Media Coverage

2026 - Media Coverage

Marybeth Gasman, “How Delaware State Is Balancing Its Focus On Students and Research.”Forbes. April 8, 2026.
VPR Producer, “The Pipeline to Power: How Historically Black Colleges Shape Leaders.” Viewpoints Radio. March 8, 2026.
Marybeth Gasman, “Honoring Norman C. Francis And His Legacy At Xavier U Of LA.” Forbes. February 19, 2026.
Olivia Sanchez, “California colleges scramble to fill gaps left by federal grant cuts to Latino students.” Los Angeles Times. February 3, 2026.
Marybeth Gasman, “Why Governance Matters Most: Boards, Presidents, and Stability at HBCUs.” Forbes. January 15, 2026.
Marybeth Gasman, “Experts Chime In On Ed Dept’s Assessment Of Race-Based Minority Serving Institutions.” Forbes. January 8, 2026.

2025 - Media Coverage

Stephanie Beasley “With Latest $7 Billion in Gifts, MacKenzie Scott Takes a Stand.” The Chronicle of Philanthropy. December 10, 2025.
“MacKenzie Scott announces she donated $7.1 billion to nonprofits in 2025,” CBS News, December 10, 2025.
James Pollard “MacKenzie Scott’s college roommate once loaned her $1K. Now it’s the billionaire’s turn to invest.” AP News. November 26, 2025.
Marybeth Gasman “Mackenzie Scott’s Latest Investment Pushes Bowie State Into A New Era.” Forbes. November 24, 2025.
Dominique Moody “How Bowie State could use Mackenzie Scott’s historic donation.” NBC Washington. November 20, 2025.
Bernard Mokam, “MacKenzie Scott Gives $700 Million to Historically Black Colleges.” New York Times. November 17, 2025.
Samantha Ketterer, “Texas Southern University audit alleging mishandled funds raises alarm over future of school’s independence.” Houston Chronicle. November 12, 2025.
Marybeth Gasman, "Mentoring As A Movement: The Role of Faculty in shaping HBCU Graduates." The HBCU Times. October 31, 2025
Marybeth Gasman, “What MacKenzie Scott’s $63 Million Gift Means For Morgan State University.” Forbes. October 20, 2025.
Molly Bohannon, “Arizona colleges face ‘devastating impact’ after Trump slashes grant funds to minority-serving institutions.” Arizona Mirror. October 20, 2025.
Ben Unglesbee, “Republican lawmakers ask McMahon to restore funding for Hispanic-serving colleges.” Higher Ed Dive. October 15, 2025.
Nicquel Terry Ellis, “Trump boosts HBCU funding despite his attacks on DEI programs. Here is why some experts believe this is happening.” CNN. October 6, 2025.
Marybeth Gasman, “How MacKenzie Scott Is Supporting Native Students .” Forbes. September 30, 2025.
Sara Gilgore, “Howard's president search: What the next leader must bring to the table.” Washington Business Journal. August 27, 2025.
Sonel Cutler, “Hispanic-Serving Institutions May Lose Federal Funds After Justice Dept. Refuses to Defend Grant Program.” The Chronicle of Higher Education. August 25, 2025.
Marybeth Gasman, “Leading Through Peril And Promise.” Forbes. August 25, 2025.
Jamal Abdul-Alim, “HBCU Leaders Face the Future.” Diverse Issues In Higher Education. August 4, 2025.
William Casey Boland, “The Numbers Don’t Lie: HSI Funding Delivers Results.” Diverse Issues In Higher Education. July 25, 2025.
Jason Gonzales, “What to know about the Trump budget bill’s impact on schools that serve students of color.” Chalkbeat Colorado. July 17, 2025.
Marybeth Gasman, “Why S. Epatha Merkerson Gave To Talladega and Why It Matters.” Forbes. July 7, 2025.
Walter Hudson, “Number of HBCU Registered Apprenticeships Surging.” Diverse Issues In Higher Education. July 1, 2025.
Jasper Smith, Funding for Hispanic-Serving Institutions Is Discriminatory and Unconstitutional, Lawsuit Argues.” The Chronicle of Higher Education. June 11, 2025.
Marybeth Gasman, “Minority-serving institutions’ backers must defy Trump’s attacks on DEI.” Times Higher Education. May 14, 2025.
Walter Hudson, “Trump Signs Executive Order Establishing White House Initiative on HBCUs.” Diverse Issues In Higher Education. April 24, 2025.
Denise-Marie Ordway “Hispanic-serving institutions: A primer with story ideas and guiding questions for journalists,” The Journalist’s Resource. April 16, 2025.
Denise-MarieOrdway, “Minority Serving-Institutions: 8 key facts about colleges that serve many underrepresented students.” The Journalist’s Resource. March 12, 2025.
Marybeth Gasman, “ The Impact of Trump’s Executive Orders On Tribal Colleges.” Forbes. February 20, 2025.
Marybeth Gasman, “How to Take Control of the Narrative Around the Value of Colleges and Universities.” LinkedIn Article. February 19, 2025.
Walter Hudson, “Howard University Makes History as First HBCU to Achieve Top Research Status” Diverse: In Higher Education. February 13, 2025.
Naji Rutherford, “HBCU Conference Canceled due to anti-DEI executive order,” The Famuan, February 5, 2025.
Katherine Mangan and J. Brian Charles, “The Conservative Threat to Race-Based Funding for Minority-Serving Institutions,” The Chronicle of Higher Education. January 30, 2025.
Gabrielle Temaat, “Rutgers ‘minority serving’ center cancels event due to Trump’s DEI crackdown,” The College Fix, January 30, 2025.
Wicker, K. (2025). Rutgers University forced to cancel HBCU conference to appease Trump’s anti-DEI executive orders, The Grio, January 28, 2025.
Jamal Watson, “Conference Cancellation Tied to Federal DEI Pause, Not HBCU Status,” Diverse Issues, January 27, 2025.
Sue Snyder, “As Rutgers center cancels conference, colleges ponder impact of other Trump orders involving immigration, research, funding,” Philadelphia Inquirer, January 24, 2025.
Jessica Blake, “Rutgers Center Cancels Conference in Response to Trump DEI Orders, Inside Higher Education, January 23, 2025.
City Colleges of Chicago, “Celebrating Dr. Lee Jackson’s Selection to the MSI Aspiring Leaders Program,” City Colleges of Chicago. January 23, 2025.

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.
Pauline Keys, “The Missing Piece on Faculty Hiring: Professional Development on Implicit Bias,” Insight Into Diversity, November 2016.
Nicole Lewis, “New Faces on Campus: Students of All Races Welcome First Black Presidents to Largely White Campuses,” NBCNews, October 27, 2016.
Nicole Lewis, “New Faces on Campus: Students of All Races Welcome First Black Presidents to Largely White Campuses,” Hechinger Report, October 27, 2016.
Elizabeth Redden, “A Passport in the Sock Drawer,” Inside Higher Education, October 24, 2016.
Nancy Badertscher, “Morehouse College Makes Students Live on Campus, Raises Issues of Cost and Criticism,” Atlanta Journal Constitution, October 24, 2016.
Rafael Walker, “The Next Step in Diversifying the Faculty,” Chronicle of Higher Education, October 23, 2016.
Shaun McAlmont, “Beyond Black Lives Protests, Lie the Income and Education Gap,” The Hill, September 23, 2016.
Jamal Watson, “Howard University Starting Ph.D. Program Focused on Minority Serving Institutions,” Diverse, October 10, 2016.
Nigel Roberts, “Racial Turmoil on College Campuses Cited For HBCU Enrollment Boom,” NewsOne, September 12, 2016.
Sam Fullwood, “Race and Beyond: The United States Can’t Wait for More Professors of Color,” Center for American Progress, October 7, 2016.
Mikhail Zinshteyn, “Hiring More Black and Latino Professors: ‘You Have to Want to Do That,” Education Writers Association, September 27, 2016.
“The Five Things Colleges Don’t Tell Your About Why They Don’t Hire Faculty of Color” Wharton Business Radio, October 5, 2016.
Timothy Pratt, “Historically Black Colleges See a Spike in Enrollment from Racial Unrest,” PBS Newshour, October 5, 2016.
“Five Reasons Why Colleges Do Not Hire Minority Faculty,” Your Black Education, October 3, 2016.
Safie Ali, “String of Racist Photos Highlights Need for Colleges to Promote Inclusion,” NBC News, October 1, 2016.
“Spikes in Enrollment at Historically Black College and Universities,” Baltimore National Public Radio, September 30, 2016.
Timothy Pratt, “Why More Black Students are Enrolling in Historically Black Colleges,” The Hechinger Report, September 28 2016.
Gregory Clay, “Millennials want something different from HBCUs – and they are getting it,” The Undefeated, September 28, 2016.
Tom Corwin, “Paine Lawsuit Argues Standards,” Augusta Chronicle, September 26, 2016.
Doug Belkin, “College Accreditors to Review Schools With Low Graduation Rates,” Wall Street Journal, September 22, 2016.
Darcy Lewis, “Consider a College with a Focus on Minority Institutions,” USNEWS, September 22, 2016.
Darcy Lewis, “Consider a College with a Focus on Minority Institutions,” USNEWS & World Report College Guide Book, September 2016.
Marlon Walker, “Experts say political, racial climate boosting HBCU enrollment,” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, September 17, 2016.
Matt Krupnick, “Colleges’ promises to diversify face one challenge: Finding Black faculty,” Hechinger Report, September 12, 2016.
Buzzfeed, “HBCU Enrollment Booming: Could it Be the Missouri Effect?” Buzzfeed, September 13, 2016.
Valerie Strauss, “Enrollments Surge at HBCUs Amid Racial Tension,” Washington Post, September 15, 2016.
Natalie Gross, “Year Long Campaign to Highlight MSI ROI,” Education Writers, September 8, 2016.
Jamal Watson, “Organizations Launch Campaign to Bring Facts to Light about MSIs,” Diverse, September 8, 2016.
Jamal Watson, “Online Petition Circulates to Extend Mangum’s Contract,” Diverse, August 29, 2016.
Jamal Watson, “The Impact of A Different World,” Diverse, August 19, 2016.
Segann March, “Negative Race Relations Spark HBCU Enrollment Increase,” The Shreveport Times, July 19, 2016.
Jamal Eric Watson, “Philanthropic Foundations Pushing College Access, Attainment High on Priority List,” Diverse, July 7, 2016.
Beth McMurtrie, "What Minority-Serving Institutions Can Teach Other Colleges,"The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 3, 2016.
Segann March, "Louisiana's historic black colleges making a comeback," Shreveport Times, July 1, 2016.
Dustin Wyatt, "B-CU takes safety steps after student shootings," The Daytona Beach News-Journal, June 25, 2016.
Gregory Clay, "Delaware State’s exchange programs boosting enrollment," The Undefeated, June 15, 2016.
Rick Seltzer, "Fight for FAMU's Future," Inside Higher Ed, June 6, 2016.
"Are HBCUs an Endangered Species?," Southern Partisan, June 2, 2016.
Sarah Brown, "UNC Tuition for $500? State Lawmakers Consider the Possibility at 5 Campuses," The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 18, 2016.
Rick Seltzer, "Fears for Future of UNC Black Colleges," Inside Higher Ed, May 18, 2016.
Christopher J. Gearon, "Diversify Your Workforce: Leveraging the Employer-College Connection," U.S. News, May 17, 2016.
Alice Ginsberg, Marybeth Gasman, and Andrés Castro Samayoa, "Research Finds Black Males' Interest in K-12 Teaching Rising," Education Week, May 17, 2016.
Jamal Eric Watson, "MSIs: A Good Long-term Investment for Students," Diverse, May 17, 2016.
Benjamin Wermund, "New president chosen for Texas Southern University,"Houston Chronicle, May 17, 2016.
Marybeth Gasman, "Widening participation requires new ways of learning,"University World News, May 13, 2016.
Delece Smith-Barrow, "Partnership Sends Minority College Students Abroad," U.S. News, April 28, 2016.
Kent McDonald, "UNC system manages debt crisis, but challenges remain," Daily Tarheel, April 19, 2016.
Theresa Wiltz, "Black Colleges Seek White, Latino, Asian Students Amid Tight State Budgets," Huffington Post, April 15, 2016.
"Getting In Episode 8: Adding Historically Black Colleges to Your List," Slate.com, April 14, 2016.
Doug Lederman, "Ed Research Roundup," Inside Higher Ed, April 13, 2016.
Jamal Eric Watson, "Alliance Creates Scholarships to Boost Study Abroad," Diverse, April 13, 2016
Kim Clark, "4 Tips for African-American Students Choosing a College," Time.com, April 12, 2016.
Alice Ginsberg, Marybeth Gasman, and Andrés Castro Samayoa, "Minority Serving Institutions: The pathway to more black male teachers," Phi Delta Kappa International, April 7, 2016.
Alice Ginsberg, Andrés Castro Samayoa, and Marybeth Gasman, "HBCUs' One Answer to Selective Public High Schools' Diversity Problem," Diverse, March 28, 2016.
Denise-Marise Ordway, "White, Hispanic college students at predominantly black institutions, HBCUs," Journalist's Resource, March 16, 2016.
Stassi DiMaggio, "Conversation #42: Marybeth Gasman on HBCUs," CAT FooD (for thought), March 9, 2016.
Bobby Blanchard and Lauren McGaughy, "Clinton’s outreach has her in good standing with black colleges," Dallas News, March 4, 2016.
Jamal Eric Watson, "CMSI Provides Toolkit to Assist HBCU Presidents," Diverse, March 3, 2016.
Sara Hoover, "Historically black colleges and universities struggle with new challenges, old inequities," Newsworks, March 2, 2016.
Lee Gardner, "Retired HBCU Presidents Start Search Firm for Black-College Leaders," The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 1, 2016.
Danielle Clark, "CSU’s Problems Are A Symptom Of Bigger Issues With Majority Black Schools," Hello Beautiful, February 28, 2016.
DeWitt Scott, "Academic Groupies," Inside Higher Ed, February 28, 2016.
Ken Leichter, "HBCUs: an Unheralded Role in STEM Majors and a Model for Other Colleges," The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 25, 2016.
Charlotte Laracy, "Education school receives $5.1 million grant to increase number of Latino professors nationwide," The Daily Pennsylvanian, February 22, 2016.
Paola 'Lola' Esmieu, "Hispanic Serving Institutions: A Home for the In-betweeners," Diverse, February 21, 2016.
Marybeth Gasman, "A Lesson in Donor Cultivation: Morgan State University,"Huffington Post, February 17, 2016.
Natalie Gross, "New Program Seeks to Guide More Latinos to Ph.D.s," Education Writers Association, February 11, 2016.
Delece Smith-Barrow, "New Program Aims to Boost Number of Latino Faculty,"US News, February 9, 2016.
"UPenn Receives $5.1 Million to Boost Latino Faculty in the Humanities,"Philanthropy News Digest, February 3, 2016.
Carmen Ramos Chandler, "CSUN Teams Up with University of Pennsylvania to Increase Latino Faculty in the Humanities," CSUN Today, February 1, 2016.
James Devitt, "NYU Part of $5.1 Million Mellon Foundation Grant to Bolster Latino Faculty," NYU.edu, February 1, 2016.
"Fundación otorga $5 millones para formar más profesores hispanos de humanidades," Univision.com, Feburary 1, 2016.
Jamal Eric Watson, "8 Universities Unite to Guide More Latinos to Professoriate,"Diverse, January 31, 2016.
"Collaboration Aims to Produce Latino Humanities Professors," Inside Higher Ed, January 29, 2016.
Andrea Torres, "$5.1M program to help reduce scarcity of Latino humanities professors," Local 10, January 29, 2016.
Lucía Tejo, "UPenn lanza becas para incrementar el profesorado universitario latino," Al Día News, January 28, 2016.
Hilary Hurd Anyaso, "Northwestern Partners With Penn to Increase Latino Professors," Northwestern.edu, January 28, 2016.
"UTEP included in plans to increase Hispanic faculty," UTEP.edu, January 28, 2016.
Hari Chittilla and Lauren Kent, "Historically black colleges and universities in NC grapple with low graduation rates," The Daily Tar Heel, January 27, 2016.
Scott Jaschik, "Has Obama Let Down Historically Black Colleges?" Inside Higher Ed, January 18, 2016.
Monica Harvin, "Higher Status Jobs But Lower Pay for African-Americans Graduating From HBCUs," Good Call, January 15, 2016.
Marybeth Gasman, "Tap Minority Serving Institutions to Increase Diversity in Study Abroad," Global Career Compass, January 13, 2016.
Tara García Mathewson, "Minority-serving institutions push to close gap in study abroad," Education Dive, January 4, 2016.