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Student Loan Payments Are Looming. The Debt Burdens Black Women Years After Graduation.
Data has shown that Black women need to acquire advanced degrees in order to make comparable wages to other races and to men. Here are their stories.
Black and Latino youth are struggling with mental health, all the way to college. This program could help.
Howard University is training the next generation of social workers to make them better equipped to help students in Washington, D.C.’s public schools.
HBCU graduates share lessons learned — from prioritizing happiness to embracing their natural hair
The experience continues to be a crucial part of creating an environment that embraces Black culture — and prepares them for the real world.
Howard will lead nine HBCUs in a Pentagon-funded research project. Students are pushing back.
Students have criticized what they see as the militarization of HBCUs after Howard University secured a $90 million research contract from the Department of Defense earlier this year.
Black male teachers are rare. Louisiana’s HBCUs hope to change that.
In Louisiana, just 5% of teachers are Black men — something the state’s education commissioner has said is a major concern. The profession is very white nationally, too.
Amid national scrutiny of policing, HBCU chiefs work to remake relationships with students
At three Southern campuses, officials are hoping community policing will help ease tensions.
Parent PLUS loans can debilitate Black families. Here’s what to know.
The loans may be a common choice for those hoping to finance their children’s college education, but they come with serious financial consequences.
At many HBCUs, just 1 in 3 students is a man. Here’s why that matters.
Black student enrollment overall has been declining across higher education. But it’s particularly evident at historically Black institutions.
How Morehouse College is challenging what it means to be a Black man
The HBCU is shifting away from traditional definitions of masculinity and embracing a more expansive, inclusive view.
For Black women returning to complete degrees, HBCUs feel like home
About 110,000 Black women with some college credits but no degree returned to college in 2020, nearly double the number of Black men.