Category : Education

- 5 days ago

In Memoriam: Wesley G. Robinson-McNeese, 1948-2023

Wesley Robinson-McNeese, executive director of diversity initiatives for the Southern Illinois University System, died on September 18. He was 75 years old. A native of East St. Louis, Illinois, McNeese served as an Air Force Morse Intercept Operator...

- 1 week ago

Vanderbilt’s New Center for Research on Inequality and Health

Vanderbilt University announced today the creation of the Center for Research on Inequality and Health, a trans-institutional collaboration of the College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Nursing. The center will convene leading Vanderbilt rese...

- 1 week ago

Education Department Debuts the Equity in Education Dashboard

The National Center for Education Statistics recently debuted its Equity in Education Dashboard. Drawing from the framework in the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report Monitoring Educational Equity, the website is divided...

- 1 week ago

HBCUs Receive Major Funding From Blue Meridian Partners

The HBCU Transformation Project is a collaboration between the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), and Partnership for Education Advancement. Forty HBCUs are currently working with the project and additional campu...

- 1 week ago

Four African American Scholars Who Are Taking on New Duties

Channon Miller is a new assistant professor of American studies and history at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. She was an assistant professor of history at the University of San Deigo. Her research is grounded and inspired by the city of Ha...