Category : Education

A Trio of Black Scholars Appointed to New Faculty Positions

Caree Banton has been appointed chair of the department of history in the Fulbright College of Arts and Science at the University of Arkansas. She has been with the university since 2013, currently serving as an associate professor of history and dir...

Spelman College to Establish the First-Ever Cosmetic Chemistry Program at an HBCU

Spelman College, a historically Black women’s college in Atlanta, Georgia, has announced it will offer a concentration in cosmetic chemistry for students majoring in chemistry as well as a minor in cosmetic science for students in other majors....

Kimberly Enard is the First African-American Recipient of the John D. Thompson Prize

Kimberly Enard, an associate professor in the College for Public Health and Social Justice at Saint Louis University in Missouri, has been honored with the 2024 John D. Thompson Prize from the Association of University Programs for Health Administrat...

Historically Black Paul Quinn College in Dallas Establishes Partnership with City Year AmeriCorps

City Year, a member organization of AmeriCorps focused on developing diverse leaders through educational volunteer service, has partnered with historically Black Paul Quinn College in Dallas to make higher education more accessible for City Year Amer...

Three Black Leaders Appointed to Administrative Positions

Alexander Miller has been named vice president of student affairs and dean of students at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. He currently serves as vice president of student life at Denison University in Granville, Ohio. He has ove...

In Memoriam: Paul F. Bittting, 1945-2024

Paul F. Bitting, a professor at North Carolina State University for nearly three decades, passed away on March 8. He was 79 years old. In 1989, Dr. Bitting joined the faculty of the College of Education at North Carolina State University where he tau...

Center for Politics and Race in America at Rutgers University Newark Renamed for the Late Sheila Oliver

Rutgers University Newark in New Jersey has named its Center for Politics and Race in America after the late Lieutenant Governor Sheila Y. Oliver, the first Black woman to hold a statewide office in New Jersey. Oliver was elected New Jersey’s L...

Howard University Fine Arts Dean Phylicia Rashad Announces Retirement

Phylicia Rashad, dean of the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts at historically Black Howard University, has announced her retirement effective at the conclusion of this academic year. Rashad, a Howard University alumna, has an over four-decade...

Mercer County Community College Launches Leadership Institute for Black Women

Mercer County Community College in New Jersey has partnered with the New Jersey Black Women’s Collective to launch the New Jersey Black Women’s Collective Leadership Institute. The program was created to support emerging Black women leade...

University of Maryland Reports on Its Historic Ties to Slavery

The University of Maryland has released a report documenting the history of enslaved Black people who worked and or lived on land that is now part of the school’s campus. The report is the latest endeavor from “The 1856 Project,” a...

Yale University Commits $10 million Toward HBCU Partnerships

Yale University has announced it will commit $10 million to expand its partnerships with historically Black colleges and universities. The announcement follows the university’s recent formal apology regarding its historical ties to slavery. The...

Gallup Survey Finds Black Students More Likely Than Their White Peers to Withdraw From College

Gallup and the Lumina Foundation have recently released data from their 2023 survey on the experiences with and attitudes towards higher education among adults in the United States. The study surveyed a mix of currently enrolled students, adults who...