NNPA NEWSWIRE — University officials said Howard’s Enterprise Technology Services (ETS) became aware Friday of a potential cyberattack. In response, ETS shutdown all the university’s networks...
(Philadelphia Tribune) – For Qualyn Meade, Cheyney University is a “school for second chances.” After an old knee injury sidelined a cheerleading scholarship offered at Kutztown...
by Rebecca Rivas Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American Thirty college students from across the country came to St. Louis from July 23-25...
Mangum, Edward Waters research director among honorees at Hampton Special to the NNPA from the Florida Courier Two of Florida’s Black universities were honored last week...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – A little help may be on the way for historically Black colleges and universities struggling against falling...
(Business Insider) – A decade ago, Wilberforce University was struggling but stable. The storied historically black university (HBCU) was in debt, and enrollment was beginning...
(The Washington Post) – E. Ethelbert Miller, a noted poet and longtime director of the Afro-American Studies Resource Center at Howard University, believes he was...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Black college educators and supporters are sharply split over whether President Obama’s proposal to offer a...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In an effort to develop the next generation of global leaders, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund,...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Texas Southern University President Dr. John Rudley says smaller schools “are severely handicapped” by limited resources and need help from the...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The money gap at Division I colleges is continuing to show up on the playing fields and in the classrooms. Thirty-six teams...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – For the first time in 42 years, the United Negro College Fund has altered its signature phrase....
by Michael D. Jones Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper The state of Maryland faces a stark choice with respect to its treatment of...
[The Huffington Post] Howard University Interim President Wayne A. I. Frederick wants his students following you around the grocery store. He envisions HU nutrition science undergraduates...
by Dorothy Rowley Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer The president of the D.C.-based Thurgood Marshall College Fund said recently that historically black colleges...
by Zenitha Prince Special to the NNPA from The Afro-American Newspaper BALTIMORE – In a historic, 60-page decision, a federal court judge ruled that Maryland violated its...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As historically Black colleges and universities adapt to the rapidly changing educational landscape, advocates say that collaborative...