Category : Education

I’m Done! The Impact of the Transfer Portal on Black Male Student Athletes

by Henry A. Stanford The outcomes of Black male student-athletes (BMSA) competing at colleges and universities have been analyzed for years. Coaches commit a substantial amount of time to actively recruiting athletes, to see them leave within one yea...

Five HBCUs Receive Federal Funding to Expand Study Abroad Opportunities

The United States Department of State has awarded 37 grants totaling nearly $1.3 million to colleges and universities across the country through the 2024 Increase and Diversify Education Abroad for U.S. Students (IDEAS) Program. Five IDEAs grants wer...

Leymah Gbowee Recruited by Melinda Gates to Advance Women’s Health and Well-Being

Leymah Gbowee, executive director of the Institute on Gender, Law, and Transformative Peace at the City University of New York, has been selected by Melinda French Gates to distribute $20 million to organizations dedicated to advancing women’s...

Duke University Finds the Racial Wealth Gap Between Black and White Americans is Growing

A new study led by researchers at Duke University in North Carolina has found the modern racial wealth gap in the United States is growing thanks to the cumulative impact of the country’s history with racism and inequities in intergenerational...

James Martin II Named Chancellor of North Carolina A&T State University

James Martin II has been named chancellor of North Carolina A&T State University. He will begin his new appointment on August 15. North Carolina A&T State University is the largest historically Black college or university in the United States...

Nurses in Black-Serving Hospitals Experienced Increased Levels of “Moral Distress” During the Pandemic

A recent study led by scholars at the University of Pennsylvania has found nurses working in hospitals with predominately Black patients experienced the highest levels of moral distress during the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors collected data from 3,...

Walter Kimbrough Is the New Leader of Talladega College in Alabama

Walter M. Kimbrough has been selected to serve as interim president of Talladega College following the recent resignation of former president Gregory J. Vincent. Dr. Kimbrough brings a wealth of experience, a distinguished academic background, and a...

Edward Louis Hill Jr. Is the New Leader of Talladega College in Alabama

Edward Louis Hill Jr. has been selected to serve as interim president of Talladega College following the recent resignation of former president Gregory J. Vincent. Talladega College is a historically Black college in Talladega, Alabama. The college e...

Yale Study Finds Childhood School Segregation Leads to Cognitive Disparities in Older Black Adults

A new study from Yale University has identified early-childhood school segregation as a contributor to the significant cognitive disparities measured in older Black Americans compared to White Americans. A team of researchers from the Yale School of...

Three Black Women Appointed Chief Academic Officers at HBCUs

Angela W. Peters has been named provost and vice president of academic affairs at Voorhees University in South Carolina. With over three decades of higher education experience, Dr. Peters has held several leadership roles with HBCUs in Georgia and So...

Alcorn State University Recruited for Federal Student Pathway Program for Careers in Public Service

The United States Department of Health and Human Services has partnered with historically Black Alcorn State University in Mississippi to introduce underrepresented students to careers in public service. Housed in the department’s Office of the...

Five Black Scholars Selected for New Faculty Positions

Khadene Harris has been named an assistant professor in the department of anthropology and the Center for African and African American Studies at Rice University in Texas. She most recently served as an assistant professor of anthropology at Kenyon C...