Some of the nation’s largest corporations are partnering with HBCUs to recruit new hires and increase awareness of potential career paths.
Topics: HBCUs
Tennessee commits $318M to its only public HBCU, but does that compensate for decades of underfunding?
After a report revealed that Tennessee withheld millions of dollars in funding from the state’s only public historically Black college, the state’s governor proposed giving the university $318 million. However, experts say that’s not enough.
Offering admission to students’ friends and family, an HBCU hopes to lift a whole community
Paul Quinn College is seeking to address intergenerational poverty with a new policy offering admission to friends and family of newly enrolled students.
‘Put the money to good use’: Revisiting MacKenzie Scott’s transformative unrestricted gifts to HBCUs
More than a year after MacKenzie Scott donated $560 million in unrestricted funds to 23 public and private historically Black colleges and universities, the gifts have added resilience to minority-serving institutions confronting existential threats.
Bomb threats unsettle dozens of HBCU campuses
Recent bomb threats at dozens of the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities have put campuses on edge and sparked concerns about the toll on students.
HBCU initiative aims to address widespread basic needs insecurity
Two-thirds of HBCU students surveyed in fall 2020 reported basic needs insecurity, according to a report released in tandem with a new initiative to help historically black institutions advocate for funding and deepen their support services.
HBCUs clear students’ unpaid balances to lighten debt burden
At least 11 HBCUs have announced decisions to clear some or all of their recent graduates’ outstanding tuition and fee balances.
Scott’s latest gifts buoy colleges educating chronically underserved communities
Author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott this month announced another $2.7 billion in gifts to historically underfunded organizations, including at least 31 colleges and universities.
HBCUs working to bring back students with some credits but no degree
Historically black colleges and universities across the nation are mobilizing in an effort to re-enroll the more than 5 million Black adults who have partially completed a college credential.
Biden calls for free community college, Pell increase in spending plan
President Joe Biden’s new $1.8 trillion spending plan features more than $300 billion in higher education investments intended to increase college affordability and close equity gaps.
Philanthropy spotlight: How Ruth Simmons is driving a ‘renaissance’ at Texas HBCU
Even before the recent influx of philanthropic gifts to historically Black colleges and universities, Prairie View A&M President Ruth Simmons was raising unprecedented and much-needed funds for the Texas-based HBCU.
New online program at Morehouse offers path to degree for Black men with some credits
Prioritizing flexibility and affordability, a new online undergraduate program from Morehouse College seeks to broaden higher education access for the millions of Black men who have some college credit but no degree.