Donation by philanthropist MacKenzie Scott follows similar gifts to other Atlanta Black colleges — Eric Stirgus, AJC Clark Atlanta University, Georgia’s largest, private historically Black university, announced Tuesday it has received its single largest gift in its history, $15 million that will be used for student scholarships, infrastructure and technological improvements. The gift came […]
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He Paid Off Morehouse Grads’ Debt. Now Robert Smith Is Trying Income-Based Financing at HBCUs. | EdSurge
— Tony Wan, EdSurge In September 2019, Vista Equity Partners CEO Robert F. Smith followed through on his pledge, paying $34 million to settle the loan debt for the nearly 400 students who graduated that spring from Morehouse College. Morehouse President David A. Thomas praised it as a “liberation gift” for those graduates as they […]
View MoreBillionaire Robert F. Smith Launches New Initiative to Ease Student Debt at Historically Black Colleges | Time
BY Katie Reilly, Time Robert F. Smith—the billionaire who pledged during a commencement speech last year to pay off the student debt of the Morehouse College class of 2019—is launching a new initiative to help ease the burden of student loans at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The Student Freedom Initiative, a nonprofit, is aimed at addressing the disproportionate loan burden […]
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Students Rally in Maryland’s Capital to Resolve Longstanding HBCU Lawsuit | Black Press USA
Students and alumni from Maryland’s four historically black colleges rallied near the state Capitol building in a call for a resolution to a 13-year-old federal lawsuit over disparities in academic programs. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Individuals from Bowie State, Coppin, Morgan State, and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore arrived early and filled the streets chanting and […]
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Impact and not optics: How we can increase the number of African Americans in medicine | The St. Louis American
I am the lead author of a peer-reviewed manuscript that details how U.S. medical school diversity initiatives are leaving us behind. This is a summary of the article, which was published in Academic Medicine, and a call to action to improve our representation and the health of our communities. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] U.S. medical education diversity […]
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Nas Becomes ‘The Voice of Hennessy’ to Empower HBCU Students | Black Enterprise
Legendary hip-hop artist Nasir “Nas” Jones has teamed up with Hennessy and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) to uplift graduate students of color attending historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The Queens-born rapper can be heard narrating a video promoting the Hennessy Fellows Program, a $10 million graduate scholarship initiative launched earlier this year […]
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Is ‘Diversity’ Destroying The HBCUs? | Forbes
A new research brief from the Center for Minority Serving Institutions at Rutgers University asserts, “It can be argued that historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are experiencing a renaissance in terms of their enrollment of black students.” I found this startling, since for years HBCU enrollments have trended downward. Moreover, overall enrollments are in […]
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Rediscovering “The Hampton Album,” a Renowned Record of African-American History After the Civil War | Feature Shoot
Credited as the first female photojournalist in the United States, Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952) received a commission in 1899 to photograph the Hampton Institute, a private historically Black university located in Hampton, Virginia. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Founded in 1868, just four years after the Civil War, the Hampton Institute was dedicated to the education of African-American […]
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Too Many Black Students Aren’t Learning Their History in Schools | Education Post
By ShaRhonda Knott-Dawson, Education Post When I was in school, I was starved for information about who I really am. I ached to hear stories about people who look like me, or see the names of Black scholars in math or science, or even to talk about Africa, without talking about poverty and slavery. Today, […]
View MoreWhat the Right Doesn’t Understand About Black Colleges | The Atlantic
Historically African American institutions serve a vital purpose, and it’s not segregationist to urge black athletes to attend them.
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