By Shauneen Miranda A number of historically Black colleges and universities are seeing an increase in Black students applying and enrolling after years of decline. “The percentage of Black students enrolled at HBCUs fell from 18 percent in 1976 to 8 percent in
By Alexis Clark Tennessee State University’s Grammy-award winning Aristocrat of Bands director, Dr. Reginald McDonald, has achieved yet another first. McDonald is a recipient of the Tennessee Music Education Association (TMEA) award for outstanding university music educator of the year. He is
By Jonathan Saxon Dr. Horacio Sierra was appointed to the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities and joins the likes of Shonda Rhimes, Kerry Washington and Lady Gaga, who serves as the co-chair for the group tasked with promoting arts and
By Matt Andersen While Black workers accountfor just 5 percent of engineers and architects and 7 percent in computer occupations today, Oracle is looking to help close this disparity gap. Recently, the tech leader granted the Meharry Medical College School of Applied
By Todd H. Simmons “Our Blues Make Us Gold,” a multi-part documentary focused on North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University from filmmakers Ashley Shantè and Brandon Gerard, is the recipient of a $100,000 grant from the Black Experience on Xfinity that will allow
By Corky Siemaszko The Oklahoma Sheriffs’ Association suspended the McCurtain County sheriff and two other staffers Tuesday after they were secretly recorded talking about killing reporters and lynching Black residents after a public meeting. The vote to suspend Sheriff Kevin Clardy, sheriff’s investigator Alicia Manning
By Zack Lilly Dominion Voting Systems has officially settled its lawsuit against white nationalist propaganda porn network Fox News, which was accused of joining Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, and the rest of the idiocracy-infused fraternity of MAGA-lie-KKKappa in spreading demonstrable false claims about rigged voting machines
By Sholnn Z. Freeman Key journalism, education and diversity experts will join Howard University students in a town hall discussion of “Reporting While Black: Confronting Systemic Racism” at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, April 26. The town hall will be held in the Met
By Hazel Scott On Thursday, April 20, Alabama State University held a special event to honor 30 graduating students who identify as first-generation scholars. The University College, TRIO programs, the National Alumni Association (Montgomery Chapter) and the ASU Foundation hosted a First Gen
By Sarah Kaplaniak CampusReel, an increasingly popular online student-produced vlog library amplifying colleges and universities around the nation, has named Prairie View A&M University the 2023 Best College For Mechanical Engineering In Texas. “We are very proud of this achievement and nod to
