#hbcus

[ follow ]
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
1 day ago

Drop in Pell Funds Hurts Black Students, Southern Colleges

Federal funding for Pell Grants, and the number of awards given, plummeted between fiscal years 2011-12 and 2021-22. Black student enrollment in public colleges and universities plunged by nearly a half million students over that same period. A new report, produced by the University of Alabama's Education Policy Center for the Southern Education Foundation, suggests the declines in financial aid and Black students attending college are linked.
Higher education
#philanthropy
fromFortune
1 week ago
Fundraising

Home Depot founder Arthur Blank donates $50 million to Atlanta's historically Black colleges and universities via foundation | Fortune

fromFortune
1 week ago
Fundraising

Billionaire MacKenzie Scott doubles down on DEI with $42 million donation | Fortune

fromFortune
1 week ago
Fundraising

Home Depot founder Arthur Blank donates $50 million to Atlanta's historically Black colleges and universities via foundation | Fortune

fromFortune
1 week ago
Fundraising

Billionaire MacKenzie Scott doubles down on DEI with $42 million donation | Fortune

fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

He wasn't this national hero': US college students voice concern over Charlie Kirk's idolization

He wasn't this national hero or politician, Alana, who is using an alias, said. He was just a white man with a loud opinion. The sentiment on the historically Black university's campus, she said, is that Kirk's rhetoric about marginalized communities was hateful and that they are being unfairly blamed for his death. In the days and weeks following Kirk's death, several HBCUs and Black students have been targeted with racist threats.
US politics
#mackenzie-scott
fromFortune
4 weeks ago
Fundraising

MacKenzie Scott is making another huge donation with no strings attached-this time it's $70 million to historically Black colleges and universities | Fortune

fromFortune
4 weeks ago
Fundraising

MacKenzie Scott is making another huge donation with no strings attached-this time it's $70 million to historically Black colleges and universities | Fortune

fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
3 weeks ago

New Report Finds Low Share of R&D Funds Goes to HBCUs

A new report from the Center for American Progress and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund shows that historically Black colleges and universities receive a disproportionately low percentage of federal research and development funding. While HBCUs make up roughly 3 percent of all four-year higher ed institutions, they've received less than 3 percent of R&D funding since at least 2010, according to the report. In recent years, between 2018 and 2023, they were awarded less than 1 percent of R&D expenditures.
Higher education
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
4 weeks ago

Trump Tracking Admissions "Appears" to Target Diversity

Interestingly, given this is an administration that has said they don't want race to be a factor in decision-making, they want to count up all the admissions decisions and disaggregate by race to see how that is all working out,
Higher education
fromNew York Amsterdam News
1 month ago

PHOTOS: Community comes out for African American Day Parade

Thousands of revelers gathered in Harlem on Sunday for the 56th Annual African American Day Parade (AADP). The parade route stretched along Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard from 111th Street to 137th Street, featuring marching bands, community organizations, performance groups, floats, fraternities and sororities, civil servants, celebrities, and public leaders. The event was live-streamed by WABC 7. This year's theme-"Education is Our #1 Priority"-highlighted the importance of civic engagement.
New York City
US politics
fromTheGrio
1 month ago

Trump cuts millions in grants for predominantly Black institutions, diverts funds to HBCUs

The Trump administration cut $350 million from Minority-Serving Institutions to redirect funds to HBCUs and banned federally supported DEI programs.
fromAxios
1 month ago

Historically Black colleges see funding boost despite Trump's war on DEI

Driving the news: The Education Department announced Monday it would direct nearly $500 million to HBCUs and tribal colleges and universities. The one-time investment is a nearly 50% increase in funding for HBCUs while it more than doubles the amount tribal colleges received. Several HBCUs did not respond to Axios' requests for comment. Flashback: Trump has positioned himself as a champion for HBCUs. In his first term, he signed a bipartisan law that secured more than $250 million each year to HBCUs and minority-serving institutions,
Education
fromAxios
1 month ago

"Terroristic threats" disrupt life at Black schools across the U.S.

Driving the news: At least seven HBCUs went on lockdown on Thursday, including Alabama State University, Virginia State University, Hampton University, Spelman College, Southern University and A&M College, Clark Atlanta University, Bethune-Cookman. Some of the schools, including Spelman, Southern, Clark Atlanta and VSU have since lifted their shelter-in-place orders after no threats were found. It is not immediately clear if the threats are connected or racially motivated.
US news
US politics
fromAdvocate.com
1 month ago

String of bomb threats force evacuations at HBCUs & DNC HQ after Charlie Kirk shooting

DNC headquarters and multiple HBCUs were evacuated or placed on lockdown after receiving threats following the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk at a Utah campus.
Miscellaneous
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Multiple Historically Black Colleges on Lockdown After Receiving Threats

Three HBCUs received threats leading to two lockdowns, one campus-wide cancellation and evacuations, and enhanced security across affected campuses.
fromAxios
1 month ago

Exclusive: Robert Kraft's org holding Black, Jewish student "unity" dinners in 14 cities

Driving the news: The Foundation to Combat Antisemitism (FCAS) tells Axios that the unity dinners will begin mid-September in New Orleans, bringing students together from Tulane, Xavier, Dillard and Loyola universities. Dinners will then continue in Baltimore, Washington D.C., Atlanta, Philadelphia and Houston as part of a 14-city tour. The effort will invite students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) as well as from schools like Rice, Temple and the University of Houston.
Social justice
fromESPN.com
5 months ago

Lions uphold Day 3 draft tradition, honor GM Brad Holmes with matching North Carolina A&T jerseys

Plenty of players have been standouts at HBCUs that have made differences in the league, but it is good that now at least I've created a branch from a front office standpoint in the NFL coming from an HBCU.
Atlanta Falcons
[ Load more ]