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‘A Different World’ Reached No. 1. Why That Matters for HBCUs and Hollywood

Netflix reboot offers HBCUs a powerful recruitment opportunity and reminds the entertainment industry that Black stories attract enormous audiences.

By Shaun Harper

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, a white man with an exaggerated widow's peak in his black and gray hair, wearing a blue suit and a Band-Aid on his neck.
Institutions Specialized Colleges

Hegseth: Hillsdale, Liberty, LSU, Miss. State, Tuskegee Will Develop Cadet Corps

The defense secretary criticized Ivy League and liberal arts institutions as “anti-American, DEI-worshipping woke factories” while announcing partnerships with five universities.

A close-up photo of U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon sitting among other members of President Trump's cabinet during a July 2026 cabinet meeting.
Quick Takes

ED Redirects $235M in MSI Funds to HBCUs, Tribal Colleges

The Education Department announced Tuesday that it is sending more than $174 million to historically Black colleges and universities and...
Morgan State University students sit at an outdoor table.
Admissions Traditional-Age

Many HBCUs Thrive as Other Institutions Struggle to Enroll Enough Students

The enrollment growth has been accompanied by growing pains, leaders say, as they figure out how to house, feed and teach more students.

An aerial view of the SAU campus
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.

A photo illustration of a closed sign sitting on top of the St. Augustine's University campus.
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.

Students walk on campus at West Virginia State University.
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.