Morgan State University in Baltimore to Expand Its STEM Degree Offerings
The university announced plans to offer a bachelor's degree program in mechatronics engineering, a Ph.D. program in secure embedded systems and a dual 3+2 bachelor's degree program in engineering in conjunction with Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.
North Carolina A&T Enters Into a Partnership With Arch Mortgage Insurance Company
The partnership will create a scholarship program designed to provide financial support and real-world experience for high-achieving students. Arch Mortgage is headquartered in Greensboro, just about a mile away from the campus of North Carolina A&T State University.
Center for Women, Gender and Global Leadership Established at Howard University
The Center's academic focus will include producing innovative and theoretically grounded research and creating a data center on issues of women and gender in the United States and the global Black diaspora. J. Jarpa Dawuni, an associate professor of political science at the university, was named director of the new center.
Morris Brown College in Atlanta Will Soon Be Evaluated for Reaccreditation
Officers of the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools intend to visit the Morris Brown campus in January 2021 for their final evaluation before candidacy consideration in April 2021. Morris Brown College, founded in 1881, lost its accreditation in 2002.
Tuskegee University in Alabama Creates the Center for Rural Health and Economic Equity
Through this new center, Tuskegee University’s research faculty will be given support to provide ethical transdisciplinary approaches to numerous health disparities including cancer therapies, diabetes, and cervical cancer prevention, violence prevention, mental health, and nutrition deficiencies.
Tennessee State and Meharry Medical College Debut an Accelerated Degree Program
The new Dr. Levi Watkins Jr. Medical, Dental Accelerated Pathway Program will allow students to spend three years in the pre-med program at Tennessee State University before going on to study medicine or dentistry at Meharry. The result is total completion in seven years, instead of the customary eight years.
Claflin Univerity to Offer a 4+1 Dual Degree Program With the University of South...
The agreement will allow undergraduate students from Claflin University to earn a bachelor's degree at Claflin and a master of mass communications degree with a concentration in either strategic communications or multimedia journalism in the College of Information and Communications at the University of South Carolina.
Historically Black Norfolk State University Teams Up With Netflix for Technology Boot Camps
The Netflix Virtual HBCU Boot Camp will allow 130 Norfolk State students and alumni to take part in an intensive 16-week course covering in-demand technology skills. Students who are accepted are eligible to receive a Netflix scholarship that will cover the cost of attendance.
Virginia Union University in Richmond to Offer a New Master’s Degree Program in Biology
The master's degree in biology is a 39-credit hour program, offering both a thesis and non-thesis option. The thesis option requires an oral examination through a 3-member faculty committee. The non-thesis option requires advanced coursework in a specified sub-discipline.
Xavier University’s New African American and African Diasporic Cultures Studies Degree Program
The new program will allow the university's students to delve fully into the lived experiences of Black Americans and people of the African diaspora.
Two HBCUs Partner to Improve Medical Care for an Underserved Region of North Carolina
Fayetteville State University in North Carolina, and Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee, have entered into an agreement that will address the need for providing quality medical care and skilled health care professionals in the Fayetteville region.
Grambling State University Teams Up With Louisiana Tech to Boost Diversity in Accounting
The partnership will offer undergraduate accounting students at historically Black Grambling State University in Louisiana to take advantage of an accelerated path into the master of accountancy program at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston.
Morgan Stanley Pledges $12 Million for Scholarships at Three HBCUs
The program will provide full scholarships for HBCU students at Howard University in Washington, D.C., Morehouse College in Atlanta, and Spelman College in Atlanta. The program is designed to support the students' career skills and readiness to help set them on a life-long path to success.
Google to Train 20,000 HBCU Students to Enhance Their Digital Skills
The Thurgood Marshall College Fund is partnering with Google to launch the Grow with Google Career Readiness Program. The goal is to have 20 participating HBCUs by January and to have the program be available to all HBCUs by fall 2021.
New Program Seeks to Install New Field Turfs at Dozens of HBCUs
Willie Lanier, a former star of the National Football League's Kansas City Chiefs and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, has announced an initiative to install state-of-the-art playing surfaces at the football stadiums of nearly three-dozen historically Black colleges and universities.
Gates Foundation Teams Up With HBCUs to Fight COVID-19 Pandemic
The foundation’s three-year, $15 million investment supports up to 10 of the participating HBCUs with medical, veterinary, pharmacy, and agriculture schools to serve as diagnostic “testing hubs.”
Virginia Union University to Offer Master’s Degrees in Political Science and Hospitality Management
Virginia Union University, the historically Black educational institution in Richmond, has announced that it will be offering two new master's degree programs in the spring 2021 semester.
Grambling State University Partners With LSU Health Shreveport School of Medicine
The agreement represents the desire of both parties to increase the number of African American students from historically Black colleges and universities in Louisiana who apply to the LSU Health Shreveport School of Medicine.
Xavier University of Louisiana Expands Partnership With the U.S. Coast Guard
Historically Black Xavier University of Louisiana has announced an agreement with the U.S. Coast Guard will provide tuition assistance to Xavier students as well as research opportunities for faculty members at the university.
The Nation’s First Police Academy at a Historically Black College or University
The Missouri Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission has approved the establishment of a police academy at historically Black Lincoln University in Jefferson City.
Women’s Business Center Opens on the Campus of Alcorn State University
The center will offer one-on-one counseling, training, networking, workshops, technical assistance, and mentoring to women entrepreneurs on numerous business development topics, including business startup, financial management, and procurement.
State Department Expands Diversity Fellowship Program Administered by Howard University
The U.S. State Department has announced that the Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Fellowship and the Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship programs will be expanded for 2021. The diversity fellowships will be expanded by 50 percent and support 90 students each year.
Tuskegee University in Alabama Has Announced a 3+3 Bachelor’s/Juris Doctorate Program
The 3+3 program creates a pathway for Tuskegee University students to receive a bachelor’s degree from Tuskegee and a law degree from the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in Birmingham in only six years of study, rather than the traditional seven.
Spelman College in Atlanta Forms Partnership With Carrier Corporation
Carrier Corporation, a leading global provider of healthy, safe, and sustainable building and cold chain solutions, has made a five-year commitment with Spelman College that will create two programs to prepare Spelman students to enter the workforce.
Two HBCUs Report Enrollment Increases Despite the COVID-19 Pandemic
The main factor in the enrollment increase at Grambling State University in Louisiana is a 42 percent increase in the number of students in the first-year class. At Miles College in Alabama, the largest incoming class in five years has reversed a recent trend in declining enrollments.
Spelman College Joins the Atlanta Global Research and Education Collaborative
The initiative will help connect the region's international assets through an emphasis on supporting "global at home" projects that serve students, faculty, and community partners, and define the metropolitan area as a hub for global education and research.
South Carolina State University Launches Two New Graduate Programs in Education
South Carolina State University, the historically Black educational institution in Orangeburg, has announced the offering of two new graduate-level online programs in the field of education leadership. The university will offer an educational specialist degree program and a doctorate in educational administration.
Fisk University Partners With the American University of Antigua College of Medicine
Students from Fisk University will now be eligible for advanced admissions priority, an expedited application review, and grants/scholarships for those that attend the American University of Antigua for their medical education.
Virginia Union University to Offer Two New Bachelor’s Degree Programs This Spring
The historically Black university in Richmond will offer a bachelor's degree program in hospitality management and a bachelor's degree program in health science.
IBM Announces a $100 Million Commitment to HBCUs
The technology giant IBM has announced the establishment of the quantum education and research initiative for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU), aimed at driving a diverse and inclusive quantum workforce.
U.S. News and World Report Offers Its Picks for the Nation’s Best HBCUs
Spelman College in Atlanta was rated the best HBCU and Howard University in Washington, D.C., was ranked second. This was the same as a year ago. This was the 14th year in a row that Spelman College has topped the U.S. News rankings for HBCUs.
Some HBCUs Are Bucking the Trend in Higher Education Enrollment Declines
At a time when many colleges and universities are struggling to maintain enrollments at levels of the past several years, many historically Black colleges and universities are seeing increases in enrollments with some schools achieving all-time records.
Langston University Settles a 2003 Civil Rights Complaint
Oklahoma State University and the Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences have agreed to pay historically Black Langston University $15 million over 10 years as part of a new agreement.
Some Good News for Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida
E. LaBrent Chrite, president of Bethune-Cookman University, announced that the university had been removed from probation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges and that its accreditation remains in place.
North Carolina A&T State University Reports Its Fifth Consecutive Year of Record Enrollments
This fall there are 12,754 students enrolled at North Carolina A&T State University, continuing a growth trend that began in 2013, when it became the largest HBCU in the nation. It has held that status now for seven consecutive years.
A Major Booster Shot of Funds for HBCU Medical Schools
Michael Bloomberg, high-tech mogul, former mayor of New York City, and a Democratic candidate for president in 2020, has pledged to donate $100 million over the next four years to the nation's four historically Black medical schools.
