NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — A video of University of Oklahoma fraternity members engaging in a racist chant outraged and angered students across the campus, but its release also has sparked a dialogue that many students hope will lead to positive changes at the school. Protests and rallies have been held every day on the campus […]
Historically Black colleges and universities are suffering in today’s environment as parents and students are electing to go elsewhere. The days of almost certainly attending a Black institution as our parents did are a thing of the past. College students today have more choices. Earlier in the month, President Barack Obama was critical of HBCUs […]
Byron Jones is the Chief Financial Officer of University of Phoenix and a member of the University President’s Cabinet. A Tuskegee graduate, Jones now helps others achieve their goal of a college education. The University of Phoenix has over 200,000 students and is an industry leader in online education. Jones says that over 25% […]
Conservatives are ridiculously riled-up over a controversial English class at Arizona State University called “U.S. Race Theory & the Problem of Whiteness,” a social engineering course that examines perceptions of race in America. I believe Arizona State University is offering students a much-needed, progressive, thought-provoking class to stimulate intellectual discussion about cultural awareness in a nation […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Thursday announced a proposal that President Barack Obama said would make community college “free for everybody who is willing to work for it.” But administration officials provided no details about the program’s costs or where the money would come to pay for it. Obama planned to formally announce […]
Charlayne Hunter-Gualt and Hamilton E. Holmes were civil right trailblazers who were at the center of integrating the University of Georgia. The pair were the first Black students admitted at the school on this day in 1961, after launching a lawsuit with the assistance of the NAACP. Hunter and Holmes were top students at […]
Denny’s CEO John Miller didn’t want to call in his good news to the Tom Joyner Morning Show, so he actually came down to the Red Velvet Cake Studios in Dallas, Texas to deliver it in person. Denny’s has been partnering with The Tom Joyner Foundation for the last 12 years to ensure that […]
The Tom Joyner Morning Show talks to Pamela Alexander, the Director of Community Development for Ford Motor Company Fund & Shade Douglas, (that’s no typo, her name really is Shade), Team Leader for Spelman College, to announce the winner of the Ford HBCU Challenge. Douglas is a junior and Math major from Buffalo, New […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bill Cosby stepped down as a trustee of his beloved Temple University following renewed accusations that he had drugged and sexually assaulted a string of women over many years. The 77-year-old entertainer has been a high-profile booster for his alma mater in Philadelphia and a board member since 1982. “I have always […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — An Army statistician obtained a security clearance and worked for years on sensitive battlefield trauma research while lying about holding advanced degrees, the Army has acknowledged. The statistician, Amy N. Apodaca, was quietly forced to resign in January after admitting she did not earn the doctoral degree she had been claiming. Inquiries […]
Originally from Memphis, Allstate’s Kristy Kalango is in her third year of the Leadership Development program at Allstate and works on all multicultural marketing focusing on African-American programming. Kalango is an alumni of Howard University. She graduated in 2012 with a degree in business and marketing. She says she attended Howard because she wanted the HBCU experience. […]
For iPhone: Allstate’s new program HBCU “I Owe” You means that you can donate to your favorite HBCU just by calling Allstate and getting an insurance quote. Each call that is made nets an HBCU $10 so it’s easy to support your favorite. Sedrik Newbern, a Chicago Allstate agency Owner talks to the Tom […]
