Category : Education

- 2 months ago

Three African American Faculty Members Appointed to New Positions

Cynthia Oliver, a professor of dance and special advisor to the chancellor for arts integration at the University of Illinois, has been named to a Gutgsell Endowed Chair at the university. Her work seeks to forge a new understanding of the relationsh...

- 2 months ago

In Memoriam: William Pope.L, 1955-2023

William Pope.L, an acclaimed interdisciplinary artist and professor in the department of visual arts at the University of Chicago, died late last month at his home in Chicago. He was 68 years old. A native of Newark, New Jersey, Pope.L attended Brook...

- 2 months ago

Vanderbilt University Acquires the Dom Flemons Collection

The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries at Vanderbilt University in Nashville has acquired the personal collection of Dom Flemons, a Grammy Award-winning songwriter, multi instrumentalist and cultural historian whose music and research have brought gr...

- 2 months ago

Racial Disparities in Pay Persist in Higher Education

A new study from the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR) finds that there remains a significant pay gap for people of color in staff and faculty positions at colleges and universities in the United States. Pa...

- 2 months ago

North Carolina Central University Chancellor to Step Down in June

Johnson O. Akinleye, chancellor of North Carolina Central University in Durham, has announced that he will step down at the end of the academic year. He was appointed the twelfth chancellor of North Carolina Central University on June 26, 2017. “I am...

- 2 months ago

Three African Americans Who Have Been Appointed Deans

Daryl D. Green is the new dean of the School of Business at Langston University in Oklahoma. Prior to joining the Langston community, Dr. Green worked at Oklahoma Baptist University for several years, holding the Dickinson Chair of Business in the Pa...

- 2 months ago

How to Generate Public Support for Alleviating Racial Disparities

A recent study by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of California, Irvine, and Duke University finds that highlighting racial health disparities can spark public support for remedial action. “Health disparities may b...