historically black colleges

California grads headed to HBCUs in the South prepare for college under abortion bans

10:38am August 15, 2023

by April Dembosky

As young adults prepare to leave blue states and head to historically black colleges in states where abortion is banned, they're getting ready to safeguard their reproductive health during college.

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A graduation themed mural is seen in July 2021 on the Howard University campus in Washington.

Education Department will provide grants for HBCUs targeted by bomb threats

8:44pm March 16, 2022

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona about grant funds the administration is making available for HBCUs that have recently experienced a bomb threat.

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Troyce Manassa #4 of the Savannah State Tigers shoots a layup against the Memphis Tigers at FedExForum in Memphis in 2016.

Challenging The NCAA: HBCUs Say No More Discrimination In Academic Rules

12:56pm December 11, 2020

by Tom Goldman

Lawyers filed a lawsuit against NCAA on Thursday over its system to enforce academic performance, which allegedly discriminates against Black athletes and Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

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The Student Borrower Protection Center, a watchdog group, says one lender seems to charge higher rates to graduates of historically black colleges.

Graduates Of Historically Black Colleges May Be Paying More For Loans: Watchdog Group

11:27am February 05, 2020

by Chris Arnold

Graduates of historically black or predominantly Hispanic colleges might be paying more to borrow money because of where they went to school, according to a report from a financial watchdog.

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The Annie Merner Pfeiffer Chapel is seen on the campus of Bennett College in Greensboro, N.C. The college, one of two historically black colleges for women, is fighting to maintain its accreditation.

Facing Loss Of Accreditation Over Finances, Women's HBCU Raises Millions

4:54pm February 18, 2019

Bennett College, a historically black women's college, could lose accreditation due to financial instability. President Phyllis Worthy Dawkins tells NPR's Michel Martin how the school raised millions.

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People gather outside the Mordecai Wyatt Johnson Building in Washington D.C., during a sit-in at Howard University last week. By Thursday the students were entering their second week of protest and say they won't move until they are satisfied.

One Week And Counting: Howard University Student Protesters Still Aren't Budging

4:11pm April 05, 2018

by Amy Held

It has become the longest protest ever at the historically black university and still the school's president has ignored calls to resign following a financial aid scandal.

Fisk University is perhaps most widely known for its music, but that legacy is intertwined with money.

Fisk University Works To Move Past Cash-Strapped History

6:02pm January 03, 2017

by Emily Siner

The Fisk Jubilee Singers famously saved Fisk University from financial ruin 150 years ago. But even now, the Nashville school's financial problems remain.

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HBCUs Move To Address Campus Sexual Assaults, But Is It Enough?

12:15pm September 30, 2014

by Cheryl Corley

One major study found sexual assaults are lower on campuses of historically black colleges and universities. But some question those numbers and whether HBCUs have the resolve to address the issue.

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