Hampton University, a dynamic, progressive institution of higher education and a leader among the nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities, has begun preparations for twin celebrations in 2018 – the University’s 150th anniversary of its founding as Hampton Institute in 1868, and a celebration of the unparalleled executive tenure of Dr. William R. Harvey, HU’s president for the past 40 monumental years.
GREENSBORO, N.C. – When you’re housed in a city with four larger institutions of higher learning and an emerging law school, it might be easy to get lost in the shuffle. But one of the big draws for Bennett College, an all women’s HBCU in the Tar Heel State’s third-largest city, is the institution’s robust International Program.
I bristle every time I hear someone question the relevancy of HBCUs. Truthfully, I get downright angry about it. Historically Black Colleges and Universities are vital to the landscape of higher education in the United States, and for anyone to suggest otherwise proves he or she is ignorant to the facts. Before I go on, I must mention U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who in February while speaking to HBCU presidents and chancellors in Washington, D.C. said, “HBCUs are real pioneers when it comes to school choice. They are living proof that when more options are provided to students, they are afforded greater access and greater equality.
Dr. Austin A. Lane has been named the sole finalist to become the 12th president of Texas Southern University (TSU) by its Board of Regents. Lane assumed leadership of Texas Southern on June 7, 2016, after a Board vote. He replaces Dr. John M. Rudley, who has served as president since 2008.
Although most of us have never met, we share a special bond as graduates of one of America’s historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). With few exceptions, these are the places that sprouted from sweat-soaked seeds planted by the sons and daughters of former slaves, sharecroppers, and subsistence farmers whose belief in the power of education confounded the plans of plantation owners, straw bosses, and Southern white politicians.
