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HBCUs have big role to train diverse teachers amid shortages

Historically Black colleges and universities play an outsize role in producing teachers of color in the U.S., where only 7% of teachers are Black, compared with 15% of students

The Independent UK

Q&A: Magic Johnson says ‘nobody’ is going to want to play the Lakers in the playoffs

Magic: "I think D’Angelo has really grown and matured. He can score the basketball."

USA Today Sports Media Group

HBCU Conferences Band Together to Bring More Funding, Opportunity to Athletes

The Power Four—SIAC, CIAA, MEAC and SWAC—are finding there is strength in working together because of their shared history, goals and issues.

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Why the Ed Reed-Bethune Cookman Relationship Ended Before It Began

The hiring/non-hiring intertwined two issues: HBCUs hiring celebrity coaches in the wake of Deion Sanders’s run at Jackson State, and how people talk about HBCUs.

Sports Illustrated

Historically Black TSU hopes for Grammy with gospel album

Tennessee State University is hoping to make history after their marching band was nominated for a Grammy in the roots gospel category

The Independent UK

Bethune-Cookman Players Petition for Ed Reed to Be Reinstated

Nearly two dozen members of the program penned a message to the school after it was announced that the former NFL star would not be taking over.

Sports Illustrated

Ed Reed Says His Deal to Coach Bethune-Cookman Is Off

The legendary defensive back attracted criticism earlier this month for saying HBCUs have "broken mentalities."

Sports Illustrated

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Jaylen Brown on partnership between the NBA and HBCUs: ‘I think that’s a high point for the NBA’

The Celtics hosted HBCU Night on Wednesday at TD Garden. Jaylen Brown spoke about the partnership between the NBA and HBCUs after the game.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Don't call Deion Sanders a sellout

Many ardent fans, particularly from the Black community, reacted to his leaving Jackson State with disbelief

Salon

Calling Deion Sanders a sellout ignores the growing role of clout-chasing in college sports

For most college football coaches, the move from a mid-major conference to a Power Five conference would be met with widespread praise.

The Conversation

Chris Paul to Graduate From Winston-Salem State Today

Donning his cap and gown, the 37-year-old will receive his diploma the day after leading the Suns to a victory.

Sports Illustrated

Higher education's sea change

Several factors are changing the face of higher education.

Axios

Coach Prime is not the HBCU savior

The outrage over Deion Sanders leaving his Jackson State football coaching job for Colorado is misplaced

Salon

Deion Sanders’ Rocky Mountain high is a low for Black colleges

The Hall of Famer’s success at Jackson State, a historically Black college, brought joy to many. His move to Colorado left more feeling betrayed

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HBCU grads can face lifelong student debt burdens. Here’s what that looks like in NC

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Whether it’s buying a home, saving for retirement or starting a business, student debt makes it difficult for graduates of historically Black colleges and universities to build wealth after college, a new report shows.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Stephen A. Smith delivered an epic GameDay pick with Jackson State ‘big time’ over Southern

"Jackson State big time, today!"

The Texas Tribune

College voters held back by Texas election law, lack of on-campus polling sites

Many Texas universities don’t have early-voting locations on campus. And state laws regarding voter ID and registration make it hard to turn out younger voters, advocates say.

USA Today Sports Media Group

After a recession, HBCU golf is on the rise once again — but the hard work isn’t done yet

“I think golf has proven itself to be an investment worth investing in for HBCUs, for people, for the culture."

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Deion Sanders’s Jackson State Vision Is All Going to Plan

Coach Prime opens up on his pitch to recruits (and their mothers), how he’d react to a Power 5 offer and more.

The Independent UK

NFL keeping watch on return of HBCUs to national prominence

An uptick in national prominence for programs at historically Black colleges and universities has caught the eyes of NFL evaluators

Los Angeles Times

Viral sensation USC Cardinal Divas strive to 'create a Black space for Black women'

LOS ANGELES — Princess Lang pressed send on her innocent tweet. If she got 50 likes on this simple, seven-second video clip of her dancing, the junior majoring in musical theater at USC would feel so famous.

Sports Illustrated

Deion Sanders Discusses Double Standard Amid Job Rumors

Coach Prime has a bone to pick with the disparity in interest in him as a coach and HBCU players as NFL prospects.

WEKU

How to fit a top-tier HBCU marching band and the gospel tradition onto one album

The massive sound of The Aristocrat of Bands, a highly respected HBCU marching band, and the overflowing history of gospel combine on a single album (with a great title) — 'The Urban Hymnal.'

Tribune News Service

Column: HBCUs are good for your health

ATLANTA -- Kyla Emory’s first introduction to a historically black college and university (HBCU) came from watching reruns of “A Different World.” That spinoff of “The Cosby Show” set at a fictional HBCU left her dreaming of attending a predominantly Black college.

Sports Illustrated

Deion Sanders, Jackson State Delivered in Southern Heritage Classic

After the latest entertaining meeting between the Tigers and Tennessee State, the popular series now sits in limbo as the HBCUs explore other possibilities.

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