Collegiate Voices
Historically Black Colleges Land $124 Million Donation to Boost Enrollment, Graduation Rates. By Melissa Korn / WSJ
America needs the Men of Morehouse. By Truth Jackson / Maroon Tiger
Military Academies Retain Affirmative Action in Admissions. By Lois Elfman / Diverse Issues in Higher Ed
How a Virginia College Expanded by Uprooting a Black Neighborhood. By Brandi Kellam and Louis Hansen / Propublica
The untold story of how Howard University came to be known as ‘The Mecca.’ By Jamal Abdul-Allm / The Conversation
What the End of Race-Conscious College Admissions Could Mean for HBCUs. By Sarah Wood / US News
Edward Waters University: A Symbol of Black Resilience in Jacksonville. By Brandon Tensley / Capital One
Right-wing Cancel Culture Has a Home at Texas A&M University. By Robert McCoy / The Daily Beast
Students and Faculty Fear Tenure and DEI Bills Could ‘Destroy’ Texas Colleges. By Eva Surovell / The Chronicle of Higher Ed.
John Lewis honored at Morehouse ceremony as stamp goes on sale. By Rahul Ball / WABE
Texas A&M interim dean resigns after Kathleen McElroy’s botched hiring. By William Melhado and Alejandro Serrano / Texas Tribune
Public Universities That Accept More Than 50% Of Students Who Apply. Shaun Harper / Forbes
Campus Diversity Will Be a Struggle Without Race-Based Admissions, History Shows. By Elaine S. Povich / Yahoo News
Harvard and other ‘Ivy Plus’ colleges are failing low-income students, Goldman Sachs says—but underfunded HBCUs don’t. By Paolo Confino / Fortune and Yahoo News
Medical schools will be even less diverse after affirmative action ruling, experts say. By Char Adams / NBC News
HBCUs With More Black Students Than All 8 Ivy League Schools Combined. By Shaun Harper / Forbes
Harvard legacy admissions lawsuit follows affirmative action Supreme Court ruling. By Collin Bindley / AP and Fortune.
Benjamin E. Mays – Champions of Civil and Human Rights in South Carolina. A Digital Exhibition by the Department of Oral History at the University of South Carolina
Supreme Court affirmative action ruling could widen college racial gap. By Meredith Kolodner / USA Today
The fight for Asian American studies in colleges gains ground. By Meena Venkataramanan / Wash Post
Hampton University Establishes School of Religion. By Arrman Kyaw / Diverse Issues In Higher Ed.
UDC names scientist and HBCU leader as its new president. By Susan Svrluga / Wash Post
The Problem With Wealth-Based Affirmative Action. By Richard Rothstein / The Atlantic
Most Americans say colleges should be able to use affirmative action in admissions, but race should play a small role, new poll shows. By Collin Binkley, Emily Swanson and The AP / Fortune
Why philanthropic funding strongly favors white colleges over HBCUs. By Marc Ramirez / USA Today
“Education Leads to Liberation”: Nikole Hannah-Jones on The 1619 Project & Teaching Black History. Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
