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Xavier University of Louisiana, the historically Black educational institution in New Orleans that is affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church, has announced the promotion of eight faculty members. Four of these promotions went to Black scholars. La...
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Rita R. Jones, former dean of women at Oakwood University in Huntsville, Alabama, passed away on July 3, 2019. She was 85 years old. Jones began her career at Oakwood University in 1972 as dean of freshman women. In 1978, she left Oakwood to become a...
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Many of the nation’s leading universities including Brown, the University of Virginia, Georgetown University, and the College of William and Mary, have conducted wide-ranging research on their historical ties to slavery. Rice University in Hous...
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Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, has partnered with the National Museum of African American Music to enrich educational and research opportunities around the musical legacy of African American composers, performers, and supporters and t...
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Floyd L. Robinson, former band director, professor, and administrator at Elizabeth City State University in North Carolina, passed away on June 27, 2019. In 1971, Dr. Robinson joined Elizabeth City State University as director of bands. He went on to...
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LaToya Webb, a graduate teaching assistant in the department of music in the College of Liberal Arts at Auburn University in Alabama, has been selected to attend the U.S. Army Band Conductors Workshop this summer. Her selection makes her the first Af...
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg has recently launched a new website that summarizes the findings and analysis of a group of students who researched the historical archives of a group of newspapers to examine African...
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Wright Lassiter Jr., the first African American chancellor of the Dallas County Community College District in Texas, passed away on July 2, 2019. He was 85 years old. Dr. Lassiter was appointed chancellor of Dallas County Community College District i...
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Suzanne Walsh has been named president of Bennett College in Greensboro, North Carolina. The all women’s institution enrolls just under 500 students. Walsh will assume her presidency on August 1, 2019. Currently, Walsh serves as the founder an...
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A new report from the U.S. Department of Education offers a detailed look at private K-12 schools in the United States, enrollments at these schools and faculty members at these institutions. During the 2017-18 academic year, there were more than 32,...
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The board of trustees of St. Louis Community College in Missouri has appointed Feleccia Moore-Davis as president and chief academic officer at the college’s Meramec campus. Dr. Moore-Davis will begin her new job on August 1. System-wide the col...
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According to a new study led by an incoming dean at the University of Kentucky, colleges and universities in the United States lack the diversity needed among faculty to deliver a well-rounded education. “While reports have shown modest gains i...
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Copiah-Lincoln Community College in Mississippi has chosen Sandra Barnes as vice president of the college and leader of the Natchez campus. Dr. Barnes will begin her new duties on July 15. The three campuses of the college enroll about 3,000 students...
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New data from the U.S. Census Bureau documents the fact that the U.S. population is getting older but the pace of the aging is significantly different across racial and ethnic groups. The statistics show that between 2010 and 2018, the median age of...
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Nefertiti Walker has been named interim associate chancellor for diversity, equity, and inclusion at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She currently serves as a faculty member in the university’s Isenberg School of Management and as...
