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Faculty & Staff

JSU’s Mason Ready for Challenges at Southern

Anticipating new leadership, the Southern University System expects incoming president Ronald Mason to raise external funds and improve student outcomes.

Ronald Mason Jr.

African-American

Obama at Hampton Says Education Is Responsibility of All Americans

President Barack Obama, addressing graduates at historically Black Hampton University on Sunday, said it is the responsibility of all Americans to offer every child the type of education that will make them competitive in an economy in which just a high school diploma is no longer enough.

President Barack Obama

African-American

Obama Administration Officials Deliver Commencement Speeches at HBCU, HSI Graduations

President Barack Obama’s scheduled address at Hampton University and other speeches by administration officials should bring a timely spotlight to minority-serving institutions.

Commerce Secretary Gary Locke

African-American

Southern Picks Mason as Its New System President

The Southern University System chose its new president Friday, selecting Ronald Mason Jr., who has been the leader of Jackson State University in Mississippi.

African-American

House Panel Votes To Block NSF Funding Shift

A House of Representatives panel on Wednesday dealt a blow to the Obama administration’s plan to consolidate federal science programs for minority-serving institutions into a single entity with broader competition.

African-American

Height’s Legacy Stirs Push for Social Work Act Passage

Among social work professionals, the late Dorothy Height is celebrated for the prestige her activism brought to the social work profession. Those professionals say her legacy is now inspiring social work leaders to lobby Congress hard on legislation aimed to boost the profession.

Dr. Gloria Batiste-Roberts is president of the National Association of Black Social Workers.

Thurgood Marshall College Fund Appoints New Leader

The Thurgood Marshall College Fund announced Monday the appointment of Johnny C. Taylor as president and CEO of the scholarship and institutional support organization.

African-American

Forum: Minority-serving Campuses Urged to Tout Their Success

The Obama administration’s top official for federal initiatives with historically Black schools on Thursday urged MSI leaders to focus on telling policymakers about their record of achievement.

John Silvanus Wilson

African-American

Fayetteville State Wins Record Fourth OFC Business Plan Competition

Fayetteville State continues dominance at business plan competition, part of an initiative to promote entrepreneurship education at HBCUs.

Minor Crime Convictions Proving Harmful to Student Ambitions

As minor as a misdemeanor conviction may appear to college students, it can live in government records forever, undermine the job prospects of otherwise stellar candidates, and cause major damage to long-term career aspirations.

Walter Searcy, chairman of the Legal Redress Committee of the Nashville branch of the NAACP

African-American

HBCUs Explore Ways To Move Beyond Tuition Dependence

Historically Black college and university leaders are seeking the means to move their institutions from a model of tuition-dependency to opening alternative revenue streams that will ensure their institutions’ financial future.

Under Bill Harvey’s leadership, Hampton University has used the school’s endowment to build hotels, a shopping center and office buildings on the Virginia coast.

Leadership & Policy

Jackson State President Among Candidates Vying To Lead Southern University

JSU president Ronald Mason Jr. and Clarence Newsome, the former president of Shaw University in North Carolina, are the two latest applicants to join the pool of four semifinalists scheduled to interview Tuesday on campus, Southern officials said last week.

Ronald Mason Jr.

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