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In December 2023, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) placed Saint Augustine’s University the historically Black institution in Raleigh, North Carolina, on probation. Saint Augustine’s Univers...
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Ishion Hutchinson has been named the W.E.B. DuBois Professor in the Humanities at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. He serves as a professor in the university’s department of English language and literature, centering his academic pursuit...
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Fayetteville State University, a historically Black university in North Carolina, has launched a new bachelor’s degree program in supply chain management and technology. Housed within the Broadwell College of Business and Economics, the bachelo...
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Ruby Perry, dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at historically Black Tuskegee University in Alabama, has received the American Veterinary Medical Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award. A full professor of veterinary radiology, Dr. Pe...
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The University of California, Santa Barbara and Tuskegee University, a historically Black educational institution in Alabama, have launched a new summer scholars program aimed at uplifting Black representation in television screenwriting. Ten student...
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L. Angela Webb has been appointed president of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators. She currently serves as the associate vice president for campus safety at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. Earlier in her care...
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One of the most prestigious honors in all of sports is to be a member of an Olympic team, and to compete once every four years representing your country against the best athletic competition in the world. Track and field is the sport, more than any o...
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The African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund at the National Trust for Historic Preservation has recently awarded $3 million in grant funding to revitalize thirty historical sites that represent Black American culture. Four of these grants were...
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Many institutions in higher education have begun to rely on artificial intelligence systems that can predict a student’s future success, utilizing their results to make decisions on admissions, budgeting, and student services. A new study publi...
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Donald W. Comer has been selected to serve as interim president of Lane College. He will assume his new role on August 1. Lane College is a historically Black undergraduate college in Jackson, Tennessee. The institution enrolls over 1,000 students, 7...
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Veterans who are unable to receive care from the Veteran Health Administration because of time or location constraints are able to received VA-funded “community care” outside of the VA system from a non-VA provider. A new study published...
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Jeffrey W. Norfleet II has been selected to serve as interim president of Shorter College in Little Rock, Arkansas. Shorter College, a historically Black community college, enrolls over 300 students. Black students represent roughly three-quarters of...
- 2 months ago
Jeffery W. Norfleet II has been selected to serve as interim president of Shorter College in Little Rock, Arkansas. Shorter College, a historically Black community college, enrolls over 300 students. Black students represent roughly three-quarters of...
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A new study led by scholars at Tufts University has uncovered a link between increases in school segregation and higher levels of racial health disparities for Black Americans compared to their White neighbors. While many previous studies have examin...
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Maisha I. Handy has been named the twelfth president of McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago. She will assume her new role on September 3, making her the institution’s first African American and second woman president. McCormick Theologica...
