Category : Education

Enrollments Are Up in Higher Education With Black Increases Outpacing Those of Whites

A new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center finds that undergraduate enrollment grew by 176,000 students. or 1.2 percent, in fall 2023. This was the first increase since the pandemic. Among the three largest sectors, growth w...

Rhea Ballard-Thrower Named President-Elect of the Association of Research Libraries

Rhea Ballard-Thrower of the University of Illinois Chicago has been selected as the 2024 vice president and president-elect of the Association of Research Libraries. She will step into the role of president effective January 1st, 2025. The Associatio...

University Study Uncovers History of Neighborhood Segregation In Kitsap County, Washington

Researchers from the University of Washington and Eastern Washington University have combed through hundreds of documents and deeds from the Pugent Sound Regional Archives in Bellevue, Washington, to identify neighborhoods in Kitsap County that have...

Roscoe Jones Jr. Becomes First-Ever Black Dean at Drake University

Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, has named Roscoe Jones Jr. dean of the Drake Law School. This is the first time a Black person has been appointed to the role of dean in Drake University’s history. Jones will begin his new position on July...

Study Analyzes Racial Financial Inequality In America By State

A new study from WalletHub has analyzed the racial financial inequality in each of the 50 states and District of Columbia, and has determined what states have the largest and smallest wealth gaps among racial groups in the United States. The research...

Alicia Fontnette Appointed Executive Director of the National Council for Black Studies

Alicia Fontnette, assistant professor at the University of Delaware, has been named executive director of the National Council for Black Studies. As part of her appointment, the department of Africana studies at the University of Delaware will serve...

New Jackson State University President Anounces His Leadership Team

Jackson State University President Marcus L. Thompson, has announced the appointments of five African Americans to his cabinet and senior leadership team: Kylon Alford-Windfield, vice president of enrollment management; Alla Jeanae Frank, special ass...

A Trio of Black Scholars Who Are Taking on New Faculty Roles

Reginald Ellis was appointed an inaugural Provost Professor at Florida A&M University. In this role, he will serve as chief liaison and strategist to the university provost who will develop collaborative partnerships with university leaders on pr...

Maryland Takes Steps to Eliminate Duplicative Programs at PWIs and HBCUs

Last summer, Towson University in Maryland proposed adding a doctoral degree program in buiness analytics. Officials at Morgan State University in Baltimore objected saying that the Towson program would attract students that otherwise would enroll at...

Arizona State University’s Colleen Jennings-Roggensack Honored for Promoting Broadway Theater

Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, vice president for cultural affairs at Arizona State University and executive director of ASU Gammage, a multipurpose performing arts center on the campus of the university in Tempe, is the recipient of the 2023 Broadway...

American Honda Ups Its Support for Historically Black Colleges and Universities

American Honda has launched a new, multifaceted initiative called “Drive the Legacy” to advance the company’s longstanding commitment to historically Black colleges and universities and attract top talent to Honda careers. The initi...

Four African Americans Who Have Been Appointed to Administrative Posts in Higher Education

Jarmon DeSadier, senior director of employee relations for human resources at the Georgia Institute of Technology, was promoted to interim vice president for the Office of Equal Opportunity, Compliance, and Conflict Management. He is the former Title...

In Memoriam: Joyce Inez Johnson Bolden, 1933-2023

Joyce Inez Johnson Bolden, a long-time professor at Alcorn State University in Mississippi, died on January 6 at her daughter’s home in Metairie, Louisiana. She was 90 years old. A native of New Orleans, Dr. Bolden was raised on the campus of Prentis...

In Memoriam: Julie Saville, 1947-2023

Julie Saville, an associate professor emerita in the department of history at the University of Chicago, died on December 16. She was 76 years old. Saville spent her early childhood in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, during the Jim Crow years before her family...

Washington State University Partners With Six Universities in Nigeria

Washington State University is expanding its relationships with universities halfway around the world in central and western Africa as part of ongoing efforts to further scholarly exchange and leverage expertise to address some of the world’s most pr...