Florida A&M University Enters Partnreship With a College of Applied Sciences in Ghana
Historically Black Florida A&M University in Tallahassee has entered into a partnership with the Regentropfen College of Applied Sciences in Ghana. Six students from Ghana will study agriculture, computer science, and education at Florida A&M University for the 2020-21 academic year.
Miles College in Fairfield, Alabama, to Offer Two New Bachelor’s Degree Programs
The new bachelor's degree program in business administration is geared toward working professionals. The new bachelor's degree in psychology will provide practical, hands-on training to students who will have the opportunity to apply theory to practice and prepare them for mental health professions.
Six HBCUs Receive Major Donations From Wife of Amazon Founder
MacKenzie Scott donated $40 million to Howard University and $30 million to Hampton University. Tuskegee University, Xavier University in New Orleans, and Morehouse College each received $20 million. Spelman College, the United Negro College Fund, and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund also received donations.
Grambling State University Enters Partnership to Provide Four New Certificate Programs
Historically Black Grambling State University in Louisiana has entered into a partnership to offer four new certificate programs: Gold Certified Personal Trainer Certification; Fitness Management Certification; Lifestyle Wellness Coaching Certification; and Senior Fitness Specialist Certification.
New Scholarship Program to Benefit Students at HBCUs Studying Finance
The American College of Financial Services has committed to awarding at least 25 scholarships to African Americans with 15 dedicated to students from historically Black colleges and universities. The goal of the program is to increase the racial diversity of the financial services workforce.
Morgan State University Will Be Part of the African Ancestry Neuroscience Research Initiative
The African Ancestry Neuroscience Research Initiative aims to establish a road map to help close the gap in health disparities and ensure that genomic research and neuroscience studies are representative of individuals across all populations, including those with African ancestry.
Hampton University Goes to Court to Try and Save Its Pharmacy Doctoral Program
The university's lawsuit claims that the decision to revoke the accreditation of the pharmacy doctoral program resulted from a process that “can only be described as a bizarrely contradictory and Kafkaesque bureaucratic process rife with bias and revenge.”
Grambling State University Creates New Center to Study Race and Sports
The Doug Williams Center for the Study of Race and Politics in Sport at Grambling State University in Louisiana will serve as an academic hub for understanding how the intersection of professional sports, politics, and race can be used to progress social justice among other key objectives.
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff to Offer New Master’s Degree Program in Educational...
The new master's degree program is designed for teachers who seek a career in educational administration. Prospective students may enter the master's degree program upon completion of teacher certification requirements and three years of teaching or relevant experience.
Texas Southern University Report Examines Racial Injustice in the Pandemic Era
The Center for Justice Research at Texas Southern University in Houston and the Black Public Defender Association recently released a report detailing why public health responses and strategies to address COVID-19 must be centered around race and the criminal legal system.
Legislation Seeks to Enhance the Reach of Historically Black Medical Schools
The legislation would encourage recruiting, enrolling, and retaining Black students in medical schools and help fund programs for schools that mostly serve students from marginalized backgrounds, including the nation's four historically Black medical schools.
Morehouse College to Lead the HBCU Undergraduate Success Research Center
The new center will study impactful STEM initiatives at 50 HBCUs, and produce data and a set of best practices that can be duplicated on a national scale to help mainstream state institutions and other liberal arts colleges graduate more minority STEM majors.
Claflin University Receives Approval to Launch a Master’s Degree Program in Nursing
When the new program begins in the fall of 2021, Claflin will be the only historically Black college or university in the state of South Carolina to offer a bachelor's and master's degree in nursing. All classes will be offered online except for on-site clinical training that will be required each semester.
Elizabeth City State University Shows Significant Enrollment Increases
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many colleges and universities are struggling to maintain enrollments at levels that existed a year or two ago. But Elizabeth City State University, a historically Black educational institution in North Carolina is bucking the trend.
New Academic Partnership Aims to Increase Diversity in the Field of Veterinary Medicine
Historically Black Tennessee State University has partnered with the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine to help agriculture students at Tennessee State transition to veterinary school once they complete their bachelor's degrees.
Virginia State University Offering a New Course on HBCU History
Virginia State University is now offering what could be the nation’s first higher education course in the history of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities. This is the first semester that the course is being offered. It quickly filled to capacity.
Enrollments at Florida A&M University Not as Low as Had Been Predicted
There are nearly 9,000 students enrolled this fall, a decrease of only 6.7 percent from a year ago. The drop is largely the result of a decrease in the number of first-year students on campus. This fall, 1,036 freshmen are enrolled, compared to 1,362 a year ago.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
