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.
Following up on coverage of great national news stories from Black Greek-Letter Organizations and our chapters in the first and second quarters of 2014, we continue to see great stories from coast to coast. Phi Beta Sigma continues to capitalize on their centennial but I am pleased to also feature a story about a sorority […]
Top 10 Black Greek Success Stories: 3rd Quarter 2014 Read More »
HBCU Football Classics are more than a game. They are a cultural experience, and a tradition that has been around for generations. Each year, thousands of faculty, students, alumni and fans flock to these major Black college events. Beyond the football games are a range of activities including tailgating, parades, college fairs, concerts, comedy shows,
2014 Top 5 HBCU Football Classics Ranked by Attendance Read More »
Fort Valley State University (FVSU) is launching a new program that will encourage former students to return to campus to complete their degrees. The Recruit Back program, which is in line with Governor Nathan Deal’s new “Go Back, Move Ahead program, will reach out to FVSU students who either dropped out or left campus before
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North Carolina A&T State University (NCAT) and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) are co-winners of the 2014 “1890 University of the Year” award. The honor is presented by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU). The Universities accepted their award during APLU’s 2014 annual meeting in Orlando, FL in November. NCAT and
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The first doctoral program at Kentucky State University will join the wave of the future in health care in January 2015. Designed to prepare registered nurses to become adult gerontology primary care nurse practitioners, the new online Doctor of Nursing Practice (BSN-DNP) degree program now accepts students who have earned a Bachelor of Science in
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Harris-Stowe State University officially joined the China Education Association for International Exchange (CEAIE) and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Pilot Network October 16, 2014. The first group of HSSU students will participate in the scholarship exchange program in 2015. Spearheaded by Dr. Fatemeh Zakery, dean of the Anheuser-Busch School of Business, HSSU now joins
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Episode 16 of the HBCU Lifestyle Podcast features two fun interviews from the online home of the HBCU sports scene to New Orleans, the home of Dillard University. Dillard is one of the top producers of black physics graduates in the country. HBCU Sports Kenn Rashad, the founding editor of HBCUSports.com (formerly TSPN Sports) stops
HL 016: HBCU Sports | Dillard’s STEM, Three-Sport Athlete Read More »
Los Angeles, Little Rock, Chicago, Pine Bluff, Dallas, Peoria, Las Vegas, St Louis, Houston, Memphis and Phoenix were just a few of the many cities from which the members of the UAPB Class of 1969 traveled for our 45th college reunion, November 7-9. There we were, many of us dressed in some of the latest
How I Got Over: My Soul Looks Back and Wonders Read More »
