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Media Coverage

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    2020

    • “Some HBCUs are seeing record increases in enrollments, but still grapple with funding challenges.” CBS News, December 29, 2020

    • Sarah Alexander, “Report Examines How HBCUs Can Create Inclusive Environment for LGBTQ+ Students.” Diverse Issues in Higher Education, December 14, 2020

    • Chris Burt, “4 HBCUs set positive example for LGBTQ+ inclusion on campus.” University Business, December 10, 2020

    • “New Rutgers CMSI and Human Rights Campaign Report Highlights Ground-Breaking LGBTQ+ Inclusion Efforts at HBCUs.” The Dallas Weekly, December 9, 2020

    • Dan Alexander, “Rutgers faculty asked to be ‘sensitive,’ skip exams on election week.” New Jersey 101.5, November 2020

    • Walter Hudson, “White House Initiative on HBCUs Conference Goes Virtual.” Diverse Issues in Higher Education, September 14, 2020

    • Ann Brown, “Here Are The Top 15 HBCU Endowments Ranked.” The Moguldom Nation, September 14, 2020

    • Bianca Flowers, “How Black doctors are answering the call to reform medical education and bringing COVID-19 vaccine trials to communities of color.” Market Watch, September 9, 2020

    • Nathan Hurdy, “Underrepresented In Faculty Jobs: Part of the Problem is Racism Against Black Faculty and Students.” Diverse Issues in Higher Education, August 19, 2020

    • Sara Weissman, “New Report Explores Recruitment and Retention for Academic Couples of Color” Diverse Issues in Higher Education, August 11, 2020

    • Curtis Clinch, “HRC Launches Virtual Bus Tour for 2020 Election.” Human Rights Campaign, July 27, 2020

    • Erika Beras, “Historically Black colleges get a $120 million gift. They need it.” Marketplace, June 18, 2020.

    • Elizabeth Hlavinka, “Racial Bias in Flexner Report Permeates Medical Education Today,” MedPage Today, June 18,  2020.

    • Mark Harpern, “Historically Black Colleges Fight for Survival, Reopening Amid Coronavirus Pandemic,” USA Today, June 9, 2020.

    • “Things will only get tougher.” With HBCUs on the Brink, Will More Funders Step Up?, Inside Philanthropy, June 1, 2020.

    • Glenn Kessler, “Trump’s claim that he’s done more for black Americans than any president since Lincoln,” The Washington Post, June 7, 2020.

    • Sarah Wood, “Rutgers CMSI and The Whether Host Virtual Entrepreneurship Program for HBCU Students,” Diverse, May 5, 2020.

    • Sarafina Wright-Washington, “For Smaller HBCUs, Coronavirus Could Be Fatal Blow,” Washington Informer, April 22, 2020.

    • Bruck C.T. Wright, “HBCUs Dig Into Limited ‘Rainy Day Funds’ as Colleges Refund Room and Board Costs Over Coronavirus,” News One, April 2, 2020.

    • “COVID-19 closures could hit historically black colleges particularly hard,” The Chicago Defender, March 30, 2020.

    • Janet Kline, “Two Young HBCU Graduates Raise Funds for Students Impacted by COVID-19,” Diverse, April 24, 2020.

    • Valerie Strauss, “Why the coronavirus crisis could hit historically black colleges and universities especially hard,” The Washington Post, April 7, 2020.

    • “COVID-19 closures could hit historically black colleges particularly hard,” Philadelphia Tribune, March 26, 2020.

    • Amaya Woodley, “HBCUs May Be Particularly Devastated by Coronavirus,” Blavity, March 24, 2020.

    • HBCU editors, “Why The Coronavirus Crisis Could Hit HBCUs Especially Hard,” HBCU Buzz, April 7, 2020.

    • Bruce C.T. Wright, “HBCUs Dig Into Limited ‘Rainy Day Funds’ As Colleges Refund Room and Board Costs Over Coronavirus,” NewsOne, April 2, 2020.

    • Matt Zalaznick, “Maryland HBCUs eye $577M discrimination settlement,” University Business, March 27, 2020.

    • WI Web Staff, “HBCUs Could Face Ruin by Coronavirus,” The Washington Informer, March 27, 2020.

    • “Marybeth Gasman”, MenaFN, March 24, 2020.

    • Stepha Poulin, “Student diversity grows, faculty diversity lags,” BG Falcon Media, February 6, 2020.

    • Jessica Ruff, “Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions Offers New Internship Program,” Diverse Issues in Higher Education, January 30, 2020.

    • Roger Chesley, “Governor’s support of HBCUs laudable, though financial, other struggles continue,” Virginia Mercury, January 6, 2020.

    • Andrew Martinez, “What Will Happen to the Most Vulnerable Student Populations During the COVID-19 Public Health Crisis?,” Diverse Issues in Higher Education, March 12, 2020.

    • Andrew Martinez, “Redefining Access in Higher Education,” Diverse Issues in Higher Education, February 27, 2020.

    • “Rutgers Observes Black History Month 2020,” Rutgers Today, February 3, 2020.

    • Kemuel Benyehudah, “The Legacy of Black Collage Practice Endures,” Art Blog,  January 31, 2020.

    • Matt Zalaznick, “How HBCUs can help African American K-12 students,” University Business, January 22, 2020.

    • Janelle Williams, “Clark Atlanta Chose Me,” Diverse Issues in Higher Education, January 17, 2020.

    2019

    • Sarah Wood, “ Report: HBCU Enrollment Increase is a Result of Current Political Climate,” Diverse Issues in Higher Education, October 23, 2019.

    • Richard Vedder, “Is ‘Diversity’ Destroying The HBCUs?” Forbes, November 4, 2019.

    • Matt Zalaznick, “Are HBCUs on the ‘brink of disaster’?” University Business, October 28, 2019.

    • Sarah Wood, “CIEE Fellowship Program Promotes Study Abroad Equity,” Diverse Issues in Higher Education, August 28, 2019.

    • Nisa Islam Muhammad, “Report: HBCUs produce higher incomes, more prosperity for students,” The Final Call, November 1, 2019.

    • Nick Corasaniti, “Cory Booker Bets $100 Billion on Historically Black Colleges and Universities,” The New York Times, December 3, 2019.

    • “Report: Majority of HBCUs’ Graduates Earn Middle-Class Incomes,” HBCU Buzz, October 11, 2019.

    • Byron Dobson, “Campus Notes: FSU professors invite community to take a physics class,” Tallahassee Democrat, October 6, 2019.

    • Lois Elfman, “Report: HBCUs Produce More Upwardly Mobile Graduate than PWIs, “Diverse Issues in Higher Education, October 1, 2019.

    • Marc Parry, “Despite Obstacles, Black Colleges are Pipelines to the Middle Class, Study Finds. Here’s Its List of the Best,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, September 30, 2019.

    • David Pluviose, "Report examines MSI study abroad disparities," Diverse Issues in Higher Education, June 25, 2019.

    • Alexis Rogers, "What is higher education doing to close the diversity gap in campuses?" Al Dia News, April 26, 2019.

    • Kurtis Less and Jaweed Kaleem, "As historically black colleges struggle Bennett College for women fights to stay afloat," LA Times, April 22, 2019.

    • Steve Dubb, "Bennet College: A new form of stakeholder save for a nonprofit institution," Nonprofit Quarterly, April 18, 2019.

    • Jillian Berman, Was there a Beyoncé bump in applications to black colleges?" MarketWatch, April 19, 2019.

    • LaMont Jones, "Equity chase: Efforts narrow racial disparities in college study abroad," Diverse Issues in Higher Education, April 17, 2019.

    • Ryanne Persinger, "Lincoln University is looking up," The Philadelphia Tribune, April 9, 2019.

    • Sarah Hoover, "Losing students and funds, Cheyney University continues striving for accreditation," WHYY, March 4, 2019.

    • Alina Tugend, "Seeking a Haven in H.B.C.U.s and Single Sec Colleges," The New York Times, February 21, 2019.

    • Natalie Schwartz, "Bennet College raises 8.2M in campaign to keep accreditation," Education Dive, February 5, 2019.

    • Iliana Hagenah, "Social media campaign helps save one of the last historically Black women's college," CBS News, February 5, 2019.

    • Lamont Jones, "Harris-Perry Draws Support in Beef with Wake Forest," Diverse Issues in Higher Education, January 25, 2019.

    • Monica Levitan, “New Brief Offers Suggestions for AANAPISI Grant Program Directors to be Successful,” Diverse Issues in Higher Education, January 7, 2019.

    2018

    • Scott Jaschik, “Marybeth Gasman and Her Center Move to Rutgers,” Inside Higher Ed, December 7, 2018.

    • Jamal Watson, “Marybeth Gasman to Join Rutgers Faculty,” Diverse Issues in Higher Education, December 6, 2018.

    • Andrew Martinez, “Mentorship That Keeps Giving,” Diverse Issues in Higher Education, December 1, 2018

    • Marc Parry, “A ‘Long Overdue Conversation’: Do Universities That Benefited From Slavery Owe a Debt to Black Colleges?” The Chronicle of Higher Education, November 28, 2018.

    • Brendan Lowe, “40% of America’s Public Schools Don’t Have a Single Educator of Color. How the New Nonprofit BranchED Is Looking to Rethink That Minority Teacher Pipeline,” The 74, November 26, 2018.

    • Andrew Martinez, “Why Representation Matters in the Professoriate,” Diverse Issues in Higher Education, November 19, 2018.

    • Tiffany Pennamon, “Examining the Role of TCUs in Native Student Success and Retention,” Diverse Issues in Higher Education, November 16, 2018.

    • George Anders, “LinkedIn Top Voices 2018: Education,” LinkedIn, November 13, 2018.

    • Marybeth Gasman, Motherhood and academia can — and should — mix, The Hechinger Report, October 30, 2018.

    • Delece Smith Barrow, "As more Latinos go to college, schools vie to become Hispanic Serving Institutions," The Hechinger Report, October 16, 2018.

    • Marc Tracy, "White Kickers and Punters at Black Colleges Are a Thing," New York Times, October 5, 2018.

    • Jeremey Bauer-Wolf, "Bias Against Female HBCU Players, Study Reveals," Inside Higher Ed, September 28, 2018.

    • Elizabeth Redden, "HBCU Students Abroad," Inside Higher Ed, September 11, 2018.

    • Dian Schaffhauser, "Innovative Presidents Finding Ways to Use Social Media for Student Engagement," Campus Technology, August 13, 2018.

    • Sarah Wood, "Penn Program Preps Future MSI Presidents," Diverse Issues in Higher Education, August 10, 2018.

    • Jenice Armstrong, "When a white woman from Old City wears a Black Lives Matter t-shirt in Cherry Hill," Philly.com, August 9, 2018.

    • Leslie Taylor, "CIEE and CMSI Celebrate the 2018 Frederick Douglass Fellows,"Idaho State Journal, August 6, 2018.

    • James Paterson, "Using social media, social justice to boost presence," Education Dive, July 26, 2018.

    • Rick Setlzer, "Survey: Presidents at Minority Serving Institutions Can Engage More with Students on Social Media," Inside Higher Ed, July 26, 2018.

    • Tiffany Pennamon, "Report Explores Presidential Engagement at Minority Serving Institutions," Diverse Issues in Higher Education, July 25, 2018.

    • Tiffany Pennamon, "New Report Explores Florida's Minority Serving Institutions," Diverse Issues in Higher Education, July 17, 2018.

    • Alexander C. Kafka, "Meet This One-Woman Career Launchpad," The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 11, 2018.

    • Alina Tugend, “How Serious Are You About Diversity Hiring,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, June 17, 2018.

    • Maya Rhodan, “A New Era of Protest Is Energizing Historically Black Colleges and Universities. But There Are Challenges,” Time, May 23, 2018.

    • LaMont Jones, “Incidences of Campus Racial Intolerance Spark Calls for Change,” Diverse Issues in Higher Education, May 10, 2018.

    • Lindsay Ellis, “A third act: High expectations surround Ruth Simmons’ presidency at Praire View A&M University,” Houston Chronicle, May 3, 2018.

    • Noah Weiland, “Howard University Stares Down Challenges, and Hard Decisions on Black Colleges,” The New York Times, April 26, 2018. 

    • Ellie Bothwell, “US student enrollment growth to ‘decline over next decade’,”Times Higher Education, April 24, 2018.

    • Travis Fain, “In wooing Amazon, North Carolina offers HBCUs as diversity fix,”WRAL, April 22, 2018.

    • Eric Stirgus, “Raising black student enrollment at UGA still a challenge,” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, April 21, 2018.

    • Herbert L. White, “Opportunity and challenges integral to HBCUs’ legacy,” The Charlotte Post, April 11, 2018.

    • Marybeth Gasman, “Howard University student protest: 3 questions answered,”The Conversation,  April 5, 2018.

    • Lindsay Ellis, “Renu Khator —and her Twitter account—top new college ranking,” Houston Chronicle, March 30, 2018.

    • Tiffany Pennamon, “Stellar Academic and Business Leader Tapped to Lead Whittier College,” Diverse Issues in Higher Education, March 28, 2018.

    • Lois Elfman, “Study Reports EWide Gender Disparity Among MSI Presidents,”Diverse Issues in Higher Education, March 27, 2018.

    • Felicia Mello, “At California’s top public universities, why a dearth of Latino professors matters,” CALmatters, March 14, 2018.

    • Clint Smith, “Why Historically Black Colleges Are Enjoying a Renaissance,” National Geographic, March 13, 2018.

    • Adam Harris, “Black College Renaissance: Students are once again flocking to HBCUs,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 4, 2018.

    • Janelle L. Williams, “HBCUs: For Colored Kids When Predominantly White Institutions Aren’t Enough,” Diverse Issues in Higher Education, March 1, 2018.

    • Andrew Kreighbaum, “HBCUs and the Trump Administration,” Inside Higher Ed, February 28, 2018.

    • Susan Svrluga, “Well-known advocate to lead White House board on historically black colleges,” The Washington Post, February 27, 2018.

    • Jason Gonzales, “Enduring HBCUs rising for changing students needs,” USA Today, February 14, 2018.

    • Ernie Suggs, “HBCUs: Born in the North needed in the South,” MyAJC, February 8, 2018.

    • Tiffany Pennamon, “PBS Documentary Examines History of HBCUs: ‘Tell Them We Are Rising,’” Diverse Issues in Higher Education, February 6, 2018.

    • “6-year graduation rates at many HBCUs lower than 20 percent,” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, January 29, 2018.

    • Kate Payne, “HBCU Profiles: The Story Behind Edward Waters College’s Graduation Rates,” WFSU News, January 24, 2018.

    2017

    • William Douglas, “Schools helping minorities threatened with less federal funding”, The Wichita Eagle, December 12, 2017.

    • Nick Roll, “Why is the NFL Giving Millions to UNCF,” Inside Higher Ed, December 5, 2017.

    • Andrew Kreighbaum, “GOP Seeks to Shift Accountability for Colleges,” Inside Higher Ed, December 4, 2017.

    • Joseph Hong, “Minority-Serving Institutions Anxious Over Tax Bill,” Diverse Issues in Education, December 3, 2017.

    • Melissa Korn, “Higher Education Bill Tightens Accountability Rules for Minority Schools,” The Wall Street Journal, November 29, 2017.

    • Marybeth Gasman, "If Cheyney University is going to survive, leaders must be OK with making people angry," The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 20, 2017.

    • Jason Gonzales, "Tennessee’s black colleges see uptick in enrollment as part of national enrollment surge," Tenneseean, November 15, 2017.

    • Susan Snyder & Nancy Phillips, "How one historically black college changed its fortune,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 15, 2017.

    • Walter Hudson, “Judge Calls for Meditation in Maryland Legal Case,” Diverse Education, November 12, 2017.

    • Ryanne Persinger, “Freshman enrollment at HBCUs sees uptick,” The Philadelphia Tribune, November 2, 2017. 

    • Robin White Goode, “HBCU Enrollment Skyrockets,” Black Enterprise, October 27, 2017.

    • Jacqueline Laurean Yates, “Homecoming’s deep meaning at an HBCU: ’Stand confidently in a crowd where you’re the majority’,”Yahoo Lifestyle, October 27, 2017.

    • Amy Scott, “Students flock to historically black colleges where they feel welcome,” Marketplace, October 24, 2017.

    • Daniel Blake, “Two Higher Education Goals Deferred,” Diverse Education, October 18, 2017.

    • Ryanne Persinger, “Enthusiasm surrounds Morehouse’s pick for president,” The Philadelphia Tribune, October 17, 2017.

    • Eric Stirgus, “He couldn’t afford Morehouse; now he’ll be its president,”MyAJC, October 16, 2017.

    • Delece Smith-Barrow, “How Faculty Diversity Can Impact the College Years,”US News, October 4, 2017.

    • Marybeth Gasman & Andrés Castro Samayoa, “Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Fostering Familial Learning Environments for Student Success,”Higher Education Today, October 4, 2017.

    • Kenya Downs, “How do tensions with the White house impact HBCU diversity?,” PRI, October 3, 2017.

    • Anant Agarwal, “Education experts share the best books they’ve read about teaching,” The Washington Post, September 28, 2017.

    • Eugene Scott, “Trump’s pick to head his HBCU initiative has no HBCU experience,” The Washington Post, September 19, 2017.

    • Michael Harriot, “Trump Appoints Unqualified HBCU Chief ... Then Skips Town,” The Root, September 19, 2017.

    • Madeline Will, “Can Minority-Serving Colleges Help Create a More-Diverse Teaching Force?,” Education Week, September 19, 2017.

    • Andrew Kreighbaum, “Mixed Reactions to New Head of HBCU Initiative,” Inside Higher Ed, September 19, 2017.

    • William Douglas, “Black colleges finally get a White House voice,” McClatchy DC, September 18, 2017.

    • Christopher Quinn, “Trump appoints chief of HBCU initiative,” My AJC, September 18, 2017.

    • Joseph Hong & Jamaal Abdul Alim, “New Executive Director of White House Initiative on HBCUs Receives Mixed Critiques,” Diverse Issues in Higher Education, September 17, 2017.

    • Anita Kumar and Williams Douglas “White House scales back HBCU event amid protests over Trump’s actions,” The News Tribune, September 15, 2017.

    • Gia Savage, “New Report Brings Facts to Light on Minority Serving Institutions,” Diverse issues in Higher Education, September 6, 2017.

    • Kelly Heinzerling, “This new program at Penn provides mentorship for leaders of minority institutions,” The Daily Pennsylvanian, September 6, 2017.

    • Adrian Broaddus,  “Douglass fellowship proves life changing for student,” The Prospector, August 29, 2017.

    • Louis Bolling, “UPenn Center brings together researchers and practitioners from Minority Serving Institutions,” The HuffPost, August 22, 2017

    • Jamaal Abdul-Alim and Gia Savage, “HBCU and Congressional Leaders Push Trump Administration to Fill Key Post,” Diverse Issues in Higher Education, August 13, 2017.

    • Chloe Reichel, “Exploring History of Black Colleges and Universities,” Vineyard Gazette, August 10, 2017.

    • Maria Danilova and Carole Feldman, “AP Interview: DeVos says she didn’t decry racism enough,”  The News & Observer, August 9, 2017.

    • Danielle Chemtob, “How N.C. HBCUs rank based on grads’ median income levels,” Triangle Business Journal, August 8, 2017.

    • Ryanne Persinger, “Cheyney backers seek to keep legacy afloat,” The Philadelphia Tribune, August 4, 2017.

    • Adam Harris, "Morehouse College Faculty Votes No Confidence in Board Chair," The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 29, 2017.

    • Marybeth Gasman, "At Morehouse: When college boards of trustees won’t let presidents do their jobs," The Washington Post, March 28, 2017.

    • Cartherine Morris, "Morehouse No-confidence Vote Aimed at Checking the Board," Diverse Issues, March 27, 2017.

    • Aminata Sy, “We are not an exception,” 34th Street Magazine, March 23, 2017.

    • Jamal Eric Watson, “Partnership Aims to Boost LGBTQ Inclusion at HBCUs,” Diverse, March 22, 2017.

    • Benjamin Wermund, “DeVos seizes the moment on school choice,” Politico, March 19, 2017.

    • Cleeve Wootson, “A Republican Senator Defended DeVos at a Town Hall. Boos Drowned Her Out.” Washington Post, March 19, 2017.

    • Ryanne Persinger, “Two Years Later, Search Continues for Lincoln University President,” Philadelphia Tribune, March 7, 2017.

    • Anemona Hartocollis and Noah Weiland, “Campus Backlash after Leaders of Black Colleges Meet with Trump,” The New York Times, March 4, 2017.

    • “HBCU Listening Sessions at White House: Very Little Listening,” Our Time Press, March 3, 2017.

    • Napoleon Moses, “Omarosa Has Helped HBCUs,” Diverse, March 3, 2017.

    • Rick Seltzer, “Walking Papers at Morehouse,” InsideHigherEd, January 18, 2017.

    • Eric Stirgus, “Morehouse president ‘disappointed’ by board’s decision to replace him,” The Atlanta-Journal Constitution, January 17, 2017.

    • Rick Seltzer, “Scrutiny of New Koch Grant,” Inside Higher Education, January 13, 2016.

    • Solomon Jones, “Faculty Diversity,” Solomon Jones Radio, January 9, 2017.

    • Michael Smerconish, “Faculty Diversity,” Smerconsish, SiriusXM, January 13, 2017.

    • Vibha Kannan, “Philly.com highlights Penn Professors work on faculty diversity,” Daily Pennsylvanian, January 7, 2017.

    • Sue Synder, “Penn Professor Called Out Her Racist Dad, Now She’s Taking Aim at Faculty Hiring,” Philadelphia Inquirer, January 6, 2017.

    • Ernie Suggs, “Talladega College band says yes to Trump inaugural parade,” Atlanta Journal Constitution, January 5, 2017.

    • Harvard EdChat, “Faculty Diversity in Higher Education,” podcast for Harvard University EdChat, January 5, 2017.

    • Catherine Morris, “Talladega College: We’ve not Committed to Trump Inauguration,” Diverse Issues, January 4, 2017.

    • Gary Stern, “Pathways to the Professoriate Program Helps Guide Latino Students from Ph.D. to the Professoriate,” Insight Into Diversity, January 2017.

    2016

    • William Douglas, “Donald Trump and Black Colleges are Getting to Know Each Other,” McClatcy News, December 21, 2016.

    • Emily Siner, “Fisk University Embraces 150 Years of History but Wants to Move Past Financial Troubles,” National Public Radio, December 20, 2016.

    • Andrew Kriegbaum, “The Focus Group that Wasn’t,” Inside Higher Education, December 20, 2016.

    • Jamal Eric Watson, “After Alabama State Ouster: Gwendolyn Boyd Stands Firm on Record,” Diverse, December 19, 2016.

    • Jamal Eric Watson, “Initiative Launched to Develop Aspiring Presidents of Minority Serving Institutions,” Diverse, December 14, 2016.

    • Danielle Douglas Gabriel, “United Negro College Fund: HBCU Students are Shouldering Heavy Debt Burdens,” Washington Post, December 15, 2016.

    • Tommy Meade, “An Inside Look at Why Enrollment at HBCUs Across the Country is on the Rise," HBCU Buzz, December 3, 2016.

    • Tracy Clemons, “Inside HBCUs: A Look at Why Enrollment is on the Rise at HBCUs,” ABC13 Houston, December 1, 2016.

    • G. Trudeau, “Improved Safety, Recent Success Help HBCUs Grow Across the Country,” CW39 Houston, December 1, 2016.

    • Lauren Sorantino, “What Penn Professors Think of Trump’s Education Secretary,” Daily Pennsylvanian, November 30, 2016.

    • Sue Snyder, “With Contract Extension, Gutmann to Become Longest Serving President in Penn’s History,” Philadelphia Inquirer, November 30, 2016.

    • Ed Yong, “Science’s Minority Talent Pool is Growing  -- but Draining Away,” The Atlantic, November 30, 2016.

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