could kick us off by defining the humanities for our audience, specifically attempting to differentiate the humanities from STEM fields. I’d love to hear more about how those fields are crucial for change on HBCU campuses. Dr. Brittney Cooper: The humanities are, in W. E. B. Du
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By Bridgette Bartlett Royall HBCU campuses are known for setting style trends that have global influence. Just ask folks at the GAP, Nikeand Ralph Lauren. The yard at Howard University is certainly no exception. The 159-year-old Washington, D.C., institution has produced modern fashion and beauty trailblazers like designer and influencer Kahlana Barfield Brown, costume designer
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Courtesy of Delaware State As AI becomes increasingly connected to health care, research and everyday life, Delaware State University students and faculty will have an opportunity to help explore how this transformative technology can work alongside people to improve lives. Delaware State University is partnering with the University of Delaware, the University of Pennsylvania, the
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The 2026 HBCU football season is loaded with returning production across the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). Alabama A&M will face Howard on Saturday at the MEAC/SWAC Challenge in Atlanta to kick off the Black college football season. The game marks the debut of Howard head coach and alumnus Ted White,
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The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate of any wealthy nation — and Black American women experience the worst of the worst, dying at rates roughly 2.5 times the national average and about three times higher than the rate of white women. Morgan State University in Baltimore is advancing groundbreaking, community-centered research examining
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A new UNCF report highlights HBCUs’ outsized STEM impact despite decades of underfunding. Historically Black colleges and universities continue to produce an outsized share of Black STEM graduates despite representing only a small portion of American higher education, according to a new UNCF report. The findings build on recent evidence that HBCU graduates outperform(opens in new
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For Delaware State University student Victoria Wicker, giving back to her hometown meant making sure students could begin the school year with more than just the supplies they needed. She wanted them to start with confidence, excitement and the freedom to choose something of their own. Wicker, a Law Studies major from Irvington, New Jersey, and
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