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Is the Trump Administration Really “Bigger and Better” for HBCUs?

When President Donald J. Trump addressed the 2019 HBCU Conference in Washington D.C. last week, he told the crowd of historically Black college and university leaders that his administration’s commitment to HBCUs is “bigger and better and stronger than any previous administration, by far.”

September 18, 2019

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Black Students to Princeton Seminary: Pay Reparations from $1B Endowment

It makes sense that African-American students at Princeton Theological Seminary have issued reparatory requests based on research tying much of the school’s current wealth to slavery, and it’s equally fitting that the school live up to its religious precepts in its response, according to some scholars.

April 25, 2019

African-American

New Book Challenges Bad Stats

If you’re in the habit of spewing negative statistics about the education of Black students in the United States, expect to draw the ire of Dr. Ivory A. Toldson.

March 15, 2019

Disabilties

Panel Dissects Role of Suspensions in School-To-Prison Pipeline

Statistics abounded Wednesday evening during a panel discussion titled “School to Prison Pipeline: Decriminalizing Public Education” co-sponsored by New America, the National Black Child Development Institute and the Greater Washington Urban League,

May 17, 2018

Faculty & Staff

Black Doctoral Network a ‘One-stop Shop’ for Universities

Experts say the Black Doctoral Network is the answer for colleges and universities that constantly claim they “can’t find Black faculty.”

November 28, 2016

African-American

HBCU Leadership: Black Colleges Still Matter

HBCU leaders, alumni and supporters gathered in Philadelphia last week for a town hall to discuss the way ahead for historically Black colleges.

November 8, 2015

African-American

Tough Road Ahead for HBCU Initiative Boss Toldson

Dr. Ivory Toldson, who was officially named executive director of the White House Initiative on HBCUs last week, said his “first priority will be to continue existing, and devise new, strategies to sustain and expand federal support to HBCUs.”

September 27, 2015

African-American

ED Data Verify Damage Done to HBCUs

The Department of Education recently acknowledged that the controversial 2011 changes to Parent Plus Loan qualification standards did, in fact, adversely affect historically Black colleges and universities.

April 23, 2015