According to Jarrett L. Carter at the Huffington Post, leaders at historically black colleges and universities are at the forefront of the national discussion around gun control and violence. … the vestiges of desegregation and the accompanying suburban black flight, a failed war on drugs, and the death of the industrial era counter the affluence…

It’s no secret that black and brown men are leading the numbers of incarcerated in America, but what is a mystery is how this country plans to rehabilitate its inmates. Enter Southern University System President Ron Mason and his “Five Fifths Agenda for America,” which proposes that HBCUs take a vested interest in the intellectual…

In a piece for the Huffington Post, Jarrett L. Carter writes that many of the schools urgently need to make some simple adjustments. HBCUs must keep up the same academic rigor and heartfelt investment between faculty and student. This is not only the most endearing way to learn, but a proven system of developing high-achieving…