HBCU Digest Radio Podcast
1) LISTEN: Digest After Dark - Let's Go On Strike
We discuss the new Executive Director of the White House HBCU Initiative, threats of faculty strikes at Howard University, and leadership chaos at Kentucky State University. This is a public episode. ...Show More
2) LISTEN: Century Foundation Fellow Denise Smith Discusses $53 Billion HBCU Endowment Deficit
The South Carolina State University alumna and current Howard University Ph.D. candidate discusses the historic and current-day implications of disparities between endowments at HBCUs and predominantl...Show More
3) LISTEN: How Alabama A&M Broke Fundraising Records, Into the Beer Business
Mississippi Valley State University alumnus and Alabama A&M University Vice President for Marketing, Communications and Advancement Archie Tucker discusses the university’s recent record-breaking anon...Show More
4) LISTEN: How Tougaloo College Navigated a Cyberattack
Tougaloo College President Carmen J. Walters discusses her participation at a White House meeting on cybersecurity in higher education, and walks through how the college prepared for and survived a ca...Show More
5) LISTEN: Edward Waters President A. Zachary Faison is Trying to Get Free
Dr. Faison shares the secret to the university's unprecedented gains in status and branding, the problem with HBCUs and the search for proximity to white wealth, and how Black people must be catalysts...Show More
6) White House Senior COVID-19 Equity Policy Advisor Cameron Webb
Dr. Webb discusses the value of HBCUs in promoting virus and vaccine awareness, and how institutions can inspire individuals to make good choices about covid-19 prevention. This is a public episode. I...Show More
7) Hampton's Kadidja Dosso Talks Winning $250K from Pharrell
The CEO of Dosso Beauty describes the entrepreneurial life, how Hampton enhanced her skill as a business owner, and lessons learned in bootstrapping an international company. This is a public episode....Show More
8) LISTEN: Former Kentucky State President M. Christopher Brown II
Dr. Brown talks about his departure from Kentucky's flagship HBCU, the culture of HBCU leadership and scrutiny, and the future of Black colleges into the second year of covid-19 pandemic response. Thi...Show More
9) LISTEN: Jackson State President Thomas Hudson
Hudson shares thoughts on the difference between interim and permanent presidential leadership, the accomplishments of JSU alumni, the campus' preparedness for fall reopening, and the success of head ...Show More
10) Digest After Dark - The HBCU Florida Man Edition
Nikole Hannah Jones, Ta-Nehisi Coates sign with Howard. What’s the sector-wide impact? We also talk about Bethune-Cookman settling its dorm deal debt, issues at Florida Memorial, and remembering Fred...Show More