Category : Education

Beverly Crawford Honored by the National Dental Association Foundation

Beverley Crawford, professor of clinical restorative dentistry and director of the student diversity and inclusion initiatives at the University of Pennsylvania, has been recognized for her service to students and academics as the 2023 recipient of t...

Morgan State University Aims to Help Food Entrepreneurs in Baltimore

Morgan State University, in partnership with the City of Baltimore, has announced the creation of Open Access Baltimore, a free one-stop-shop online portal for student and community food entrepreneurs to find and utilize local resources for capital,...

Five African Americans Who Have Been Named to Administrative Posts in Higher Education

Tyron Clinton was appointed director of student success and retention programs at South Carolina State University. He has been serving in the role on an interim basis since May 2022. Prior to his current role, he served as the associate director of T...

In Memoriam: Evelyn Boyd Granville, 1924-2023

Evelyn Boyd Granville, a research scientist, educator, and a major contributor to the United States space program, died at her home in Silver Springs, Maryland. She was 99 years old. A native of Washington, D.C., Dr. Granville was a graduate of Smith...

Americans Overwhelmingly Support Teaching the Current Impacts of Racism in Public Schools

A new survey by the Gallup Organization finds that a large majority of Americans believe that the current impacts of racism and race-related history topics should be taught in U.S. schools. Recent data from the Gallup Center on Black Voices indicate...

Six HBCUs Receive Funding for Historic Preservation of Campus Buildings

Grants from the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund of the National Trust for Historial Preservation advance ongoing preservation activities for historic places such as homes, museums, and landscapes that represent African American cultura...

Study Seeks to Fill in the Gaps in African American Ancestral History

The 1870 federal census recorded formerly enslaved African Americans by name, and though it is a vital tool for genealogical research, many African Americans are still not able to trace their family members to or beyond this document. Due to poor rec...

A Trio of African Americans Who Have Been Appointed Deans at Universities

Reginald T. Braggs is the new assistant vice president and dean of students at Prairie View A&M University in Texas. Most recently he served as the director of Central New York Partnerships and Enrollment and interim executive to the president at...

Black Farmers Face Major Hurdles in Securing Financing

Black farmers have historically and systemically been at a disadvantage when competing with their counterparts. They have had less land, inferior crops, and have been shorted on generational wealth and government assistance. A new study led by Ashok...

Gwendoyn Sutton Is the First Woman to Lead the Tennessee College of Applied Technology Memphis

Gwendolyn Sutton is the new president of the Tennessee College of Applied Technology Memphis. She is the first woman to lead the college. The Tennessee College of Applied Technology Memphis enrolls just over 1,100 students according to the most recen...

Gwendolyn Sutton Is the First Woman to Lead the Tennessee College of Applied Technology Memphis

Census Report Documents Racial Disparities in Health-Related Disabilities

A new report from the U.S. Census Bureau offers data on racial disparities in disabilities based on health-related issues. Among adults ages 40 and older, non-Hispanic Asians reported the lowest rates of disability-related health conditions in 2021 w...

Two African American Women Named to Provost Positions

Cynthia Hester was named interim provost and vice president for academic affairs at Jarvis Christian University in Hawkins, Texas. She has been serving as assistant vice president for academic affairs. Before coming to Jarvis Christian University, Dr...

Tennessee State University Adds a New Master’s Degree Program in Agribusiness

The College of Agriculture at historically Black Tennessee State University has announced the establishment of a new master’s degree program in agribusiness and leadership degree program. The new program, which will enroll its first students th...

Colleges and Universities Announce the Appointments of Five Black Administrators

Jermaine Rolle was appointed director of athletics at Clayton State University in Morrow, Georgia. Since August 2020, he has served as deputy director of athletics and compliance at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Earlier, he was the associate...