Dr. Ford will become the next president of Dillard University, a historically Black university in New Orleans. Ford is currently the dean of Elon University’s School of Communications.
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.
With capacity-building support from UNCF, HBCUs will offer one-on-one success coaching to help thousands of students of color chart pathways to and through college.
UNCF’s Executive Leadership Institute gatherings, focused on how HBCUs and PBIs can support women advocates by putting more women in positions of leadership.
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.
The United Negro College Fund is launching a new online learning platform where HBCU students and scholars at different institutions across the country can learn and connect.
CDFIs like Reinvestment Fund are positioned to connect the dots between community partners, financial institutions and policymakers to help drive healthy and equitable communities.
If HBCUs are to realize their full potential as a driver of economic and community development, their value and impact must be recognized by the capital markets.
A Conversation on Building a Path to Institutional Transformation for Minority Serving Institutions with UNCF President and CEO Dr. Michael Lomax and Jason Wright, President of the Washington Football Team.
In today’s higher education landscape, the collection, appreciation, and usage of data and analytics is not only necessary, it is essential.