Collegiate Voices
Smith College controversy highlights struggles colleges face in making racially equitable campuses. By Taylor Romine / CNN
Colleges confront their links to slavery and wrestle with how to atone for past sins. Calvin Schermerhorn / The Conversation
Alabama university removes Wallace name from building. By AP and ABC News.
MacKenzie Scott’s gifts to HBCUs, other colleges surpass $800 million. By Nick Anderson and Lauren Lumpkin / Wash Post
Exceptional Leaders of Color in Every Field of Endeavor are Changing America – Ambassador Reuben E. Brigety II, 17th Vice-Chancellor, The University of the South.
Medical school students’ Hippocratic oath asks doctors to combat racism, misinformation. By Jacqueline Howard / CNN
Hours before polls close, Kamala D. Harris’s alma mater honors her historic run. By Lauren Lumpkin / Wash Post
At VMI, Black cadets endure lynching threats, Klan memories and Confederacy veneration. By Ian Shapiro / Wash Post
Universities Rethink Building Names In The Wake Of Racial Justice Protests. By Lauren Bavis / NPR
12-year-old genius on soaring through college: “I just grasp information quickly.” By Mark Strassman / CBS News
California poised to reject affirmative action measure despite summer of activism. By Alexander Nieves / Politico
Princeton building once named for Woodrow Wilson to be named after Black alum Mellody Hobson. By Stephen Smith / CBS News
Memories of Homecoming at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. By Charanna Alexander / NYT
University in Former Confederate Capital City Will Remove all Confederate Names, Symbols From Campus. By Jacob Jarvis / Newsweek
Affluent White student-athletes are profiting from the labor of their poor Black peers, study says. By Alisha Ebrahimji / CNN
Who has the most success preparing Black students for careers in science? Historically Black Colleges and Universities. By Andrea Widener / C&EN
For HBCUs, the coronavirus pandemic hits especially close to home. By Nolan D. McCaskill and Maya King / Politico
Black Lives Matter Protests Spawn Push for Athletes to Attend Historically Black Colleges. By Annika Hammerschlag / NYT
University of Mississippi removes Confederate statue from heart of campus. By Phil McCausland / NBC News
As colleges grapple with racist legacies, a monument at Ole Miss will finally go. By Susan Svrluga / Wash Post
University of California votes to restore affirmative action nearly 24 years after it was outlawed. By Alaa Elassar / CNN
Reed Hastings, the founder of Netflix, is giving $120 million to black colleges like Spelman and Morehouse. By Theodore Schleifer / Vox
HBCUs doubly hurt by campus shutdowns in coronavirus pandemic. By Annie Grayer, Layra Jarett and Yon Pomrenze / CNN
Princeton names its first black valedictorian in the university’s history. By Alaa Elassar / CNN
Colleges serving Hispanic students take on urgent role as bridge to ‘post-pandemic future.’ By Nicole Acevedo / NBC News
Study Shows Black Male NCAA Basketball Players More Likely to Graduate When They Have a Black Head Coach. By Daryl Nelson / Atlanta Black Star
