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Quick Takes

SAU Wins Stay on Former Trustees’ Legal Costs

Saint Augustine’s University is off the hook for covering legal costs for former board members. But the reprieve may be...
Cover of the book “How Dare You: An HBCU President’s Fight for Half a Billion Dollars Owed—and the State’s Actions to Avoid Payment” next to a headshot of the author Glenda Baskin Glover, a Black woman with shoulder-length dark hair, wearing a blue suit and red lipstick.
Government State Policy

The Fight for Fair Funding at One Historically Black Land-Grant University

A new book from the former president of Tennessee State University reveals her battle to regain $544 million in documented underfunding.

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Business Financial Health

Bankrupt Saint Augustine’s Will Not Offer Fall Classes

The private North Carolina HBCU planned to forge ahead with online courses. Now those plans are on hold as bankruptcy proceedings play out.

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Institutions Minority-Serving Institutions

States Narrow Funding Gaps for Historically Black Land-Grant Institutions

Three years after the Biden administration chided states for shortchanging historically Black land-grant institutions, some states have taken steps toward making it right.

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Institutions Minority-Serving Institutions

Departing UNCF President Reflects on HBCU ‘Renaissance’

After more than two decades at the helm of the United Negro College Fund, Michael L. Lomax looks back at his career advocating for historically Black colleges and universities.

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Opinion
Views

What the Tuskegee Dress Code Debate Reveals About Institutional Power

There’s a key distinction between rules and standards.

By Branden D. Elmore

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Institutions Minority-Serving Institutions

Tuskegee University Dress Code Sparks Debate

The historically Black university is barring students from wearing bonnets or du-rags in classes or the campus dining hall. The move has polarized opinions on and off campus.

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Students Financial Aid

Howard Revisits Disenrollment Decision

In a conversation with Inside Higher Ed, Interim President Wayne Frederick said Howard reinstated more than 200 students and outlined changes to improve communication.