Category : Education

Which HBCUs Got the Most Money From the COVID-19 Stimulus Package?

The U.S. Department of Education announced that it has released $1.4 billion in funding to help minority-serving institutions manage the financial crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. This funding is part of the Higher Education Emergency Reli...

The Huge Racial Gap in Homeownership Rates in the United States

The U.S. Bureau of the Census recently released a new report on homeownership rates in the United States. The report shows that in the first quarter of 2020, 65.3 percent of all Americans owned their home. This was up a full percentage point from the...

The New Dean of the School of Government and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth

Susan T. Gooden has been named dean of the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University. Dr. Gooden has served as interim dean at the Wilder School since May 2018. “I am honored to continue my service...

National Park Service Funds Historical Preservation Projects at HBCUs

The National Park Service announced more than $14 million in African American Civil Rights Historic Preservation Fund grants to fund 51 projects across 20 states and the District of Columbia that will preserve sites and history related to the African...

West Virginia University Surgeon Appointed as a Special Advisor to the Federal Government

Jeremiah Hayanga, associate professor of cardiovascular and thoracic surgery and program director of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) at the Heart and Vascular Institute at West Virginia University, has been appointed as a special advisor b...

HBCUs Securing Laptop Computers for All New Students

Online education has become an essential tool for colleges and universities to continue instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic. But many students at historically Black colleges and universities who were forced to return home when campuses closed di...

Melvin Terrell Honored by NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education

Melvin C. Terrell, vice president emeritus at Northeastern Illinois University, was selected as the recipient of the 2020 Bobby E. Leach Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Award presented by NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Educat...

Tuskegee University Donates Personal Protection Equipment to Healthcare Workers

While Alabama has not been as impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic as many other states, as of May 1 there have been more than 7,000 cases and 272 deaths. Tuskegee University, the historically Black educational institution in Alabama is doing its part t...

A Trio of African Americans Who Have Been Named to New Administrative Posts in Academia

Artanya Wesley was appointed vice chancellor for student affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. She was served in the role on an interim basis since last July. Dr. Wesley joined the university in July 2016 as dean of students. Earlier, sh...

Brown University Students Explore the History of a Local African American Cemetery

Three graduate students in archaeology at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, worked with the Historic Cemetery Advisory Commission in Newport, Rhode Island, to create an interactive map of God’s Little Acre, one of the oldest African and A...

Racists Zoombomb Black Student Group at the University of South Carolina

Every spring, the Association of African American Students at the University of South Carolina holds a cookout to celebrate the accomplishments of the past year. This year the event was moved online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While students gather...

Pellom McDaniels III, 1968-2020

Pellom McDaniels III, curator of African American collections at the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University in Atlanta, died on April 19 at his home in Decatur, Georgia. He was 52 years old. “The depth of o...

Nineteen HBCUs Awarded Grants From the National Institute of Food and Agriculture

The National Institute of Food and Agriculture of the U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced the awarding of more than $14 million in grants to 19 historically Black universities. The grants provide funds for scholarships for students in the fo...

Race Is the Most Frequent Motivation for Hate Crimes on College Campuses

A new report from the U.S. Department of Education and the Bureau of Justice Statistics offers a detailed look at crime on K-12 and college campuses. Among the statistics is information on hate crimes. In 2015, there were 860 hate crimes on college a...

Benjamin Ola. Akande Will Be the Ninth President of Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont

The board of trustees of Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont, has appointed Benjamin Ola. Akande as the ninth president of the educational institution. He will take office on July 1. Champlain College is a private liberal arts institution that e...