The NCAA Wants a Sixfold Increase in the Price of Moving Up to Division I. Here’s What It Means for HBCUs
The cost of moving from Division II to Division I may soon climb sharply. On Oct. 15, the NCAA Division…
Virginia State Breaks Its Enrollment Record, and the Trojans and Its Research Grow With It
Virginia State University has never been bigger. The university announced Oct. 20 that it enrolled more than 6,350 students for…
SWAC Adds Free Over-the-Air TV Through Gray Media After 2026 SWAC TV Football Slate Draws 200,000+ Viewers
SWAC games are coming to free, over-the-air television. The Southwestern Athletic Conference, Triple B Media and Gray Media announced Oct.…
Xavier University of Louisiana’s Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine Earns Preliminary Accreditation, Opening the Door to Its First Class
Xavier University of Louisiana has built its reputation on sending Black students to medical school. Starting next summer, it will…
The Field Winston-Salem State Doesn’t Own: Behind the Rams’ Viral Field Marking Controversy
This article was updated Oct. 13 with comments from Winston-Salem State athletics director Eric Burns. Winston-Salem State has hired an…
North Carolina DOJ Requests Shaw University Master Plan Materials Amid Alumni Complaint
The North Carolina Attorney General’s Office is reviewing the complaint the Save Our Shaw coalition filed against Shaw University. It…
What Shaw University’s Own Records Show as Alumni Go to the Attorney General
On Thursday morning, a group of Shaw University alumni and supporters gathered at the corner of Wilmington and South Streets,…
President Trump’s Department of Education Sends $174 Million in One-Time Funding to HBCUs
Education Secretary Linda McMahon announced on September 22 that the Department of Education will send more than $174 million in…
UL System Documents Reveal What Grambling Spent on NIL
With the first year of the House settlement in the books, one of the biggest questions HBCU fans are asking…
SWAC TV Expands to FAST Platforms, Adding Prime Video, Google TV and Four More
SWAC TV is expanding beyond its own app. The Southwestern Athletic Conference announced Sept. 17 that it is launching a…