Back to Class: Will Pandemic-Disrupted Learners Return to School?
A nationally representative survey of adults ages 18 and older explores the impact of the pandemic on When the pandemic struck last year, education and…
For more information on Transformation Support at the Institute for Capacity Building, contact Dr. Darryl Ann Lai Fang, DarrylAnn.Lai-Fang@uncf.org.
The Forbes article highlights the resurgence of the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) under the leadership of CEO Michael L. Lomax, detailing its return to…
The HBCU Transformation Project aims to increase HBCU health and sustainability, improve student outcomes in retention and graduation rates, expand enrollment, and bolster capacity building with faculty and staff.
UNCF and partners reflected on the successes of the Career Pathways Initiative (CPI) funded by a $50 million Lilly Endowment investment that helps HBCUs and PBIs strengthen institutional career placement outcomes.
Speeches on Black education to be delivered by US Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael S.Regan, Pulitzer Prize Winner Nikole Hannah Jones, Xerox CEO Steven Bandrowczak…
Members of the Hawkins community and Jarvis Christian University met today on the Jarvis campus to announce a new “transformation initiative.”
Commitment will expand career pathways student development programming and promote financial education resources on campuses.
SHOWTIME/MTV Entertainment Studios, in partnership with more than 2,300 leading brands, nonprofits and cultural leaders globally, today announced the fourth-annual Mental Health Action Day, to…
Join our director of Transformation Support, Rev. Dr. Darryl Ann Lai Fang and Program Manager, Deshon Burgess as they host a monthly virtual webinar series: The State of HBCUs and discuss student success, enrollment trends and transformation happening at Black colleges. Register now for our next webinar.
Low-income students, students of color, and those who are the first in their families to go to college often have a tougher time finding a first job out of college and earn less than their more privileged peers.
UNCF has received a catalytic investment to accelerate institutional transformation efforts from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
A nationally representative survey of adults ages 18 and older explores the impact of the pandemic on When the pandemic struck last year, education and…
Finding and enrolling the right students is more challenging than ever, making each stage of the enrollment journey critical. Hanover’s Enrollment Management Solutions evaluate the…
Educause, 2022 Looking for Insights into innovative practices and creative applications of educational technology in support of teaching and student learning? Check out Educause’s Higher…
Arthur Levine describes a seven-step process that reveals how far we need to go to ensure that academe keeps pace with the changes taking place…
As financial pressures on higher-education institutions compound, a transformation approach focused on five best practices can help leaders make lasting change. Higher-education institutions in the…
As of 2021, at least 36 million Americans had attended college and accrued significant amounts of college credit without ever being awarded a college credential…
Frontierset.org, 2020 2020 challenges brought opportunities to quickly learn about, develop, and implement more equity-centered strategies. Since its inception in 2016, the Frontier Set institutions,…
Data-informed decision-making has always been a foundational capacity and routines for achieving equitable outcomes within the Frontier Set. Since the initiative began, each member committed…
The CPI Mid-Term Assessment provides insights from the first two years of the UNCF® Career Pathways Initiative (CPI). We derived insights from a comprehensive view…
This report examines how access for Black and Latino students at the nation’s 101 most selective public colleges and universities has changed since 2000, and…
The report includes an overview of the access, success and mobility rates at HBCUs. Additionally, it offers an equity-centered approach to understanding higher education outcomes for underserved students.
The intent of this report is to lay out a broad factual foundation examining how race affects economic participation in the United States.
This report is a nationally representative survey of college alumni and their association of career connections with education value.
In this interview with McKinsey’s Rik Kirkland, Kopp shares how her organization has shifted its orientation so it can better prepare tomorrow’s leaders with the skills of the future.
This report examines the rates, amounts and distribution of student loan debt among HBCU students relative to their non-HBCU peers and offers analysis that focuses solely on undergraduates attending four-year public and private, non-profit institutions.
The UNCF HBCU Resource Guide will help you learn more about historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). This document provides information on scholarships, college-planning resources, key facts about HBCUs and more.
The landmark study, commissioned by UNCF’s Frederick D. Patterson Research Institute, shows that the economic benefits of HBCUs extend beyond the students they educate. They’re equally important to the regions and communities that HBCUs have served for more than 100 years.
This study yields important insights for educators, employers, alumni and prospective students about the factors that contribute to great jobs, lives and experiences for graduates from every walk of life, with a special focus on minorities and members of underrepresented student populations. It also identifies the areas in which graduates in these groups are thriving, and areas to which higher education institutions need to pay extra attention.
This report, HBCUs Punching Above Their Weight: A State-Level Analysis of Historically Black College and
University Enrollment and Graduation, shows that, in their most important function—enrolling and graduating college students—HBCUs perform far better than their small size and lack of resources would lead one to expect,
The purpose of this white paper is two-fold: First, to make the case that strategic enrollment management, properly designed and carried out, can be a catalyst for transforming American higher education. Second, to offer private HBCUs and other minority-serving institutions a model for success in enrollment management.