Disruptive Transformation – A Way To Change Higher Education
According to a Forbes report, “universities and colleges across the nation are in crisis. These institutions face huge funding shortfalls, their students’ total indebtedness has…
Strategies Digital Solutions
The digital solutions team supports student success and institutional operational efficiency by developing tailored and culturally relevant opportunities that equip, sustain and promote innovation and technology adoption among HBCUs.
- Advises the development of HBCUv, a shared online learning platform for community learning where students, educators and staff are enabled to learn, develop and flourish together, from anywhere.
- Develops tailored and culturally relevant opportunities that equip, sustain and promote technology adoption.
- Ensures institutions are positioned to leverage and shape the future of digital learning and innovation.
For more information on Digital Solutions at the Institute for Capacity Building, contact Ed Smith-Lewis, Edward.Smith-Lewis@uncf.org.
All HBCUs and PBIs Invited to Participate in Unprecedented Summit on Future of Black Education
For the first time in the event’s history, the UNITE team has extended five complimentary invitations to every historically Black college and university (HBCU) and Predominantly Black Institution (PBI) in the nation.
An Online Hub for Learning and Community Building
The United Negro College Fund is launching a new online learning platform where HBCU students and scholars at different institutions across the country can learn and connect.
In Pivotal Moment for the Nation, Top Government, Industry and Philanthropic Leaders Convene to Discuss Future of HBCUs
Speeches on Black education to be delivered by US Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael S.Regan, Pulitzer Prize Winner Nikole Hannah Jones, Xerox CEO Steven Bandrowczak…
Our Village, Our Digital Innovation: HBCUv
HBCUv is an innovative learning technology ecosystem that is nothing short of revolutionary. It will reimagine the legacy, community and culture of HBCUs into a virtual experience that’s accessible, equitable and connected.
The Edge: Putting ‘Digital Equity’ Into the Equation on EdTech Deals
The Chronicle of Higher Education reports on trends in the HBCU space from the annual EDUCAUSE conference.
The Future of Black Higher Education Reinvented
No single group of institutions is more responsible for the economic, cultural and legal progress of our nation’s Black families than HBCUs.
UNCF and Founding HBCUs Sign Historic Agreement to Launch HBCUv, a Digital Learning and Community Engagement Platform “By HBCUs, for HBCUs”
A transformative moment for champions of Black higher education. ATLANTA, GA (Aug. 8, 2024)—In a landmark event that promises to redefine the future of higher…
UNCF and Google are Paving the Path Forward to Increase Opportunities for HBCU Students in Tech Fields with Additional $2M Investment
A long-standing collaboration between UNCF (United Negro College Fund) and Google continues to make groundbreaking investments in historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). Google has…
UNCF Institute for Capacity Building Awarded 2023 Amazon Web Services IMAGINE Grant to Develop HBCUv
The UNCF Institute for Capacity Building (ICB) was awarded the 2023 Amazon Web Services (AWS) IMAGINE Grant, open to registered non-profit organizations. They will collaborate…
UNCF Spearheading Groundbreaking HBCUv Initiative Through Collective Genius in Black Pedagogy and Higher Education
Our innovations will signal a shift from online classrooms to online learning experiences, not just for our own institutions, but for higher education as a whole.
UNCF, Axim Collaborative and Harvard University: Reshaping Higher Education through HBCUv
Today, UNCF (United Negro College Fund), the nation’s largest minority education organization, announced its partnership with Axim Collaborative and Harvard University to further the development…
“For years, HBCUs have been doing more with less. HBCUv allows us to do more with more.”
—Dr. Melita Pope Mitchell
Associate Dean, Johnson C. Smith University
