Howard University’s School of Business has long offered courses in starting, running and managing a company. Many of its students have taken advantage of the school’s certificate program in entrepreneurship, while others have tapped the resources available through the department’s small business development center. But in recent years, faculty and administrators realized that business students [...]

An Indiana University study that analyzed differences in practices between faculty at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and predominantly white institutions (PWIs) found that faculty members at HBCUs were more likely to engage students in certain “educationally purposeful” activities both in and out of the classroom. The study was conducted by Tom Nelson Laird, [...]

In honor of the New Year approaching, we thought we would put together a list of the Top 10 Black College Successes of the past year.  There have been many, but these stand out in terms of innovation, boldness, and impact. 1. Johnson C. Smith University received a $35 million gift from the Duke Endowment. [...]