Mar 3, 2025 | Higer Education
After facing backlash throughout Washington and beyond for its abrupt suspension last week, the Trump administration officially reopened applications for a federal scholarship that funds students studying agriculture fields at historically Black colleges and...
Feb 24, 2025 | Higer Education
Starting Jan. 1, California has taken a historic step to support Black students in higher education with the enactment of SB 1348, a groundbreaking law creating the nation’s first official Black – Serving Institution (BSI) designation. Authored by former Calif.,...
Feb 17, 2025 | Higer Education
Americans can enroll in these courses at HillmanTok University, a virtual “college” that launched on TikTok in late January. The college is designed to bring the experience of an attending an HBCU, or historically Black college or university, to online...
Feb 17, 2025 | Higer Education, History
Lloyd Gaines, a valedictorian and aspiring lawyer, made history in the 1930s when he challenged the University of Missouri School of Law’s rejection due to segregation laws, leading to a landmark Supreme Court case. Gaines, who attended Lincoln University, applied to...
Feb 10, 2025 | Higer Education, Leadership, Women
As a Black woman, I am always looking for ways to network and elevate myself. And as someone who is now navigating post-grad life, I have come to realize how important it is for you to start to do this while still in college — the earlier, the better. Finding ways to...
Feb 10, 2025 | Higer Education
Black educators are sounding the alarm as President Trump ramps up talk of eliminating the Department of Education. Trump, who has long called for the Education Department to be shut down, said in the Oval Office on Tuesday that he hopes Linda...
