Minority-Serving Institutions

A new policy at historically Black Fisk University requires students to pay off debts of more than $1,500, get on a payment plan or leave. Students are pushing back.

University officials say they’ve merely paused on the contested doctoral program despite opposition by Morgan State University, which says Towson’s plan duplicates its own program.

Historically Black land-grant universities have been underfunded for years, but advocates and administrators say Congress could use the farm bill to change that.

Some leaders of historically Black colleges and universities expect the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action to bring a flood of applicants to their institutions. They’re not sure they’re ready.