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Latest Happenings at Historically Black Colleges and Universities

There are more than 100 historically black colleges and universities (also known as HBCUs) across the country, each born during a time when the doors of the nation’s most prestigious universities were firmly shut to minorities.

Years later, these schools stand tall as icons of minority higher education, producing some of the nation’s most successful black professionals. Historically black colleges and universities all have shared history and goals, but they’re far from the same – and keeping up with them can be a challenge.

Let HBCULifestyle be your guide to each of the nation’s unique historically black colleges and universities. We offer diverse news that’s fresh, accurate and keeps you up to date on your favorite black colleges. Make important academic decisions using our guides to HBCU rankings and top HBCU education programs. Gain inspiration from our features on HBCU alumni making a difference. Or find important dates for events at your favorite historically black colleges and universities.

News out of black colleges is as diverse as the schools themselves. Look to HBCU Lifestyle to keep you in the know.

Get Ready for ‘Bama State Style' on the Lifetime Network

ASU Band Brings ‘Bama State Style’ to Lifetime Network

HBCU Colleges /

The pageantry, show-stopping choreography and dazzling musicianship of the Mighty Marching Hornets Band will be front and center before a national audience as the new “Bama State Style” reality series premieres on the Lifetime Network. The premiere of the television reality series featuring Alabama State University’s world-renowned Mighty Marching Hornets will air on Friday, April […]

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All smiles in Professor Sonya Hester's class at Southern University at Shreveport, Louisiana.

The Unique Role of the HBCU Community College

HBCU Colleges, HBCU News /

President Obama recently announced his initiative to make attending community college essentially free. This announcement was met with mixed response from the HBCU community. A number of HBCU advocates expressed deep concern as to whether this would prove detrimental to HBCU enrollments. However, in these conversations one subject that was not prevalent were the HBCUs

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HBCU students smiling at graduation ceremony.

California Community Colleges Guarantee Admission to 9 HBCUs

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Beginning fall 2015, students at California Community Colleges who meet a certain criteria will be able to transfer to nine historically black colleges and universities, thanks to an agreement inked between leaders of the institutions and the California Community Colleges Board of Governors on March, 17, 2015. According to the agreement, students who apply for

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African American Basketball player with basketball

NCAA: Somebody Ought To Say Something and Do Something

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Let me begin with this unapologetic acknowledgement. I am a black baby boomer who still believes in the transformational value of high quality education for all people, but especially those who look like me. Like many of my generation, I have experienced firsthand the sting of racial segregation, oppression and discrimination. I know what it’s

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