Grambling State University Launches First Undergraduate Cybersecurity Degree in Louisiana
Historically Black Grambling State University in Louisiana has received approval from the University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors to offer a bachelor of science degree in cybersecurity. When the new program begins in the fall of 2019 it will be the first bachelor's degree in the field in the state of Louisiana.
Langston University to Offer Nursing Degree Program at Campus in Ardmore, Oklahoma
The University Center of Southern Oklahoma in Ardmore will offer a bachelor's program for nursing students through historically Black Langston University. Classes for the new program will start in spring 2019. Langston University hopes to offer additional degree programs at the Ardmore campus in the future.
Fisk University Forms Partnership to Improve Sustainability Efforts on Campus
For the first phase of the program, the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation gave the university 47 recycling bins, helped the institution secure a grant to start a composting program, and partnered the university with local environmental groups to educate the community about sustainability.
Morgan State University and Newspaper Firm Forming New Polling Enterprise
Historically Black Morgan State University in Baltimore and AFRO-American Newspapers have announced a new collaborative effort to conduct a series of polls that will gauge the opinions of African Americans across the state of Maryland. Eventually, the partners plan to take their research nationwide.
Meharry Medical Colleges Launches New Data Science Institute
The institute will allow health care practitioners, researchers, and students to mine more than 3.5 million medical and dental records to gain new insights into various trends that impact the health of underserved populations.
Cheyney University Remains Hopeful Despite Severe Drop in Enrollment
According to the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, Cheyney's total enrollment dropped to 469 students this fall compared to 755 last spring. This represents a decline of 38 percent.
Fisk University Launches New Degree Program In Data Science
Historically Black Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, has announced the establishment of a new degree program in data science. According to the university, the new degree will be one of only few such programs in the state of Tennessee.
North Carolina Central University to Offer New Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees Next Year
Historically Black North Carolina Central University will offer a new bachelor's degree in biomedical sciences and a new master's degree in higher education administration starting in the 2019-2020 academic year. The master's degree program will be completely online.
Georgia Tech Partners With the Morehouse School of Medicine to Offer Dual MD/MBA Degree
Students will complete three years as medical students at Morehouse followed by a one-year, three-semester MBA program at Georgia Tech's Scheller College of Business. The final year, they will return to Morehouse to complete their fourth year of medical school.
Elizabeth City State University’s New Prevention, Awareness, and Cultural Education Center
Elizabeth City State University has launched a new center focused on diversity and inclusion on campus called the P.A.C.E. (Prevention, Awareness, and Cultural Education) Center. The new center is an expanded version of the university's Women's Center.
New Scholarship Honoring Frederick Douglass Will Aid a Senior at a HBCU
The Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Scholarship Program will award a $10,000 scholarship to one exceptional HBCU senior per year who has demonstrated high academic achievement, strong leadership skills, commitment to their community, and has unmet financial need.
Vanderbilt and Tennessee State Partner to Increase Diversity in the Geosciences
Vanderbilt University and historically Black Tennessee State University, both in Nashville, have partnered together to increase the number of students from underrepresented groups studying in the geosciences. The new partnership is called Earth Horizons.
HBCUs Team Up With the Solar Energy Industries Association to Boost Diversity in Clean...
The Historically Black Colleges and Universities Community Development Action Coalition and the Solar Energy Industries Association have agreed to start a new initiative to increase recruitment of African-Americans to the solar energy industry.
Alabama State University’s New Partnership With the U.S. Veterans Affairs Acquisition Academy
The partnership will provide the university with access to the United States Defense Acquisition University curriculum which they will use to offer a new course on acquisition and contracting to its undergraduate students by spring 2019 and a certificate program in acquisition, contracting, and logistics by fall 2020.
Enrollment Surges at a Number of Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Historically Black colleges and universities all over the nation are seeing increases in enrollments. Here are some examples.
Google Partners with Seven HBCUs for Tech Exchange Program
Google has expanded its effort to boost diversity in Silicon Valley. A new program will provide students from seven historically Black colleges and universities with the opportunity to study computer science at the company's headquarters in California.
Howard University Cancer Center Expands Access to Clinical Cancer Trials for African Americans
Clinical trials provide patients with access to leading physicians, breakthrough medicines, advanced technologies, and groundbreaking treatments before they are widely available to the public. Historically, African Americans have been largely underrepresented in clinical trial research.
Hurricane Florence Wreaks Havoc on North and South Carolina HBCUs
The historically Black colleges and universities of North Carolina and South Carolina were among the many institutions affected by Hurricane Florence this past week.
Fayetteville State University Offers Affordable Online Bachelor’s Degrees for Community College Grads
Historically Black Fayetteville State University has signed an agreement with Guilford Technical Community College in Jamestown, North Carolina, that will allow GTCC graduates to complete an online bachelor's degree through Fayetteville State University for no more than $10,000.
Charles R. Drew University of Medical Science Teams Up With Medical School in...
A new agreement between historically Black, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in Los Angeles and the Ross University School of Medicine in Portsmouth, Dominica, has established joint education programs that aim to increase the number of physicians in underserved areas in the United States.
U.S. News Issues New Rankings of the Nation’s Best HBCUs
The top five HBCUs remained the same as last year's ranking; Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia was first. This was the 12th year in a row that Spelman College has topped the U.S. News rankings for HBCUs. Spelman College and Howard University also climbed in the overall rankings.
Xavier University Announces the Creation of the Center for Equity, Justice, and the Human...
The new center will be an intellectual and physical convening place for research, teaching, community engagement, and debate on issues related to race-based inequities, social identity production, and power relations.
Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina Receives Donation of Religious Books
Shaw University has received a donation of 500 books from the late Reverend Milton P. Snyder's personal library. The gift will enhance the university's collection of diverse religious publications.
Bethune-Cookman Faculty Want Action to Solve the University’s Problems
A group of 30 faculty members at Bethune Cookman University, a historically Black educational institution in Daytona Beach, Florida, recently sent a letter to university president Hubert Grimes. The faculty wrote that they were being “blatantly disregarded” and wanted solutions to the colleges growing list of problems.
Howard University Launches Campaign on Sexual Assault Prevention
Campaign activities will educate students and faculty on how to look for and prevent interpersonal violence.
Spelman College Receives a Donation of 14,000 Books From Harvard’s Skip Gates
Spelman College, the historically Black educational institution for women in Atlanta, Georgia, has received a donation of 13 pallets of books from Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s personal library. According to the college, the Gates' donation is the single largest book donation ever received by an HBCU.
Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina, Eliminates Seven Majors
Benedict College, a historically Black educational institution in Columbia, South Carolina, will be eliminating seven majors this school year. The majors that will be cut are history, religion and philosophy, sociology, political science, transportation and logistics engineering, mathematics, and economics.
NBA Legend Isiah Thomas Seeks to Increase Celebrities’ Support of HBCUs
According to a statement released by Florida Memorial University, the new program is “intended to inspire successful athletes, entertainers and other influential partners to re-commit, embrace and support historically Black colleges and universities.”
Johnson C. Smith University Develops a New Minor Degree Program in Data Science
Five new courses will be developed and one existing course will be improved. These classes will teach students about data analysis, ethical problem-solving, and computational thinking.
What Are the Most Affordable Historically Black Colleges and Universities?
Annual tuition and fees at one of the more expensive HBCUs - Spelman College - are $28,181. Yet, this is still below the national average for a four-year private college, which stands at $32,410.
Philander Smith College Continues to Boost Enrollments
This year’s enrollment at Philander Smith is projected to be over 1,000 students. This is almost double what the enrollment was in 2014. The United Negro College Fund states that the college is growing twice as fast as any other UNCF member school.
New Academic Offerings at Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina
Winston-Salem State University is offering a new minor degree program in public health within the School of Health Sciences and a new minor degree program in urban studies and sustainability.
Howard University Makes Great Strides in Gender Diversity in Engineering
At the College of Engineering and Architecture at Howard University, 43 percent of students who earned engineering degrees in 2016 were women. This is more than double the national average. The percentage of women assistant professors in the college increased from 9 percent in 2015 to 39 percent today.
Ford Teams Up With Spelman College to Boost Graduation Rates of First-Generation Students
Ford First Gen will enhance Spelman’s student success efforts by pairing a cohort of 50 first-generation, first-year students with 10 rising juniors – also first-generation students – who will serve as peer mentors. Mentors will spend at least 10 hours per week with each of their assigned mentees.
State Leaders in Mississippi See No Need to Close or Merge Public HBCUs
Alfred Rankins Jr., the first African American to lead the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Education, has gone on record as opposing any mergers of the state's historically Black universities into predominately White institutions.
Kevin Hart to Support the College Education of 18 KIPP Students at HBCUs
Comedian Kevin Hart has established a new $600,000 scholarship fund in conjunction with the United Negro College Fund that will support the college education of 18 students from Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) schools who will be attending historically Black colleges and universities.
