Category : Education

U.S. News and World Report’s Latest Rankings of the Nation’s Top HBCUs

The magazine U.S. News and World Report recently issued its annual rankings of the best colleges and universities in the United States. In addition to its rankings of the best national universities and liberal arts colleges, the magazine ranks region...

University of Georgia’s J. Marshall Shepherd Honored by the Environmental Law Institute

The University of Georgia’s J. Marshall Shepherd was recently named the recipient of the prestigious 2023 Environmental Achievement Award. This accolade is presented annually by the Environmental Law Institute to individuals or organizations wh...

Early Shaw University Dean and Acting President Honored With Historical Marker

Shaw University graduate and former Shaw University Divinity School Dean, Dr. Nicholas F. Roberts, was honored by the dedication and placement of a historical marker on the lawn of the Town Hall in Seaboard, North Carolina. Roberts was born in Seaboa...

Six African Americans Who Have Been Assigned New Administrative Duties in Higher Education

John Blackshear, the current dean of students, associate vice president for student affairs, and associate vice provost for undergraduate education at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, will join the University of Rochester in New York as vi...

Temple University President JoAnne Epps Dies Suddenly at Campus Service

JoAnne A. Epps, acting president of Temple University in Philadelphia, collapsed on stage during a celebration of life ceremony for Charles L. Blockson on September 19, where she was scheduled to speak. She was taken from the stage to Temple Universi...

Professor Michael Dawson Wins Award From the American Political Science Association

Michael C. Dawson, the John D. MacArthur Professor of Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity Studies and professor of political science at the University of Chicago, received the Charles E. Merriam Award from the American Political Science Association. The...

Several HBCUs Obtain Grants From the Institute of Museum and Library Services

The Institute of Museum and Library Services, an independent federal agency, has announced 64 grants totaling $20,363,297 to support libraries and archives across the country. Some of these grants have been awarded to historically Black colleges and...

Twenty Years After Law School, Many Black Attorneys Still Face Overwhelming Student Debt

Many studies have shown the disparate impact of student loan debt on Black borrowers. For example, see JBHE posts here and here. Now a new study by Meghan Dawe of the Center on the Legal Profession at Harvard Law School finds a striking student debt...

Agenia Walker Clark Will Be the Next President of Fisk University

Agenia Walker Clark has been selected as the new president of historically Black Fisk University in Nashville. When she takes office on November 6, she will be the university’s third woman leader and the eighteenth president in the 158-year history o...

Lisa Herring Is the New President of the PROPEL Center in Atlanta

Lisa N. Herring has been named President of PROPEL, the global innovation and learning hub for historically Black colleges and universities, which was created in 2021 to support HBCU students and faculty through a robust virtual platform, a physical...

Research Finds Significant Racial Inequalities in Public Subsidized Housing

A new study by scholars at the University of Illinois Chicago, Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, and Washington University in St. Louis finds quantitative evidence of widespread racial inequities in public subsidized housing. The inequality i...

Agenia Walker Clark Will Be the Next President of Fisk University in Nashville

How Race Has Become a Factor in Auto Insurance Rates

A new report from the Consumer Federation of America examines the impact of auto insurers’ use of consumer credit information on good drivers with only fair or poor credit scores. Across the country, consumers with good driving records but with poor...

Three African American Men Who Have Been Selected to Serve as Deans

Joel A. Johnson was appointed dean of admission at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. Prior to being appointed dean of admission at Drake University, Dr. Johnson served as interim director of admission at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois. A nat...

Colleges and Universities Announce the Appointments of Seven Black Administrators

Fredrick White was appointed executive director of Title III programs at Jackson State University in Mississippi. Previously, Dr. White served as the federal grant navigator consultant for the National League of Cities. He was also a federal grant ad...