Education

Valerie Sheares Ashby is set to make history as the next president of the University of Maryland-Baltimore County (UMBC). 
/ April 6, 2022
TheGrio explores how Florida's law banning classroom discussions on sexual orientation and gender identity will affect LGBTQ+ youth.
/ April 6, 2022
The Sirtify program at Normandale Community College is looking to close the achievement gap between Black and white students.
/ April 6, 2022
Most Rev. Robert J. McManus, bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, says the flags symbolize messages that don’t align with Catholic teaching.
/ April 6, 2022
Yvette Moyo founded MOBE in 1992 to connect Black entrepreneurs in marketing, business and entertainment, providing support and guidance.
/ April 6, 2022
Student loan forgiveness
The Biden administration plans to freeze federal student loan payments through Aug. 31, extending the moratorium.
/ April 5, 2022
The unnamed Whitney Young Magnet High School teacher taught history and reportedly had numerous complaints against him.
/ April 4, 2022
Joe Biden is naming actor Taraji P. Henson and the NBA’s Chris Paul to a presidential advisory board on HBCUs.
/ April 1, 2022
Several tenured faculty members at Florida Memorial University are threatening to take legal action against the private school.
/ March 31, 2022
A Philadelphia school named for a slavery-supporting president has gotten a new moniker after the Coppin State University namesake.
/ March 31, 2022
Clark Atlanta
EON Reality has awarded the Atlanta-based Black college one of the largest private grants in the university's history.
/ March 30, 2022
School officials sought to distance students from a genre with African American origins with the 1922 policy.
/ March 27, 2022