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People will tell you two things when they send you off to college: study hard and have fun. We have some concept of studying hard, but the other piece of advice, you will soon realize, comes across very vaguely. I didn’t grasp why “fun” has a unique meaning at school until I figured out that, […]

    An Indiana University Bloomington student is making the most out of her college experience. Noelle Gibson will be entering her senior year. She’s spent most of her time at IU taking advantage of worthwhile opportunities to see the world.

According to a report in the Journal of American College Health, one in five young women have experienced attempted or completed sexual assault while a student. Horrific. What can be done to transform the sexually violent culture of so many college campuses?

Editor’s Note: This month at BYP, we will be exploring Education & Schooling, and we are interested in publishing works that address these topics. What are the implications of charter and private schools in communities of color? How do we counteract anti-Black textbooks and teachers in our childrens’ education? How did you heal from bullying […]

by Daniel Johnson Regarding the abject brutality of the way the criminal justice system discards Black bodies and lives, writer Kirsten West Savali describes the practice in this way, reframing the common narrative that the criminal justice system is merely broken: “The system is not broken, it is functioning exactly as intended.” There is little […]

The Devos era at the United States Department of Education is continuing the trend of Trump era rollbacks by marginalizing, reassigning or refocusing a team previously dedicated to the investigation of abuses by for-profit colleges, according to the New York Times. This move serves to kill ongoing or preliminary investigations into former employers of Devos’ top […]

According to a recent NPR report, some conservative Christian colleges are feeling pressured by a potential interpretation of Title IX that would include sexual orientation or gender expression in its clause regarding the right of students to not be discriminated against on the basis of sex. Most of these colleges have been requiring students to […]

By Gloria Oladipo All college students have experience being tired and stressed due to the variety of issues at schools. However, for Black students, feelings of weariness and mental exhaustion are exacerbated when anti-Black events occur on campus. Since enrolling at Cornell University last August, the following “racial incidents” have occurred: “Build a Wall” was […]

By Lainface At this point in human history, college has become damn-near mandatory for acquiring employment and, dare I say, being validated as a functional adult in our society. The “prestige” of attending an institution of higher education yields visions of flying graduation caps, late nights studying in the library, and long, long, looong walks […]

When kids are put on game early they can play with more longevity. And in a global, knowledge-based society, too many people hold out science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields as unattainable career options for more than a few people of color. Yet education leaders in Maryland, including the notable Black suburb Prince George’s […]

By: Imani J. Jackson Black people in America cope with everything from daily race-based micro-aggressions to police officers killing us with impunity. These realities lead some young people to seek schools that do not hyper-police blackness or seek to eliminate black people altogether — environments that normalize the African Diaspora. So, it isn’t surprising that […]

After months of anxiety and preparation, receiving a college acceptance letter may be one of the best feelings a high school senior can experience. Deprice and Shaprice Hunt, two twins from Chicago, know that feeling on a major scale. Combined, the Hunt twins were accepted into 56 colleges and brought in $1.6 million in scholarships. […]