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.

Colleges built by and for Black students have been around prior to the Civil War, offering degrees to Black students who were excluded from attending primarily white colleges due to discrimination. As ...

Historically Black colleges and universities in the U.S. have been underfunded for decades. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to journalist Adam Harris about the underlying reasons behind the inequality.

Black students were not allowed to enroll at most colleges across the country. Yara Allen leads the group in song during the "Stop the Attack on HBCUs" news conference at the Tennessee Capitol on ...

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR)– Historically Black colleges and universities produce nearly 20% of Black graduates in the country, but the institutions are also historically underfunded. At the 2024 ...

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.

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.

Fewer Black men are enrolling in HBCUs. Here's why and what's being done The absolute number of Black men enrolled at Historically Black Colleges and Universities is the lowest it's been since 1976.

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.

Only 19 percent of students at Howard University are Black men, whose enrollment levels at four-year colleges have plummeted across the board.

How Black colleges and universities have been underfunded by billions for decades Tennessee State University has been hit the worst, having been underfunded by $2.1 billion over 30 years.

We must protect our historically Black universities and colleges, including FAMU | Opinion By Bea L. Hines. May 15, 2025 11:54 AM.