Archive - HBCU Digest

Kresge HBCU funding for Detroit students could be new way forward for Black college access in non-HBCU states

The Kresge Foundation's recent establishment of two $1 million funds at the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and the United Negro College Fund is a…

Oct 24 •

Tiffany E. Brockington

September 2024

Bloomberg Philanthropies HBCU gift changes the trajectory of Black healthcare

Last month, Michael Bloomberg and Bloomberg Philanthropies made a historic and significant investment into the medical schools situated at Historically…

Sep 18 •

Roslyn Clark Artis

August 2024

The Case for Academic Leadership in HBCUs: A Commitment to Excellence and Self-Determination

As Larry Robinson steps down from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) after a distinguished presidential tenure, the conversation…

Aug 13 •

July 2024

A Crisis By Any Other Name: The 2023-2024 HBCU Executive Leadership Turnover Report

“Send not for whom the bell tolls/It tolls for thee.” –John Donne, “No Man is an Island”

Jul 12 •

William Broussard

June 2024

Boards of trustees are once again at the center of dangerous times for HBCUs

Few remember the sale of a Saint Augustine’s University (SAU) -owned golf course in 2016 under former president Everett Ward, which released a valuable…

Jun 22

May 2024

July 2023

Back to Abnormal: HBCU executive leadership turnover in 2022-23 returns to crisis level

By: William Broussard, Ph.D.

Jul 10, 2023

February 2023

Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education is to blame for Kentucky State struggles

The Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE) has proven itself to be a Kangaroo Council when it comes to Kentucky State University. CPE and KSU…

Feb 28, 2023 •

Tiffany E. Brockington

January 2023

Join a National Conversation About the Critical Role of HBCUs

We’re kicking off our HBCU Student Journalism Network with a free virtual event to examine the key issues facing this critical sector of American higher…

Jan 14, 2023

December 2022

Digest After Dark - Ain't No Primetime: Deion Sanders Leaves Jackson State

We discuss the financial, social, and cultural fallout from Deion Sanders' time and departure from Jackson State University.

Dec 17, 2022

October 2022

Morgan State deserves more than trash talk from David Wilson

Last weekend Morgan State University celebrated its first full-scale homecoming without public health restrictions since 2019 due to the COVID-19 global…

Oct 13, 2022 •

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