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Xavier University Selects Verret as Next President

Dr. C. Reynold Verret, who is currently the provost and vice president for Academic Affairs at Savannah State University, has been tapped to be the next president of Xavier University in New Orleans.

Faculty & Staff

Black Professor Regrets Comments Critical of White Students

An incoming Boston University professor who called “White college males” a “problem population” and was publicly criticized by the university’s president said late Tuesday she regrets making the remarks.

Willie Lanier Funding Endowed Lectureship at Morgan State

Pro Football Hall of Famer Willie Lanier is giving $500,000 to Morgan State University, his alma mater, to establish the Willie E. Lanier, Sr. Endowed Lectureship in Business Ethics.

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Southern University President to Take Reins at UDC

Ronald Mason Jr., president of the Southern University system, is expected to be named the next president of the University of the District of Columbia at a press conference Tuesday.

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Young Men of Color Matter Before They’re Victims

President’s comforting words arrive too late for some.

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Michelle Obama Tells Tuskegee Grads How Racism Hits Home

On Saturday, Michelle Obama became the second first lady to visit Tuskegee University and, like Roosevelt, she used the opportunity to train a national spotlight on the issue of race.

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Lifelong Learner, Activist Earns Her Degree

Alabama State University cites Jean Graetz and her husband, Robert, as “famous and nationally acclaimed civil rights pioneers, who were among the few White residents of Montgomery who openly and actively supported the civil rights movement.”

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Michelle Obama Tells Tuskegee Grads How Racism Hits Home

On Saturday, Michelle Obama became the second first lady to visit Tuskegee University and, like Roosevelt, she used the opportunity to train a national spotlight on the issue of race.

Dr. Brian L. Johnson, president of Tuskegee University (left), presents First Lady Michelle Obama with an honorary degree. (Photo courtesy of Tuskegee University)

Leadership & Policy

Governor Signs Bill Firing Remainder of S.C. State’s Trustees

The bill, passed by a Republican-dominated legislature, allows seven Republicans one week to appoint new trustees to the HBCU’s governing board.

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Drastic Fix Offered for Maryland Higher Ed

HBCU backers call for the merger of the University of Baltimore and Morgan State University as one step to end program duplication and the maintenance of unequal segregated systems.

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Feminist Group Accuses University of Ignoring Cyberthreats

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. ― A feminist group on the campus of the University of Mary Washington accuses the school of failing to act on sexual and violent cyberthreats made against its members, according to a complaint filed Thursday.

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Black Higher Ed Enrollment Peaks in 2014

The U.S. Labor Department reported last month that 70.9 percent of African-American graduating high school seniors in 2014 had enrolled in college by the end of that year.

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