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Black UNC Students Say the University Failed Them After a Racist Attack

By Alecia Taylor Less than 30 minutes into a Love Island watch party on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, all hell broke loose. On Aug. 31, several Black student organizations had gathered in a small building to watch the popular reality TV show when a white man walked in, yelling racial slurs. Things quickly escalated when the unknown man started throwing items at students before reaching into his bag. One student yelled, “He’s got a gun!” prompting attendees to hit the ground. But the man didn’t have a gun; he had what students later

Lincoln University students, alums sue Missouri for nearly $550M, alleging state illegally underfunded the HBCU

Historically Black Colleges and Universities have well-documented cases of having their funding pulled or outright withheld over the years. One group in Missouri that calls Lincoln University home is looking to recoup funds they believe belonged to the school and were being illegally withheld. Alumni and current students of the HBCU in Jefferson City, Missouri, are suing the state for nearly $549 million, seeking to test a 19th-century federal law that sought equitable public financing for schools established as havens for Black thought and education after the Civil War and Reconstruction. “The ramifications of the underfunding are very present today,

Hurricane Isaias shifts HBCU homecoming game to Friday morning

Alabama State has made a major change to its HBCU Homecoming schedule, moving its football matchup against FAMU to Friday morning because of the anticipated impact of Hurricane Isaias. The university announced that Alabama State’s Homecoming football game against Florida A&M will now be played Friday, Oct. 9 at 11 a.m. The contest had originally been scheduled as part of the university’s traditional weekend Homecoming celebration. University officials said the decision was made “out of an abundance of caution and in the interest of public safety.” All other ASU Homecoming activities scheduled between Friday and Sunday have also been rescheduled.

Cornell students hold sit-in over alleged 2024 fraternity assault

By Maggie Vespa, Daniel Arkin and Adam Reiss ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell University students began a seven-hour sit-in Wednesday in solidarity with Jane Doe, the woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted by members of the Chi Phi fraternity nearly two years ago. “Seven hours for the seven hours she endured. Seven hours of solidarity. Seven hours demanding change,” a coalition of Cornell student groups said in a post on Instagram ahead of the demonstration. Roughly 80 students had gathered inside a campus dining hall named for Pulitzer Prize-winning author Toni Morrison by around 3 p.m. Outside the building, students

SSU’s doctoral program approved, first doctoral program for a Georgia public HBCU

Savannah State University (SSU) announced Tuesday it intends to offer a Doctorate program. The Doctor of Public Administration program would be the first doctorate program for SSU, along with the first doctorate program for a public HBCU in Georgia. The University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents gave the program the official green light Tuesday. Now, the college needs to be approved to offer doctoral-level education by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). That decision is expected in February of 2027. SSU leaders said the program is expected to take about two and a half

Florida Memorial Enrollment Doubles to 2,556 in 2026

Florida Memorial enrollment for 2026 hit 2,556 students this fall, a full 100 percent jump over last year and the largest headcount the university has ever recorded. President William Cullen McCormick Jr. didn’t undersell the moment. “Let history record this moment,” he told the campus community, calling the number “our new floor,” not a peak. That framing matters given where FMU started. Enrollment at the Miami Gardens school fell from 1,878 students in 2012 down to just 915 by 2021, a near-decade slide that forced the university to rethink recruitment from the ground up. This fall’s number doesn’t just reverse

Debra Mays-Jackson Reaches Settlement With Jackson State

The Debra Mays-Jackson Jackson State settlement closes out one of the messiest chapters in the university’s recent history. On Aug. 25, Mississippi’s college board resolved the federal lawsuit filed by Mays-Jackson, the school’s former vice president and chief of staff, who spent nearly three years arguing she was denied a fair shot at the presidency because she’s a woman. Terms of the deal aren’t public yet. Mississippi Today has filed a records request to get the actual numbers, but for now, the settlement itself tells you plenty. The Institutions of Higher Learning board fought this case hard, all the way

Hampton Raises Homecoming Economic Impact to $8-$10M

Hampton University’s homecoming economic impact estimate just jumped to $8 million–$10 million for the 2026 celebration, a dramatic revision from the $3 million figure the university cited for its 2024 homecoming. That’s not a modest bump. It’s close to a tripling of the estimate in just two years, and this time Hampton is backing it with actual visitor data instead of a projection. The new number comes from Hampton’s announcement of Homecoming Week 2026, running October 18-25 under the theme “There’s No Place Like Our Home by the Sea.” President Darrell K. Williams framed the shift as proof of concept

Atlanta’s Spelman College retains No. 1 spot among HBCUs in U.S. News rankings

Atlanta’s Spelman College has retained its spot as the nation’s No. 1 historically Black college and university in the 2027 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings. While Spelman leads the HBCU rankings, it is followed by Howard University at No. 2 and Tuskegee University at No. 3. Atlanta’s Morehouse College came in at No. 4. The rankings, released Sept. 22, evaluated nearly 1,700 colleges and universities across the country based on factors including graduation and retention rates, social mobility, faculty resources and post-graduate earnings. Nationally, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) took the No. 1 spot among National

Grambling Opens $25M Student Success Center

The Grambling State Student Success Center opened its doors Friday, and for anyone who’s ever sprinted across campus between the financial aid office and the registrar in 100-degree Louisiana heat, this one’s personal. The three-story, 60,000-square-foot building consolidates admissions, financial aid, housing, career development, and academic support under a single roof on the campus quadrangle. GSU held its ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. Friday at 353 Founder Avenue, timed deliberately to land during the university’s 125th anniversary celebration. That’s not a coincidence. President Martin Lemelle Jr. has spent two years framing this project as a legacy investment, not just a

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