Diverse StaffAfrican-AmericanElizabeth City State Chancellor Announces ResignationAfter serving little more than a year on the job, Stacey Franklin Jones abruptly resigned effective December 31 as chancellor of beleaguered Elizabeth City State University.December 22, 2015African-AmericanReport: Muhammad Leaving Schomburg Center for HarvardDr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad is leaving his position as director of Harlem’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture next summer to take a tenured teaching position at Harvard University, according to the Amsterdam News. Muhammad, a great-grandson of the Nation of Islam’s former leader Elijah Muhammad, has been guiding the center for the past […]December 20, 2015Leadership & PolicyVirginia State to Name Makola Abdullah PresidentVirginia State University will name Bethune-Cookman Provost and Academic Officer Makola M. Abdullah as its next president Friday. Abdullah, a Chicago native, succeeds interim President Pamela Hammond at the historically Black university in Petersburg, Va., and is expected to take office on Feb. 1. Hammond took over as president when Keith Miller resigned last December. […]December 9, 2015SportsNCAA to Honor Northern Illinois University for Diversity, Inclusion EffortsThe Northern Illinois University athletics department has been named the winner of the NCAA and Minority Opportunities Athletic Association’s 2016 Award for Diversity and Inclusion.December 8, 2015StudentsCarolina Panthers Owner Gives Johnson C. Smith $250KJerry Richardson, owner of the Carolina Panthers, has donated $250,000 to a Johnson C. Smith University scholarship fund. The money will go to the President’s Gap scholarship fund, which covers the financial gap between a student’s financial aid package and the cost of tuition at the historically Black institution. The fund was created in 2012. […]December 8, 2015Leadership & PolicyAccrediting Agency Lifts Sanction on Norfolk StateThe Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) has notified Norfolk State University that it has satisfied all the agency’s accreditation concerns and that it will be removed from probation status. NSU Interim President Eddie N. Moore Jr. was notified of the decision as he attended the agency’s annual meeting in Houston. […]December 8, 2015Community CollegesStudy Finds Students’ Homelessness, Hunger Community College IssuesA study from the Wisconsin HOPE lab surveyed students at 10 community colleges across the country and found that 13 percent of respondents were homeless and 20 percent reported “very low” food security.December 7, 2015HomeEDMC Ordered to Pay $95.5 Million for Unlawful PracticesEducation Management Corp. (EDMC) will pay $95.5 million for falsely certifying compliance with Title IV of the Higher Education Act and parallel state statutes, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced Tuesday.November 17, 2015African-AmericanYale Announces Plan to Increase DiversityYale University announced earlier this month a $50 million plan to increase the diversity of faculty on campus.November 15, 2015African-AmericanWilberforce University Maintains AccreditationWilberforce University received notification from the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) last week that the school would maintain its accreditation, according to the Dayton Daily News.November 15, 2015Previous PagePage 13 of 115Next Page
