HBCU

Historically Black colleges and universities have played a vital role in educating generations of students. But today, enrollment among Black males at HBCUs is at its lowest level since the mid-1970s. Studies indicate that when Black men disengage from HBCUs and higher education, the consequences are far-reaching. We examine the impact, why this is happening, what schools are doing to combat it and more.

A basketball tournament designed to spotlight college athletes from historically Black colleges and universities is set to take place in Charlotte this week.

Instead of spending spring break on a beach, 52 students from a historically Black college and university in Washington, D.C. are in Charlotte as part of an initiative focused on helping community members in need.

The university said it will remain open and is pursuing an "arbitration process."

The eliminations include faculty, staff and adjunct positions. The private HBCU has faced several financial challenges this year amid a fight to retain its accreditation.

Harris is the first vice president to be an alum of a historically Black college, and if she wins, would make history as the first president to be an HBCU graduate.

NC Promise has led to significant enrollment increases at public universities in the state. But this year, those gains could come at a cost.

Johnson C. Smith University provided a student success coach for each of its first-year students. The university says the initiative led to a boost in reenrollment.

The government is supposed to provide equal funding to land-grant, state-run historically Black colleges and universities under the Morrill Act of 1890.

The president of Shaw University, a historically Black North Carolina school, is accusing South Carolina law enforcement officers of racially profiling a busload of students from her university by stopping the vehicle for a minor traffic violation and using drug-sniffing dogs to search their luggage.