Media & Press
“HBCU Student Debt” story aired on Comcast Newsmakers
“HBCUs Face Funding Disparities, but Recent Boosts in Philanthropy Dollars” ABC News (February 22, 2022)
“Institutions Seek to Address Basic Needs Insecurity Among HBCU Students” Diverse Issues in Higher Education (January 20, 2022)
“Donald Trump stated on October 22, 2020 in the final 2020 presidential debate: ‘President Obama would never give them long-term funding, and I did … I saved historically Black colleges and universities.’” Politifact (October, 27, 2020)
“Opinion: A Fact-Check List of Trump Accomplishments” The New York Times (September 11, 2020)
“Black Student Loan Borrowers Among the Most Likely to Regret Taking Out Loans” story aired on 60 television stations in 42 markets via Scripps National News (August 28, 2020)
“OPINION: Black Students Hold Too Much Debt, and the Way Out Includes More and Better Career Counseling” Prioritizing public support for HBCUs, predominantly black institutions and community colleges” The Hechinger Report (February 27, 2020)
“HBCUs are Trying to Spare Graduates from Crushing Student Loan Debt. It’s Not Easy.” The Washington Post (February 18, 2020)
“Largest Gift In Howard University History Sparks Conversation About HBCU Donations” NPR (February 6, 2020)
“Education Trust Addresses Black Student Debt Crisis at D.C. Briefing” Diverse Issues in Higher Education (September 26, 2019)
“Black Student Debt is Hitting African Americans the Hardest. These Experts Have a Plan to Fix It” The Washington Post (September 20, 2019)
“Report Shows Lack of Diversity in Engineering” Inside Higher Education (December 18,2018)
“APLU Report Finds Minorities Lack Representation in Engineering Education” Higher Education Today (December 20, 2018)
“Report: Minorities Underrepresented in Earning Engineering Degrees” Diverse Issues in Higher Education (December 18, 2018)
“Study Reveals Obstacles Faced by Black Men in Doctoral Programs in Engineering” Journal of Blacks in Higher Education (April 16, 2018)
“Experience of Black Doctoral Students Underscores Need to Increase Diversity in STEM Field” U News at The University of Utah (April 11, 2018)
“Study Explores Challenges to Black Graduate Engineering Students” Diverse Issues in Higher Education (April 10, 2018)
“ISU Researchers [sic]: Racism is Rampant in Higher Education” KCCI.com (DesMoines, IA news station) (June 8, 2018)
“HBCU Student Debt” Comcast Newsmakers (February 16, 2017)
“For Many Blacks, College Degrees Come With Outsized Debt” Nerdwallet (February 8, 2017)
“The Burden Of Debt At HBCUs” KERA FM (Jan 3, 2017)
“United Negro College Fund: HBCU Students are Shouldering Heavy Debt Burdens” published by The Washington Post and Demos (December, 15, 2016)
“Report: Students at HBCUs Have Burdensome Debt” Inside Higher Education (December 15, 2016)
“HBCU Students Face Greater Student Loan Burden Than Other Students” National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (December 15, 2016)
“Report Finds HBCU Students Overly Burdened by Loans” Diverse Issues in Education (December 14, 2016).
“HBCU Students Carry More Debt” Atlanta Journal Constitution (December 14, 2016)
“UNCF Releases Report Examining the Student Loan Burden on HBCU students” Blavity.com