Cheyney University of Pennsylvania was founded in 1837 as the Institute for Colored Youth, making it the oldest HBCU in the United States. The university was established through the bequest of ...

He eventually earned his doctorate in history at the University of Virginia ... of higher learning that was founded in 1837. He believes Cheyney is underfunded. “I have been a representative ...

But opinion doesn’t inform facts. Founded in 1837 as the African Institute, the school now known as Cheyney University was formed as a result of a $10,000 endowment from Richard Humphreys ...

The fate of Cheyney University is riding heavily on Aaron ... the enrollment has sunk too low to be viable and the role it was founded to play 182 years ago in educating black students who couldn ...

Cheyney University was founded in 1837 and is part of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. Read more about Cheney’s status and plans going forward in the Philadelphia Business Journal.

Cheyney University, the nation's oldest historically ... students on a campus straddling Chester and Delaware counties, was founded in 1837. Alumni include civil rights activist Octavius V.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - For Clairton High School graduate Qualyn Meade, Cheyney University is a “school ... who have attended Cheyney since it was founded almost 200 years ago to “instruct the ...

(Courtesy Photo/Twitter) Cheyney University has grappled with financial ... would likely have signaled the death knell for Cheyney, founded in 1837 as the Institute for Colored Youth.