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JACKSON, Miss. -- Alcorn State has hired Melvin Spears as its football coach. The 50-year-old Spears was the offensive coordinator at Alabama State last season. He replaces Earnest Collins, who lef

The Princeton Review recently published its annual 373 Best Colleges guide. Among the 373 colleges chosen as America’s best are six historically black colleges and universities. They are Fisk University, Hampton University, Howard University, Spelman College, Tuskegee University, and Xavier Univ

This week, The Black Scholars Index features Dr. Harry Lee Williams, the 10th President of Delaware State University. http://www.blackscholarsindex.com/2011/01/hbcu-presidents-dr-har

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Greeting Scholars! Happy New Year! We are back! We hope you are engaged in, excited about, and thankful for a new year! Where We've Been As we embark on our 3rd year of existence (yup,

Today, The Black Scholars Index features the National Black Child Development Institute and its CEO Dr. Carol Brunson Day. In 2011, BSI is committed to ensuring Black Children h

The Washington Post's Dana Priest and William Arkin issued a report entitled "Monitoring America," which analyzes the exponential growth of Homeland Security in this country. The report looks at how H

Rust College and Hendrix College’s men battled through 11 lead changes and seven ties in a nip and tuck contest in Conway, AR. on Tuesday afternoon. Junior Marcus Erves scored 16 points and denied th

Today, The Black Scholars Index features Dr. Marjorie Lee Brown, the 2nd Black women to obtain a PhD in Math in the US. Her accomplishments thereafter are even more amazing! http://www.blackscholarsi

Today, The Black Scholars Index features Dr. Robert Satcher, Sr., the 9th President of Saint Paul's College. He's a bad man! We aren't sure why we haven't featured him before now. Ch

The Black Scholars Index features Ory Okolloh, a lawyer, activist, and blogger who is headed to Google as its Policy Manager for Africa. Check out this feature and a few of her clips (interview & TED

And we forgot to post BSI features here for the week thus far... See what a few days away from the office will do! Nonetheless, here they come...

By Alex Tausig If you're an entrepreneur, you're probably going to screw up at some point. That's ok. Entrepreneurship is a constant process of quickly testing hypotheses, failing, refining and testing again. If you're not failing, you're not learning, right? Well, not all fails are created eq

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics there are an expected 2.7 million new jobs to be added in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields by 2018 but yet The Council of State Governments reports that only 13 states in the U.S. including New York, Delaware and New Je

Looks like Hampton University should be the cream of the crop when it comes to basketball hoops at the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) this season, but according to the 2011 Pomer

Published by Herbert L. White Johnson C. Smith University is no longer a gated community. In 2010, the 143-year-old school launched a series of initiatives that transformed JCSU into a major for

Judge Greg Mathis to Keynote 25th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. State Celebration Kick-off Program at Harris-Stowe. Judge Greg Mathis, nationally recognized as an advocate for justice and as a

By Khalea Underwood - Howard University Courtesy of CollegeCandy.com While every college girl shares many of the same college experiences (Procrastinating, Blue Book exams ), she also carves her o

St. Louis Resident Leonard Johnson, III Is One of Four Individuals Honored Nationwide for His Exemplary Volunteer Efforts to Give Back to the African-American Community Allstate Insurance Company,

Happy Monday! Are you ready for the holiday season, cold weather, and good times with family and friends? We are, and with that will be out of the office until January 3rd. We wish you the ha

Today, The Black Scholars Index features Dr. Jayfus Doswell, an accomplished entrepreneur and engineer. Check out clips of his amazing work and get more information about his urban learning technology

Harris-Stowe State University will honor Tihra Ann Devres, a 19-year-old HSSU student who passed away last Sunday, at a Candlelight Vigil tonight, December 1, at 5 p.m. in the Emerson Performance Cent

Today, The Black Scholars Index features Dr. Cathy J. Cohen, a Political Science Professor and Social Activist. You MUST watch both featured clips! http://www.blackscholarsindex.com/2010/12/cathy-j-c

Today, The Black Scholars Index features Dr. Thelma B. Thompson, the 13th President of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore - http://www.blackscholarsindex.com/2010/11/hbcu-presi

200,000 Americans or more have HIV and don’t know it The number of adults tested for HIV reached a record high in 2009, according to an analysis of national survey data released today in a CDC Vita