Sam Ford, ABC 7 – WJLA WASHINGTON (WJLA.com) – Parents are furious over what they’re calling a sudden surge in teachers resigning or being fired...
(The Root) – Analyses that evaluate the success of HBCUs by observing their six-year graduation rates often miss the mark. On the surface, graduation rates tell us...
By Daniel White Special to NNPA from Howard University News Service WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In the sixth grade, Allyson Carpenter, then-10 and the youngest student...
by Zenitha Prince Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Spelman College, the liberal arts college for women in Atlanta, was named the nation’s...
(The Washington Post) – You can call him Dr. Combs. Rap and music mogul Sean Combs electrified Howard University’s Class of 2014 on Saturday with a...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have had a long tradition of pursuing and encouraging excellence. Howard University in...
by George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief AUSTIN, Texas (NNPA) – Though no one knew it at the time, the decision by Edward T. Welburn Jr.’s...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Entertainer and entrepreneur Sean Combs will deliver Howard University’s commencement speech this year in Washington. The school announced Tuesday that Combs will...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WILMINGTON, N.C. (NNPA) – Howard University Journalism Professor Clint C. Wilson II’s broad criticism of the Black Press proves that...
[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 Barrington M. Salmon Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer WASHINGTON – Professor Ron Walters would have been right at home at a two-day conference marking...
[The Huffington Post] “From homeless to Howard” might sound like the title of a movie, but for 19-year-old James Ward, this is his reality — though...
by Maya Rhodan NNPA Washington Correspondent Howard University Provost Wayne Frederick Extols Value of HBCUs WASHINGTON (NNPA) – When Mecala Holmes was a freshman at Howard...
by Maya Rhodan NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Rand Paul, the conservative Republican senator from Kentucky, tried last week to pave the way for Blacks...
Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Four hundred Howard University students are planning to forego frolicking in the tropics or just resting and relaxing...
By John Silvanus Wilson, Jr. NNPA Guest Columnist Mordecai Wyatt Johnson, the first African American president of Howard University, had a keen and prophetic understanding...
