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Are HBCUs on 'brink of disaster?'

Matt Zalaznick | October 27, 2019

Historically black colleges and universities graduate an outsize number of black students in the states where they are located. Some schools are struggling financially, but others are seeing record enrollment.

How colleges partner with K-12 on student success

Matt Zalaznick | October 16, 2019

Higher education and K-12 continue to collaborate in new ways to share resources and give graduating high school students a boost as they transition into college.

Which colleges provide the greatest upward mobility?

Matt Zalaznick | October 07, 2019

Students at minority-serving institutions experience greater upward mobility than do students at other colleges and universities, according to recent research.

How HBCUs impact their home states

Matt Zalaznick | July 08, 2019

The United Negro College Fund’s new report, “HBCUs Punching Above Their Weight,” examined the access HBCUs provide in the states in which they are located. Among the findings: Florida’s HBCUs: Comprise 4% of four-year institutions Enroll 9% of black undergraduates Produce 18% of black graduates Delaware’s sole HBCU: Comprises 20% of four-year institutions Enrolls 40% […]

HBCUs remain crucial to access in higher ed

Matt Zalaznick | July 07, 2019

Historically black colleges and universities remain as relevant as ever in giving African Americans access to higher education, says a new United Negro College Fund report.

From higher ed neighbor to Bennett College benefactor

UB Custom Publishing | February 06, 2019

How a challenge gift from High Point University helped in the campaign to save a college.

Economic stimulus

Web Editor | July 31, 2018

Institutions with the highest mobility rates for low-income students: HBCUs: Alcorn State University (Miss.), Southern University and A&M College (La.), Lincoln University (Pa.), Dillard University (La.) and Alabama State University Link to main story: Minority-serving higher ed institutions take lead on upward mobility Predominantly black institutions: CUNY New York Technical College, CUNY York College, CUNY Medgar Evers College, Bloomfield College (N.J.) and West Alabama University Hispanic-serving […]

Higher ed president gets down to business

Matt Zalaznick | July 05, 2018

NASHVILLE, Tennessee—When Glenda Baskin Glover applied to college, her decision wasn't whether to enroll in a historically black university, she says, but which one she chose to attend. "There were schools I couldn't get into because of the racial climate of the day," says Glover, who graduated from Tennessee State University in 1974 and became […]

Post-protest: Colleges overlook HS activism

JD Solomon | March 28, 2018

The tragic shootings at Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February triggered a massive reaction by U.S. high school students, capturing the attention of the public and the media in ways students never had before. From rallies and marches to nationwide school walkouts and sit-ins outside congressional offices, many young people are pleading for […]

Rankled by college rankings

Matt Zalaznick | May 01, 2016

Almost everybody ranks colleges these days—old stalwarts like U.S. News & World Report, influential upstarts like Washington Monthly and click-baiting websites that measure everything from campus sustainability to most attractive students to coolest mascots. William Destler, president of Rochester Institute of Technology in New York, even found his university named one of the "geekiest" in […]

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