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The schools have long produced an outsized share of the nation’s Black PhDs, doctors and lawyers. Now, the end of affirmative action and threats to DEI are giving them a new boost.
Sybille Delice, a Haitian-American student from Everett, is enrolling this fall at Howard University, one of the nation’s oldest historically Black colleges and universities. She said she wanted to be ...
As we move through February – Black History Month – with colorful African garb, cultural traditions, and joyous celebrations, my thoughts repeatedly focus on the importance of Black colleges ...
The absolute number of Black men enrolled at Historically Black Colleges and Universities is the lowest it's been since 1976.
Only 19 percent of students at Howard University are Black men, whose enrollment levels at four-year colleges have plummeted across the board.
The U.S. Supreme Court ended race-conscious college admissions in 2023, and admissions of Black and Latino students at predominantly white schools have dropped.
Many historically black colleges are seeing an uptick in enrollment this year. It follows a Supreme Court ruling that outlawed race as a determining factor in college admissions.
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR)– Historically Black colleges and universities produce nearly 20% of Black graduates in the country, but the institutions are also historically underfunded.
The land-grant colleges are not the only Black colleges that have been mistreated by state governments; each institution has many stories of unfair policies it has faced.
We first witnessed the blatant banning of books by Black authors — books that told our story, our history — a movement championed by DeSantis and his GOP allies in the Florida Legislature.
Why Antiwar Protests Haven’t Flared Up at Black Colleges Like Morehouse The White House appears anxious about President Biden’s coming speech at Morehouse College.