Savannah State University in Georgia has announced its intent to offer a doctor of public administration degree (DPA) program in Fall 2027, pending approval by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. Once approved, the degree will be the HBCU’s first doctoral program. “This is a transformational moment in the history of
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The 4th Annual HBCU First LOOK Film & TV Festival returns to Howard University November 5-7, with Starz serving as presenting sponsor for the first time. This year’s theme, “How to Be the Next,” centers the festival around turning HBCU talent into industry decision-makers through screenings, master classes, and direct conversations with alumni working across
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By Reuters WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order alongside first lady Melania Trump on Monday creating a task force and a National Institutes of Health division focused on women’s health. The task force will be led by Trump’s White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, who recently announced that she is cancer-free,
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By Hazel Scott/ASU Progress is measured in many ways, and for Alabama State University, movement in the latest national rankings offers another indication of the University’s continued institutional momentum. Alabama State University has moved from No. 36 in 2025 to No. 29 in the 2026 U.S. News & World Report rankings of Historically Black Colleges
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Presented by the Recording Academy’s Black Music Collective (BMC) and Amazon Music, the “Your Future Is Now” scholarship program was established in 2021 to cultivate the next generation of music industry leaders at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The program provides five selected students with $10,000 scholarships, networking opportunities with leading music industry executives,
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Ten HBCU institutions are receiving nearly $100 million in federal funding designed to strengthen STEM research and expand their ability to compete for major research opportunities. The $97.1 million investment comes through the Department of Defense’s HBCU and Minority-Serving Institutions Research and Education Program. The awards support science, technology, engineering and mathematics research capabilities at
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An initiative that supports radio stations at historically Black colleges and universities received a major cash boost from the Ford Foundation recently. The HBCU Radio Preservation Project (HBCU RPP) received $750,000. It said the funds enabled it “to provide unrestricted budget infusions to 14 HBCU radio stations through a non-competitive formula-based grant process. The money
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South Carolina State climbed to No. 3 in this week’s Black College Football Poll, followed by Morgan State at No. 4 and Delaware State at No. 5. Norfolk State also earned a top-10 ranking at No. 9, while Howard received votes. The Black College Football Poll is the first officially endorsed national poll dedicated exclusively
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By Tony O. Lawson Edward Waters University has secured a $25 million, 30-year loan to help fund more than $33 million in campus improvements, including its first newly constructed residence hall since 1982. The Jacksonville-based HBCU closed the transaction September 10 through the U.S. Department of Education’s Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Program.
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By Raquel Coronell Uribe Former President Barack Obama on Sunday condemned federal agents’ raid on the Washington, D.C., home of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., calling it a “transparent” effort by the Trump administration to “intimidate” her. “The full weight of the federal government is being brought down on a law-abiding elected official because she has
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