Education
Morehouse Rhodes Scholar Sets New Standard for HBCU Excellence. HBCU Editors
MacKenzie Scott Keeps Giving – Another $25M Goes to Lincoln University. By Bernadette Giacomazzo / Complex
State Universities Are Scrambling to Appease the Bigoted MAGA Regime. By Aaron R. Hanlon / TNR
School Integration Has Lost Steam. Will Mamdani Revive It in New York? By Troy Closson / NYT
Billionaire Michael Bloomberg’s Plan To Bring Charter Schools To Stillman College, Tuskegee University—And HBCUs Nationwide. ByAsia Alexander / Forbes
University of Alabama shutters Black, female student magazines. By AP and Politico
Private school vouchers in Florida redirecting funding away from public schools. By Kaitlyn McCormack / WUSF
The full list of US universities at risk of losing state department funding over DEI support. By Joseph Gedeon / The Guardian
New moves to dismantle the Education Department raise legal questions. By Cory Turner / NPR
Trump’s Anti-Affordability Agenda Has a New Target: College. By Perry Bacon / TNR
Jay-Z’s Foundation Transforms College Access Through Family Support. By Jamal Watson / The Eduledger
Are Black Women Still The ‘Most Educated’ Group In America? By Shannon Dawson / Newsone
MacKenzie Scott Channels Over $700 Million to HBCUs in Historic Giving Spree. By Walter Hudson / Eduledger
Universities Said Black Lives Mattered In 2020. Texas A&M Just Proved They Didn’t Mean It. By Stacey Patton / Newsone
Judge indefinitely bars Trump from fining UC over alleged discrimination. By AP and NPR
DEI Rollbacks Are Eroding First-Generation, Low-Income Student Supports. By Sena Ho / The Progressive Magazine
Charlie Kirk’s Group Wants to Grow. Its Latest Target: Black Colleges. By Jasper Smith / The Chronicle of Higher Ed.
In a basement at Howard University, scholars work to preserve Black newspapers. By Ira Porter and Cameron Pugh / CSM
House Republicans say a Virginia college president lied to Congress over DEI. By Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff / Wash Post
Priced Out Of The Mecca: The Emotional Cost Of Belonging At A Black University In A White City. By Duwayne Portis / Newsone
An anti-KKK law was used to end a scholarship for Black students. By Anumita Kaur and Praveena Somasundaram / Wash Post
Public schools nationwide adopt growing oppression-focused history curriculum. By Peter D’Abrosca / Fox News
California’s Race-Neutral Strategies Offer Blueprint for Expanding College Access. By Jamal Watson / The Eduledger
Elite Colleges Grow a Spine and Reject Trump’s Authoritarian “Compact.” By Perry Bacon / TNR
Black Student Enrollment Plummets Across South as Federal Pell Grant Funding Drops $10 Billion. By Jamal Watson / The Eduledger
America is sliding toward illiteracy. By Idrees Kahloon / The Atlantic Online
