For 33 years, from 1987 to 2020, this discrepancy amounted to approximately $1.3 billion, according to the complaint. Despite both universities being the only public land-grant colleges in the state, FAMU claims that it has been unfairly disadvantaged.
Each year the non-profit organization Black Girls Do Engineer (BGDE) Corporation awards a $10,000 scholarship to a junior or senior member in the program to...
By: Stacy M. Brown / NNPA Lavaille Lavette, a New York Times best-selling author, said her greatest satisfaction is telling stories about people, places, things,...
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) today announced the appointment of the nine-member Board of Managers for the Houston Independent School District (ISD) and the selection of...
By: Stacy M. Brown / NNPA In an exciting announcement, Oxford University Press revealed its forthcoming publication of the groundbreaking “Oxford Dictionary of African American...
By: NNPA Newswire The U.S. Department of Education (Department) today announced Project School Emergency Response to Violence (Project SERV) grants to four Historically Black Colleges and Universities...
By: Stacy M. Brown / NNPA In a high-stakes battle, the Biden administration’s ambitious plan to alleviate billions of dollars in student loan debt has...
By: NNPA Today, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division (Justice) jointly released...