Category : Education

Seven African Americans Appointed to New Administrative Positions in Higher Education

Stephen W. Fusi was appointed chief brand officer at North Carolina Central University in Durham. In this role, he will be responsible for creating and enhancing the university’s brand as a visual image, a clear message, and a promise of a cons...

Savannah State University to Offer a New Degree Program in Data Analytics

Savannah State University, the historically Black educational institution in Georgia, has announced that it will offer a new, high-demand degree in data analytics beginning this fall. The data analytics degree program is a joint effort between three...

A Trio of Black Scholars Who Have Been Given New Roles at Major Universities

Jonathan Bailey Holland will join Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh as the Jack G. Buncher Chair and new head of the School of Music beginning August 1. Most recently, Dr. Holland served as chair of composition, contemporary music, and core st...

Howard University Acquires a Collection of Gordon Parks Photographs

Howard University and The Gordon Parks Foundation today announced a historic acquisition of 252 photographs representing the arc of Gordon Parks’s career over five decades. The breadth of the collection — which spans Parks’s earliest photographs in t...

Four African Americans Who Have Been Assigned Duties Relating to Diversity in Higher Education

Bobbie Porter has been named first vice president and chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer at California State University, Dominguez Hills. For the past four years, she has been the chief diversity officer and assistant vice president for d...

In Memoriam: Charles Lyman James, 1934-2022

Charles Lyman “Chuck” James, the Sara Lawrence Lightfoot Professor Emeritus of English Literature at Swarthmore College, has died. Professor James was 87 years old. Professor James was the college’s first Black tenured faculty member, as well a...

Noose Found Hanging From a Tree on the Campus of Stanford University in California

A noose was found hanging from a tree outside a dormitory on the campus of Stanford University in California. Several years ago ropes were tied to a tree for a performance by a student organization. The ropes were never removed from the tree. One of...

Cerritos College — PT Economics Instructor

PT Economics Instructor Salary: $70.73 – $101.72 HourlyJob Type: Part TimeJob Number: ECONS-22Closing: 6/9/2022 11:59 PM Pacific Location: Norwalk, CADepartment: ECONS-22Division: Business Education D...

The University of Portland Names Robert Kelly as Its Twenty-First President

Robert Kelly has been appointed the twenty-first president of the University of Portland in Oregon. When he takes office in August, Dr. Kelly will be the first layperson and the first African American to hold the position in the 121-year history of...

How Stress in the Academic Environment Impacts the Health of Black Women

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin and the University of Texas have found that the high-stress environment of higher education may negatively impact the mental and physical health of Black women in the academic world. Researchers conducted fo...

Darrell Wheeler Selected to Be the Next President of SUNY-New Paltz

Darrell P. Wheeler was appointed president of the State University of New York at New Paltz. He will take office on July 18. “It is an honor and a privilege to be named New Paltz’s ninth president and to join a campus community I have already come to...

Study Finds Telemedicine May Be Closing the Racial Gap in Primary Care Visits

Historically, there has been racial inequity when it comes to primary care appointments, which are vital for managing and preventing chronic disease. But as COVID-19 struck the United States in 2020 and telemedicine availability rose sharply, a study...

Three Universities Announce the Appointments of Black Scholars to Dean Positions

Stephanie Shonekan was named dean of the College of Arts and Humanities at the University of Maryland College Park, effective July 1. She has been serving as senior associate dean of the College of Arts and Science at the University of Missouri. Dr....

Student Loan Debt is Not the Only Financial Concern for Young Black Americans

A new study by the Nationwide Retirement Institute finds that young Black Americans report that medical debt is impacting their financial health. Black millennials report carrying substantially more medical debt compared to other generations. Of thos...

The Inaugural Leader of the New Community College System in Connecticut

The Board of Regents for Higher Education in Connecticut has appointed John Maduko to serve as president of Connecticut State Community College, effective June 1. The new system is merging 12 community colleges throughout the state. Together they wil...