May 13, 2024 | Higher Education
Graduating students at historically Black colleges and universities across the country are receiving well wishes via a video greeting from a prominent fellow alumna: Vice President Kamala Harris. “As a proud HBCU graduate, I know firsthand the value of...
May 13, 2024 | Books, Education, Higher Education, Men
Dr. Darrius Stanley, author of the book “#Black Educators Matter”, says that Black educators have historically provided much more than academic instruction in the classroom. He says that, most importantly, they offer a vision for the future. Stanley is the assistant...
Apr 15, 2024 | Economic Mobility, Higher Education
President Joe Biden has announced a new student loan forgiveness plan that will provide “significant relief” for Black and Latino borrowers, according to the White House. On Monday (April 8), the Biden administration unveiled his “Plan B” for debt...
Mar 18, 2024 | Higher Education
The first time I stepped foot into a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) library was at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee in 1994. As I walked across campus, I remember being nervous, feeling slightly out of place. Yet, the students on campus were...
Mar 11, 2024 | Higher Education, History, Leadership, Women
Lillian Lincoln Lambert graduated from Harvard Business School (HBS) in 1969, just six years after Harvard first opened its doors to women. One of six Black students and 18 women in a class of 800, Lillian was unaware that she was the first Black woman to pursue...
Mar 11, 2024 | Design, Fashion, Higher Education
D’Wayne Edwards never set out to be a designer or an educator, and encountered a number of what seemed at the time like closed doors (like not being able to go to college or having awards rescinded) throughout his life. But somehow, these roadblocks...
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