Why the College Admissions Scandal Angers Black Folks
Black people take to social media to express outrage over the college admissions scandal and the continuing racial double standards so prevalent in America....
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BET Show, ‘The Quad,’ Will Train 8 HBCU Students in TV Production
"We consider it an honor to help prepare the next generation of content creators by providing them with a window into the production process," Felicia...
HBCU Faculty Earn a Lot Less Than Their Non-HBCU Peers
This isn't exactly news. According to the most recent issue of the NEA Higher Education Advocate, a quarterly publication of the National Education Association, in...
The Freshman Year You Don’t Have to Pay For
I came across what sounds like a genuinely exciting and unique opportunity: the chance to earn a full year of college credit absolutely free. And...
10 Campuses Selected as Sites for Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Centers
“But the overarching goal is to jettison a belief in a hierarchy of human value,” she continued. “And what we’ve seen across the country—and Charlottesville...
Confederate Monuments Removed from College Campuses Across the Country
He said Germans understood that their Nazi past was shameful, not a thing to be memorialized or romanticized. But in the U.S., we’ve never reckoned...
Bill Cosby Gets Honorary Degree Revoked By George Washington University
On Monday, Jan. 11, George Washington University joined the growing number of colleges to take back an honorary degree previously given to Bill Cosby....
Is It a Good School If the Students Don’t Graduate?
Staggering student loan debt, tightening budgets, and concerns over global competitiveness have been in the national spotlight long enough to provoke serious changes in America’s...
Arne Duncan: Accreditors to Receive Greater Scrutiny
Education Secretary Arne Duncan is preparing to unveil a package of proposals aimed at forcing colleges that receive federal money to improve graduation rates and...
Your Major Matters: How You Can Strengthen Employment Prospects
Black Enterprise's BE Next looks at the numbers in terms of which majors are in demand (based on percentage of recent graduates who are employed...