Category : Education

Spelman College Partners with HERide to Enhance Campus Safety and Support Services

The months between the beginning of the fall semester and Thanksgiving break, known as The Red Zone, are when sexual assault cases on college campuses are at their highest. To provide its students with the utmost support during this historically dang...

Beverly Henry Wheeler Receives National Award for Lifetime Achievement in College Admissions

Beverly Henry Wheeler, interim director of admission at Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas, has received the inaugural Beverly Henry Wheeler Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association for College Admissions Counseling (NACAC). The new...

NCCU to Launch Multidisciplinary Bachelor’s Degree in Formulations and Packaging Science

North Carolina Central University, a historically Black institution in Durham, has established a new bachelor’s degree program in formulations and packaging science. The new degree program will teach students about formulating quality products...

Six Black Professionals Appointed to New Roles in Higher Education

Alyse Jordan has been appointed executive director of library services and university librarian for the Cunningham Memorial Library at Indiana State University. She has decades of experience in library and research positions within higher education....

Tennessee State University Appoints Two Black Men to Key Administrative Positions

Daarel Burnette has been selected to serve as senior advisor and interim executive vice president. A retired Lieutenant Colonel from the United States Air Force, he has served as a financial advisor to several HBCUs, including Jackson State Universit...

Anita Thomas Resigns as President of North Central College

Anita Thomas, president of North Central College in Naperville, Illinois, has stepped down from her role during a leave of absence. Her resignation was effective July 30, about one year after she took office on July 1, 2023. When she assumed her pres...

Significant Increases in Homicides Partly Responsible for Racial Disparities in Life Expectancy During COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic worsened the already existing disparity in life expectancy between Black and White Americans. While Black Americans were significantly more likely to die from the virus, a new study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison has f...

Significant Drop in Black First-Year Enrollments at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

This is the first admissions cycle completed after the Supreme Court banned the consideration of race in college and university admissions in June 2023. Most of the nation’s leading colleges and universities have been tight-lipped on the racial...

Socioeconomic Factors that Influence Black-White Achievement Gap Among Elementary Students

A new report from scholars at the University at Albany and the Thomas B. Fordham Institute has examined the most influential socioeconomic factors that lead to racial disparities in educational achievement among elementary students, as well as dispa...

Victor Brown Named Provost of Husson University in Maine

Victor Brown has been named provost and vice president for academic affairs at Husson University in Bangor, Maine. He will assume his new position on September 9. Dr. Brown brings over two decades of experience in research and academic settings to hi...

Living in a Disadvantaged Neighborhood May Be Responsible for Increased Levels of Prostate Cancer in Black Men

In the United States, Black men are more likely than White men to be diagnosed with prostate cancer and twice as likely to die from the disease. A new study led by the University of Maryland School of Medicine and Virginia Commonwealth University has...

Three Black Women Scholars Selected for Dean Positions

Donna Stoddard has been appointed dean of the faculty at Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts. With over 30 years of experience on the Babson faculty, she currently serves as chair of the operations and information management division. Earlier...

Mary Murimi Receives Lifetime Achievement Award From the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior

Mary Murimi, professor of nutrition at Texas Tech University, has received the Helen Denning Ullrich Annual Award for Lifetime Excellence in Nutrition Education from the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior. The award is presented annually to...

Saint Augustine’s University Secures Financial Assistance to Alleviate Short-Term Concerns

Saint Augustine’s University, a historically Black institution in Raleigh, North Carolina, has recently signed an agreement with Gothic Ventures that will provide the HBCU with the opportunity to receive up to $30 million in credit. The new col...

Five Black Scholars Appointed to New Faculty Roles at Universities Across the Country

Stephen Bayne has been named the inaugural executive director of the Institute for Critical Infrastructure and vice chancellor for innovation and collaboration at Texas Tech University. He has been with the university since 2009, most recently servin...