Updates on the COVID-19

With the fall semester wrapped up, some colleges did better than others keeping COVID-19 cases low on campus. In Columbia, South Carolina, officials at the private, historically Black Benedict College operated under the bubble concept. It’s an approach similar to the NBA and some other professional sports. Students are pretty much not allowed to leave

With the onset of COVID-19, leaders of South Carolina HBCUs say their institutions are dealing with two issues disproportionately impacting their communities: social unrest and COVID-19. Not only do their students reflect a community more likely to die from COVID-19 — African Americans make up 27% of South Carolina’s population but account for 35% of

What criteria should be used for opening a college campus during a pandemic? For some schools that serve students of color, the decision included weighing where their students would be more safe. When the coronavirus pandemic shut down colleges nationwide in the spring, Fabeina Riggins returned home to her three younger siblings, three dogs and

Benedict College’s president says it had no choice but to bring students back to campus this fall. The historically Black college serves students who often don’t have access to the internet or are facing food and housing insecurities. Instead, the school is attempting to create a bubble to keep coronavirus out. NPR’s Elissa Nadworny reports. This segment aired