Walter HudsonNews RoundupCivil Rights Leader Vernon Jordan Dead at 85Vernon Jordan, a prominent civil rights leader and champion for historically Black colleges and universities, died on Monday evening. He was 85. A political powerbroker, Jordan was close friends with President Bill Clinton, but was also friendly with political leaders from both parties, including George W. Bush. He earned his law degree from Howard University […]March 2, 2021News RoundupThasunda Brown Duckett Named President of TIAAThasunda Brown Duckett will succeed Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., as TIAA’s president and CEO starting May 1, the company announced last week. Duckett is currently chief executive officer of consumer banking at JPMorgan Chase. She will become the second Black woman CEO to helm a Fortune 500 company currently, following the appointment last month of Rosalind Brewer to run Walgreens. […]February 27, 2021TenureAfter Harvard Refuses to Take Up His Tenure Case, Dr. Cornel West Threatens to LeaveDr. Cornel West—arguably one of the nation’s most prominent Black intellectuals—is contemplating leaving Harvard for the second time, after the university has refused to grant him tenure. West, who had been a tenured full professor at Harvard left in 2002 amid a public spat with Dr. Lawrence Summers, then president of Harvard. He returned to […]February 21, 2021Latest News2021 Emerging Scholars: Dr. Jameson D. LopezGrowing up, Dr. Jameson D. Lopez, or “JD” as he prefers to be called, was no stranger to higher education. His mother — Belinda Lopez — was a longtime faculty member at American Indian College and his father, the Reverend Jim Lopez, was the school’s dean of students who later became the president.January 20, 2021HBCUsNew Denver High School Modeled After HBCUsA new public high school founded upon the principles of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) is scheduled to open its doors in Denver in fall 2021.January 4, 2021LatinxBiden to Tap Dr. Miguel Cardona for Secretary of Education PostDr. Miguel Cardona, Connecticut’s education commissioner, has emerged as President-elect Joe Biden’s top pick for U.S. secretary of education.December 22, 2020HomeDiversity Takes Center Stage in Biden-Harris NominationsWith about six weeks to go before President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris take office, their incoming administration is likely to be the most diverse in the nation’s history.December 10, 2020HBCUsHouse of Representatives Passes HBCU PARTNERS ActThe U.S. House of Representatives has made it easier for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to build greater capacity between themselves and federal agencies.December 7, 2020African-AmericanBlack Economist, Dr. Walter E. Williams, Dead at 84Dr. Walter E. Williams, a prominent economist and longtime professor at George Mason University, died last week. He was 84. Williams died on Wednesday, a day after teaching his last class at GMU, where he was the John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics since 1980. From 1995 to 2001, he also served as the […]December 6, 2020African-AmericanBennett College is a Step Closer to Gaining Full Accreditation by TRACSBennett College—the small, private Historically Black College for women headquartered in Greensboro, N.C.—has been granted candidate status by the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and School (TRACS) an organization that accredits higher education institutions.December 6, 2020Previous PagePage 57 of 60Next Page
