Dillard U. President: Why Did Dr. Dre Donate $35 Million to USC, and Not a...
Dr. Dre's generous $35 million gift to USC made headlines across the country. But in a recent editorial, Dillard University president Walter M. Kimbrough posed an interesting question:Why didn't Dr....
View ArticleHoward Univ. Deans Say Fiscal Mismanagement Has Put School Reputation and...
Howard University could be in very serious financial trouble. In a letter drafted by the school's academic deans, they warn that fiscal mismanagement is putting Howard's reputation and future in...
View ArticleDr. Valerie Montgomery Rice is 1st Female President of Morehouse School of...
Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice has been appointed the new President of Morehouse School of Medicine. Dr. Rice is the first African American woman to lead a free-standing medical school.
View ArticleSpike Lee Has a Script for a ‘School Daze” Sequel
According to Shadow and Act, Spike Lee has a script for the sequel to his classic 2nd full length film “School Daze.” The film would be set 25 years later. I had the script for [the sequel] to School...
View ArticleHampton U Business School Dean Doubles Down on Dreadlock and Cornrows Ban
Although the outrage over a Hampton University business school program's no-dreadlock-or-cornrows policy continues, the school has once again doubled down: "These students choose to be in this program...
View ArticleScholarship Alert: Tom Joyner launches scholarship for art students
The Tom Joyner Foundation has announced that it will offer a scholarship for Arts majors at Historically Black Collegiate Universities. From Tom Joyner Foundation: The TJF Fine Arts Scholarships...
View ArticleUnited Negro College fund accepts $25 million from Koch brothers
Billionaire libertarians the Koch brothers made headlines late last Friday when it was announced that they had donated $25 million to the United Negro College Fund (UNCF). UNCF will use the money to...
View ArticleBetsy DeVos May Not Even Know Why HBCUs Were Started
HBCUs were started because there wasn’t anywhere else for Black students to enroll due to segregation and racism. This is a commonly known fact among the general public. Unfortunately, the new...
View ArticleI Will Tell If You Don’t: HBCUs, Gender, and Sexual Violence
By Tayler J. Mathews Illustration by Jaid Mathews “We pledge ourselves to continue to speak out in defense of one another, in defense of the African American community and against those who are...
View ArticleSuper Soaker creator Lonnie Johnson helps teens pursue their STEM dreams
When people who earn transformative success reach out to ensure other people have meaningful opportunities, commendation is due. That is exactly what Lonnie Johnson, a Black inventor and engineer, is...
View Article‘Tell Them We Are Rising’ documentary centering nation’s HBCUs to air in...
Freedom work involving Black people in America, particularly when married to education as a liberation tool, necessitates studying historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). With this...
View ArticleCongressional empathy for post-Katrina communities? Budget deal provides loan...
People who do their best to survive and thrive within a government should not shoulder substantial burdens from natural disasters without governmental help. In an unexpected pivot to the positive, the...
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