The upward social mobility rate for students moving from the bottom two income quintiles to the top two is 10% higher at HBCUs than in non-minority serving institutions, according to the report.

Only two institutions have named a full-time successor since, leaving a considerable chunk of the Magnolia State's colleges and universities with vacant seats in executive leadership.

After being accepted, the setbacks started quickly and kept coming. Burns learned the advertised computer science degree wasn’t ready. “This was a cash grab. I feel like they saw an opportunity and they knew that they could leverage their name,” Burns said. Burns’ frustration is with Morehouse, but the school isn’t solely responsible for the […]

Stillman College is joining a growing group of colleges and universities that are abandoning the U.S. News Best College rankings. While more than 40 law schools and more than a dozen medical schools have stopped providing information to the organization, Stillman is the first Historically Black College or University making the move. Stillman President Dr. Cynthia Warrick […]