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For Decades, Black Colleges Have Been Portrayed as Deficient. What Changed?
Advocates say the Black Lives Matter movement, proud and famous alumni, and a sustained public-relations campaign have resulted in an uptick in positive headlines, donations, and enrollment. But they wonder if it’s enough, and how long it will last. -
Unequal Support
Florida A&M Students Sue State, Accusing It of Decades of Underfunding
The suit, which is seeking class-action status, says Florida shortchanged the historically Black college by $1.3 billion over 33 years. -
Collaborating Colleges
Can $100 Million Help Student-Success Programs Work Together, Rather Than Compete?
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is investing in six nonprofit groups charged with creating networks of colleges to share their practices. -
Student Success
Transfer-Student Enrollment Tanked During the Pandemic. Historically Black Colleges Were the Exception.
HBCUs saw their incoming transfer numbers rise last year, especially among men. -
Race on Campus
What to Know About Affirmative Action Today
Here’s a primer on race-conscious admissions practice as two cases head to the U.S. Supreme Court. -
Race on Campus
Why the Campus Housing Shortage Is a Racial-Equity Issue
For HBCUs, whose students are at greater risk of housing insecurity and homelessness, the housing crunch follows decades of inequitable funding. -
All Talk, No Action
Despite Renewed Commitment to Diversity, Colleges Make Little Progress, Report Says
It will take another 300 years before colleges’ Black and Native American enrollments reflect America’s demographics. -
Race on Campus
Are Accreditors Unfair to HBCUs?
Some historically Black colleges have struggled to remain accredited or get that status back. Advocates say accreditation practices could be at least partially to blame. -
The College Choice
An Aspiring Doctor Dreamed of Spelman. But Could She Afford to Go?
This promising student had her heart set on one college. To get there, she would have to overcome two wealth gaps that play a large role in higher education. -
Fundraising
Giving to Community Colleges and HBCUs Soared Last Year
Philanthropists MacKenzie Scott and Michael Bloomberg were big players in the flow of cash to institutions that typically don’t raise a lot of money, according to an annual survey by the Voluntary Support of Education program at the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.