I believe these schools need to place increased emphasis on inclusion of all students, regardless of race, in order to stay relevant in the increasingly broad educational spectrum.

Historically black colleges and universities are not ruling out a lawsuit against the Obama administration over new federal financial aid policies tha...

ATLANTA -- Ariadne Partlow dreamed of graduating Spelman College and moving on to medical school, but instead of studying biology this semester, she w...

For those who follow Black colleges and the happenings at these institutions, you are probably familiar with Paul Quinn College in Dallas, Texas. This...

The question is not if there are enough quality HBCUs, but how do we as students, alums and supporters appropriately promote our all-stars and push the starters toward stardom?

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- A White House official says President Barack Obama will deliver the commencement address at all-male Morehouse College in Atla...

By Jarrett L. Carter, HBCU Digest Living black history and learning it are two very different propositions with two invaluable outcomes, HBCU facu...

By Jarrett L. Carter, HBCU Digest Two months from now, when March Madness envelops America’s sports conscience with buzzer-beaters, Cinderella st...

Parallels between Jewish and African-American communities' quest for civil rights have sparked debate and empathy for ages. But while the two groups' ...

Kickbacks, refunds and Hall of Fame nods are the highlights of HBCU culture in the early stages of 2013. Check out which two football icons may be...

By Jarrett L. Carter, HBCU Digest Veona doesn’t remember her first encounter as an escort, but she vividly remembers the feeling of waiting by th...

Newtown, Tucson, Blacksburg and other communities where gun violence has claimed innocent lives have recently advanced the national discussion on how to curb gun violence, but black colleges have long been the unseen advocacy institutions working to end the same blight.

In honor of the New Year, we thought we generated this list of the top 10 HBCU successes of the past year. There have been many successes, but these stand out in terms of innovation, boldness, and impact.

Historically black colleges and universities are popularly known for the cultural contributions they provide America through academics, sports, ma...

By Jarrett L. Carter, HBCU Digest "Wobble Baby" blared from the speakers, moments after the university formally announced that the long-departed So...

A leadership crisis continues in Baltimore, a star head coach stays put, and the NCAA steps in to help black college athletes. We're counting down...

One of the nation's most prestigious black colleges gets a new president; two HBCUs step into a new future of online learning; and a historic foot...

By Jarrett L. Carter, HBCU Digest The mid-1990s ushered in a cultural renaissance for historically black colleges and universities. “A Different ...

By Jarrett L. Carter, HBCU Digest Think HBCU alumni, and a familiar refrain of names usually comes to mind -- Morehouse’s Spike Lee, Howard’s D...