HBCUs

Larry Robinson
Success

Florida HBCU’s record $237 million donation from hemp mogul is worthless, investigator confirms

By James Pollard and The Associated Press
August 8, 2024
Michael Bloomberg’s charity is giving $600 million to endowments of 4 historically Black medical schools
Leadership

Michael Bloomberg’s charity is giving $600 million to endowments of 4 historically Black medical schools

By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
August 6, 2024
Florida A&M President Larry Robinson stands at a podium on the schools football field
Lifestyle

A Florida HBCU was promised an extraordinary $237 million contribution from a hemp producer—but nobody can find the hemp, and the money might never come

By The Associated Press and James Pollard
June 14, 2024
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Success

Florida HBCU launches investigation after record $238 million ‘gift’ from 30-year-old hemp mogul is deemed likely worthless: ‘I wanted it to be real’

By Anna J. Kaiser, Skylar Woodhouse, Amanda Albright, Shelly Hagan and Bloomberg
May 15, 2024
Sephora says people of color now make up half its leadership because it ‘disrupted’ the recruitment process
Newsletters

Sephora says people of color now make up half its leadership because it ‘disrupted’ the recruitment process

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March 27, 2024
Spelman College
Success

Billionaire couple gifts $100 million to Spelman College, largest donation in HBCU history

By Jeff Amy and The Associated Press
January 18, 2024
Chad Preston
Politics

Ron DeSantis’ DEI vendetta is making education unequal, Black student says: ‘We deserve the same level of education that all these other states are getting’

By Sharon Johnson and The Associated Press
January 7, 2024
Kamala Harris
Success

New research reveals storied HBCU Howard University has been known as ‘The Mecca’ of Black education for over 100 years

By Jamaal Abdul-Alim and The Conversation
September 6, 2023
A student dressed in a cap and gown smiles during his college graduation.
Success

Harvard and other ‘Ivy Plus’ colleges are failing low-income students, Goldman Sachs says—but underfunded HBCUs don’t

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July 8, 2023
Brown student jumps rope
Success

8 Ivy League schools got $5.5 billion in donations from foundations in 2019, while the 99 historically Black colleges and universities got $45 million

By Glenn Gamboa and The Associated Press
May 2, 2023
The Congressional Black Caucus is more important than ever
Commentary

The Congressional Black Caucus is more important than ever

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September 27, 2021
RaceAhead-Black Lives Matter-Demonstration
Newsletters

If you want an inclusive culture, everyone must go to school

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June 15, 2021
Commentary-Pipeline Talent POC
Commentary

How to build the talent pipeline for people of color

By Jeffrey J. Brown and Harry L. Williams
March 18, 2021
Historically Black leadership
Newsletters

Historically Black leadership

By Ellen McGirt and David Z. Morris
March 5, 2021
HBCUs are nurturing corporate America’s most effective female leaders
Newsletters

HBCUs are nurturing corporate America’s most effective female leaders

By Emma Hinchliffe and Beth Kowitt
March 5, 2021

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