Oregon Offers Free Community College for Eligible Residents
Oregon passes a bill that offers free community college--the first two years--to high school graduates within six months of graduation.
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Trayvon Martin’s Brother Celebrates Graduating From College
The tragic events that have been rooted in judgment and ignorance have claimed the lives of numerous unarmed men and women of color in the past few years. Fortunately, through...
Spelman College Suspends Cosby Endowed Professorship Indefinitely
Spelman College suspends the Cosby Chair for Humanities program indefinitely amid sexual assault allegations
Thurgood Marshall College Fund Partners with University of Phoenix
Thurgood Marshall College Fund partners with the University of Phoenix to provide access to more online courses at HBCUs.
The HBCU Debate: Are Black Colleges & Universities Still Needed?
Critics have called them a race-based anachronism. Others have said worse: They’re inferior, they’re in need of a new mission, or should be managed by for-profit entities. Yet, the data show that historically black colleges and universities contribute significantly to the black middle class and the nation’s economy, and with fewer resources graduate impressive numbers of majors in education and in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Although most have a majority black student body, the faculty at many HBCUs is strikingly diverse, sometimes more than 50% nonblack. Moreover, these institutions have never discriminated on the basis of race. But, in an age of increasing racial and ethnic diversity in the U.S., do we still need HBCUs?