Historically Black colleges and universities are balancing their own financial challenges with a desire to reduce students’ debt burden—and creating a range of programs to help.
Topics: Black students
Associate’s degrees, certificates may be more valuable than you think, says Georgetown study
Certificate and associate’s degree programs now enroll about half of all college students—and some fields of study produce surprisingly high earnings, according to Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce.
How one college is working to diversify its team rosters
At a time when many colleges are working to diversify their athletics rosters, Amherst College says its initiative to recruit student-athletes of color can and should be replicated at institutions across the country.
‘At-risk’ students: Could changing the label change the narrative?
California has amended its state Penal and Education Code to replace the term “at-risk youth” with “at-promise youth.” Advocates hope the small change will help shift how educators think about students and their strengths.
Georgetown study on ‘good jobs’ calls for expanding educational opportunity
Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce finds that white Americans hold a disproportionate amount of “good jobs” compared to Black and Latinx Americans at the same levels of educational attainment.
Are HBCUs facing a ‘sink-or-swim moment’?
Student debt, federal budget cuts, and rising costs are straining all of higher education, but they are “killing HBCUs,” warns Delece Smith-Barrow, asserting that the federal government must intervene to prevent HBCUs’ extinction.
Billionaire expands Morehouse student debt relief plan to include parents
Robert F. Smith not only fulfilled his promise to pay off the student debt of the entire Morehouse College graduating class of 2019 but also expanded it to include loans taken out by parents. Now, the college is welcoming other donors to help do the same.
The shifting demographics on HBCU campuses
A growing number of the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities are making a push to attract more non-African American students in hopes of boosting enrollment and ensuring sustainability.
The hidden toll of ‘code-switching’ on college campuses
Black students who feel that they must alter their speech patterns on college campuses to gain acceptance and achieve success often shoulder stress that can compromise their well-being and academic performance.
Virginia HBCU offering free semester to students displaced by Hurricane Dorian
Hampton University and the University of the Bahamas are hundreds of miles apart, but they share a connection.
Focused on equity, Steph Curry funds Howard University golf team
NBA star Stephen Curry hopes that bringing golf—a sport that is both predominantly white and the backdrop for many a business deal—to the historically Black university will have benefits that go “way beyond the game of golf and way beyond Howard.”
Kamala Harris’s STEM-focused plan sparks debate about what HBCUs really need
Sen. Kamala Harris recently proposed a $60 billion plan for strengthening STEM programs at historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions, but some HBCU leaders are questioning the narrow focus.