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National Urban League and Urban One announce evaluation results of several state education equality plans.

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Less than 1 percent of the teachers in South Carolina's public elementary schools were Black men.

After news broke of the largest college admissions scandal ever prosecuted in U.S. history, the question of affirmative action in education and its continued need was thrust back into the national conversation.

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Some institutions of higher learning in the UK have started to recruit white students because of a surge of Black scholars.

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Can a predominately white college with a sizable Black student population ever be considered an HBCU? Twitter was debating it.

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Education has arguably never been more important – for both the current crop of students and a future generation of lawmakers who could shape the landscape of learning for years to come. Because of that, the timing of American Education Week, observed from Nov. 12-16, couldn’t be any more perfect. The annual weeklong observation dates […]

Prairie View A&M University President Ruth Simmons took the stand on behalf of Harvard University in affirmative action admissions trial.

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NewsOne recognizes HBCU graduates who are leaders and trailblazers.

Michelle Obama sends a video message to high school students, encouraging them to seek higher education and to change the world.

Recent statistics showed an increasing number of white people have been enrolling at HBCUs over the years.