This gift from Acrew Capital allows Fisk University to, for the first time, become an institutional investor in venture capital.
Top 10 Most Influential HBCUs Ranked by Academic Influence
For 2021, AcademicInfluence.com announces the 30 most influential HBCUs in the United States over the past two decades.
HBCU History: 10 Black College Legends You Should Know
Grounded in the proud past, HBCU history is great. During the black history month, we bring to you a list of 10 black college legends that you should know.
HL 024: HBCU Symposium, An Award-Winning Barber Shop App and Dr. TaKeia Anthony
Episode 24 is full of youth and pure energy. The 2015 HBCU Symposium will be October 9th and 10th in Nashville, so Dr. Crystal deGregory returns to tell us about it in the feature interview on Episode 24. Recent graduate Michael DeVore tells us about an innovative app that can be used when it’s time […]
This HBCU Alumna is the 1st Black Woman to Graduate from Yale with a PhD in Astrophysics
Jedidah Isler was interested in the heavens from the time she was 11 or 12. She had a telescope as a kid, which her sister bought her for her birthday one year. But she didn’t get a chance to pursue astronomy formally until she was in her doctoral program, although she had a number of […]
Top 10 HBCUs with the Highest Retention Rates for 2015
The new report has been issued by EDsmart, which reveals the top ten historically black colleges with the highest retention and graduation rates. The report allows students, parents, and schools to evaluate colleges based on important outcome-related measures. Also shown are the degrees awarded, which can be a factor of consideration for schools and counselors. […]
HBCUs: A History and Future of Preparing Activist Leaders
In the past few weeks, this country has endured concurrent blows of injustice. First, there was the announcement from Ferguson, MO that a grand jury chose to not indict Officer Darren Wilson for the murder of Michael Brown, an unarmed 18 year-old Black man. Then a week later, a grand jury from New York announced […]
HBCU Archival Collections: Repositories of History
The HBCUStory Symposium was held a couple of weeks ago in Washington, D.C. This symposium centered on the importance of knowing, preserving, and sharing the history and legacies of HBCUs. One of reoccurring themes during the event was the importance of HBCU archives and collections as well as historians who respect and tell the HBCU […]