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October 3, 2026. By Williesha Morris, reporter, AL.com. A partnership between one of Alabama’s largest historically Black universities and a technology-focused nonprofit is improving student outcomes. After partnering with New York-based organization Ed Advancement over the course of five years,...

August 1, 2026. Op-Ed by Makola M. Abdullah, President, Virginia State University. Every parent who has sent a child off to college knows the anxiety of that first semester. Will they find their footing? Will they ask for help when...

May 18, 2026. By Marybeth Gasman, Contributor, Forbes. Ed Advancement’s new report on the Front Porch Portal focuses on how students often cannot easily find the information they need to stay enrolled and on track to graduate. The Front Porch Portal functions as...

April 29, 2026. By Abby Sourwine, Center for Digital Education, GovTech. In response to student feedback, Virginia State University worked with the nonprofit Ed Advancement on a platform that aggregates financial, academic and administrative information into a single interface for HBCUs....

NEW YORK (April 8, 2026) — Ed Advancement—a national nonprofit strengthening the operational capacity of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), which play an outsized role in advancing social and economic mobility— released a new report detailing how a mobile-friendly...