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February 23, 2011
Are HBCUs still relevant? It's the recurring question that has been seen in many op-ed pieces as of late...
February 23, 2011
VIDEO - NBC News affiliate WSFA interviewed Alabama State University students who felt embarrassed by the fight and the image...
February 21, 2011
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Barriers often include lack of funds, fear of racism, worries about delayed graduation, and few role models…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - President Obama set the goal for the U.S. to have the highest proportion of college graduates in…
December 26, 2010
SLIDESHOW - In light of the bad economy and attacks on Obama from all directions, the public has lost sight…
December 13, 2010
"I never thought I'd live to see this happen," says 88-year-old Charles Evers, a longtime Mississippi civil rights activist...
December 9, 2010
On Monday, The Commission released its annual briefing report on The Educational Effectiveness of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)...
November 26, 2010
OPINION - Philander Smith is a small historically black college in Little Rock, Arkansas, and was pretty known for being…
November 22, 2010
OPINION - The status quo is unacceptable, the comfortable need to be afflicted, and when it comes to the education…
November 14, 2010
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Blacks comprised about 12 percent of total enrollment in higher education in 2007 but were 21 percent…
November 4, 2010
SLIDESHOW - From the talented marching bands, campus step shows, to seeing your favorite music artists perform on 'the yard';…
October 28, 2010
OPINION - Today as in times past, HBCUs give the best and the brightest an education which can catapult them…
October 27, 2010
ATLANTA (AP) - The initiative is designed to increase the pipeline of HBCU students into the financial services industry...
October 25, 2010
ATLANTA (AP) - "The Call to True Beauty" is the historically black college's zero-tolerance attitude attitude toward the issue...
September 13, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - He's pushing for $850 million in federal spending on the educational institutions over 10 years...
August 25, 2010
OPINION - We believe federal investment in these kinds of programs could result in 18,000 additional college graduates a year…
July 15, 2010
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Savannah State's attorney, Joe Steffen, says the school has no record of scholarship offers to any…
July 6, 2010
Even though the number of black girls who play golf is increasing, a growing number of HBCUs are discontinuing women's…
June 17, 2010
For five days, 21 HBCU students will have the opportunity to visit South Africa where they will soak up the…
May 10, 2010
HAMPTON, Virginia (AP) - Obama told the nearly 1,100 graduates assembled in the university's sun-splashed Armstrong Stadium that they have…