Category : Education

Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy Named President of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education

Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy has been appointed president and chief executive officer of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. She will assume her presidency on January 6, 2025. For the past eight years, Dr. Holcomb-McCoy has served as...

Working With Predominately White Co-Workers Increases Turnover Rate for Black Women

According to a new study led by Harvard University’s Kennedy School, Black women are disproportionately adversely affected when they work with predominately White co-workers. In a study of over 9,000 new hires in a professional services firm, t...

National Student Clearinghouse Research Center Releases Fall 2024 Enrollment Report

Within the first two months of every fall semester since 2020, the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center releases a report and online dashboard that outlines national and state-level data on annual enrollment changes across the three most re...

In Memoriam: William E. Pannell, 1929-2024

William E. Pannell, professor emeritus at Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, California, passed away on October 11. He was 95 years old. In 1971, Pannell became the first African American to serve on Fuller Seminary’s board of trustees. Three years l...

Four HBCUs Launch Consortium With the Black AIDS Institute

The Black AIDS Institute has launched the Black HIV Epidemeic (BHIVE) program alongside a consortium of four historically Black colleges and universities: Jarvis Christian University in Texas, Johnson C. Smith University in North Carolina, LeMoyne-Ow...

Wake Forest School of Law Creates Pathway Program for Winston-Salem State University Students

Winston-Salem State University, a historically Black educational institution in North Carolina, has signed a new agreement with Wake Forest University that will provide students from the HBCU with a pathway to matriculate into the juris doctorate pro...

UNCF President Michael Lomax Receives Andrew Jackson Young Lifetime Achievement Award

Michael C. Lomax, president and chief executive officer of the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), has been awarded the Andrew Jackson Young Lifetime Achievement Award from 100 Black Men of Atlanta, Inc., an African American volunteer organization dedi...

North Carolina Central University Establishes a Formal Partnership With the Wilmette Institute

North Carolina Central University, a historically Black educational institution in Durham, has signed a new memorandum of understanding with the Wilmette Institute in Evanston, Illinois. The Wilmette Institute is an educational organization rooted in...

Three Black Leaders Appointed to Administrative Roles at Universities

Kweli Zukeri has been named assistant vice president of web innovation and strategy at Howard University in washington, D.C. He first joined the the university’s staff in 2010 and has since held several roles in web development over his nearly...

Five Black Leaders Selected to Lead Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives in Higher Education

Rhea Roper Nedd has been named assistant vice president of equity, diversity, and inclusion at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. She most recently served as director of the Center for Student Diversity at Towson University. Earlier in her career...

University of Vermont and Society for Black Military Studies Launch New Academic Journal

The University of Vermont Press has partnered with the Society for Black Military Studies to launch the Journal of Black Military Studies. The multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal will feature articles that discuss, analyze, and document the mil...

Rutgers University Unveils Mural of Black Alumnus Paul Robeson

In 1919, Paul Robeson graduated from Rutgers University as valedictorian and the only Black student of his class. Over the past century, Rutgers has honored Robeson through several dedications and memorial celebrations. On October 19, Rutgers unveile...