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New Executive Director Named To Head White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced last Friday the appointment of Dr. John Silvanus Wilson Jr. as executive director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

African-American

John Brown Exhibit on Display at West Virginia University

Nineteenth century sketches depicting the trial and hanging of abolitionist John Brown, and the uniform of a Confederate militia commander who helped halt his Harpers Ferry insurrection are on display at West Virginia University.

President Obama Taps Xavier Alumna Dr. Regina Benjamin for Surgeon General

President Barack Obama on Monday nominated Dr. Regina Benjamin, a family physician and Xavier University of Louisiana alumna, to be the next Surgeon General.

Non-Discrimination Policies and Support Groups Help Ease Campus Life for Gay and Lesbian Students at HBCUs

Earlier this year, a group of gay and lesbian students at Winston-Salem State University, a mid-sized historically Black institution in the conservative Piedmont region of North Carolina, petitioned the school’s administration to add sexual orientation to its nondiscrimination policy.

On the Air With Michael Eric Dyson

It’s 1 p.m. and Dr. Michael Eric Dyson is nestled behind a microphone in a small Virginia radio studio where he is gearing up to conduct a phone interview with the legendary Theodore Walter “Sonny” Rollins.

Professional Appoitments

DR. GREGORY ANDERSON has been named dean of the Morgridge College of Education at the University of Denver, effective July 27. Anderson formerly served as an associate professor of education at Columbia University. He earned a bachelor’s and master’s from the University of Toronto and a doctorate from the City University of New York. DR. […]

A Proposal for SNCC 2.0

Black alumni should work to harness the resources of their alma maters as well as their own talents for the betterment of the Black community.

HBCU Group Seeks Share of Stimulus

With many chronically underfunded historically Black colleges in need of a lifeline, HBCUs should reap some of the federal stimulus dollars – money they can in turn use to produce needed minority teachers and scientists, recommends the Thurgood Marshall College Fund in a new report.

Leadership & Policy

On the Rebound, Cheyney U. Forms All-star Advisory Panel

Cheyney University, the nation’s oldest historically Black college, has recently taken steps to revitalize the institution’s academic program and strengthen its financial stability, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported in its Sunday edition.

Leadership & Policy

In Memoriam

In our 25 years of publishing, we¡¯ve lost some friends along the way.

Leadership & Policy

Setting a New Standard

Despite the gains minorities have made in student enrollment and higher education leadership, the needle needs to move further and faster in the next 25 years to narrow the widening educational achievement equity gap.

Unparalleled Challenges

From keeping pace with technology to helping students finance their educations, four presidents discuss meeting head-on the multitude of challenges that HBCUs face in the 21st century.

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