Category : Education

New Administrative Duties for Six African Americans at Colleges and Universities

Vidal Annan Jr. has been named the new senior director of the Center for Mental Health Care and Resources at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He has been serving as a clinical psychologist and director of Counseling and Alcohol and Other Drug Ser...

Bruce Morgan of Bryan College Honored by the Association for Christians in Student Development

Bruce Morgan, dean of students at Bryan College in Dayton, Tennessee, is the recipient of the Jane Higa Multicultural Advancement Award from the Association for Christians in Student Development. Established in 2011, this award recognizes individuals...

Vanderbilt University’s New Program Aims to Boost Diversity in Biomedical Research

Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt University are launching a $17 million multiyear program with support from the National Institutes of Health to accelerate diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in the biomedical research comm...

Seven HBCUs Receive NextGen Grants From the U.S. Department of Agriculture

The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced a $262.5 million investment in institutions of higher education to foster the next generation of diverse agricultural professionals across the nation. The National Institute of Food and Ag...

Valerie Kinloch Named President of Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte

Alumna Valerie Kinloch has been chosen to serve as the fifteenth president of Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina. She will take office on August 1. Historically Black Johnson C. Smith University enrolls just over 1,100 undergrad...

During the Early Pandemic, There Were Large Racial Gap in Rates of Death

A new report from the United States Census Bureau presents data on death rates during the COVID-19 pandemic. The data shows that in 2019 before the onset of the pandemic, 351,097 African Americans died. In 2020, when the pandemic took hold, 456,491 A...

A Change in Leadership at LeMoyne-Owen College in Memphis

Vernell A. Bennett-Fairs, president of LeMoyne-Owen College in Memphis has resigned. No reason was given for her departure, just two and a half years since taking the job. Christopher Davis has been appointed as interim president. “I’m grateful to th...

Five Percent of School Teachers Account for More Than a Third of Office Discipline Referrals

Many studies have shown that Black schoolchildren are far more likely than their White peers to be disciplined at school. But a new study published by the American Educational Research Association, finds that 5 percent of teachers most likely to refe...

Three African American Women Who Have Been Appointed to Provost Positions

Pamela E. Scott-Johnson was named provost and vice president for academic affairs at Spelman College in Atlanta, effective August 1. She has been serving as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Monmouth University in West Long B...

Study Finds Black Entrepreneurs Continue to Face Bias in Lending Decisions

A new study led by Maura L. Scott, the Dr. Persis E. and Dr. Charles E. Rockwood Eminent Scholar in Marketing in the College of Business at Florida State University, finds that Black entrepreneurs are still severely discriminated against by banks, ev...

Study Find Black Entrepreneurs Continue to Face Bias in Lending Decisions

Pamela Haney Is the New President of Moraine Valley Community College in Illinois

Pamela J. Haney is the president of Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills, Illinois. She took office on July 1. Moraine Valley Community College enrolls more than 10,500 students, according to the most recent data reported by the U.S. Depar...

Five African Americans Who Have Been Appointed Deans at Universities

Monika Williams Shealey was appointed dean of the College of Education and Human Development at Temple University in Philadelphia. She previously served as senior vice president of diversity, equity, and inclusion and dean of the College of Education...