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Each week, The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education will provide links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. The links presented direct the reader to articles from many different points of view that deal with issues of African A...
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Saint Louis University has announced that two-$10,000 annual scholarships will be named in honor of longtime St. Louis community leader, civil rights pioneer, and St. Louis American newspaper publisher Donald M Suggs. The Dr. Donald M. Suggs Scholars...
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Here is this week’s news of grants or gifts to historically Black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education. Historically Black Jackson State University in Mississippi received a $390,00...
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The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. The books included are on a wide variety of subjects and present many different points of view. The opinions expressed in these...
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Eletra Gilchrist-Petty was promoted to full professor of communication at the University of Alabama at Huntsville. She joined the faculty at the university as an assistant professor of communication arts in 2008 and subsequently was promoted and earn...
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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation announced $1.76 million in emergency grants distributed to 16 historically Black colleges and universities. The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting students’ ability to pay tuition, travel to and from school, and access the...
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Nate Bryant has been selected to serve as the interim president of North Shore Community College in Danvers, Massachusetts. Dr. Bryant will assume his position on July 5, 2020 and will serve through the 2020-21 academic year. North Shore Community C...
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The U.S. Census Bureau has begun publishing a Household Pulse Survey every two weeks to gauge how Americans are coping with the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey asks questions on employment, health, education, and other issues....
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John M. M. Anderson is the new dean of the College of Engineering and Architecture. Dr. Anderson most recently served as interim dean of the College of Engineering after holding various positions of increasing responsibility within the college since...
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Many past studies have documented the student loan debt crisis in the African American community. The huge amount of debt accumulated by Black students in higher education even impacts the racial wealth gap many years down the road after students gra...
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Kevin James was appointed the nineteenth president of Morris Brown College in Atlanta. He has been serving in this role on an interim basis since March 2019. In 2002, Morris Brown College lost its accreditation due to an unstable financial position....
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The NAACP, in partnership with the African American Research Collaborative and the Equity Research and Innovation Center at the Yale School of Medicine, conducted a survey on how African Americans are responding to the novel coronavirus pandemic. Som...
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Darrell Newton was named provost and vice president for academic affairs at Winona State University in Minnesota, effective July 6, 2020. Founded in 1858, Winona State University is a public university with over 7,600 students on campuses in Winona a...
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Morehouse College, the historically Black educational institution in Atlanta, announced that it will implement a reduction in force, furloughs, and pay cuts as part of a cost-reduction plan to offset an anticipated fiscal year 2020-2021 budget defici...
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Carnegie Mellon University, the highly selective educational institution in Pittsburgh has announced the appointment of seven faculty members fo the rank of University Professor. This is the highest faculty rank at the university. “University P...
