Public historically black colleges and universities have made some - but not drastically significant - progress in terms of their online education offerings, while private HBCUs have had no gains in the past three years. Growth in the total number of historically black colleges offering online programs has been steady yet modest, says a new report from Roy Beasley, who manages the Digital Learning Lab at Howard University. Of the 106 total historically black institutions in the United States, 27 -- or about 25 percent -- offer fully online degree programs, compared with 24 in 2012 and 19 ...