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Leadership & Policy

An Insider Moves Front & Center

An Insider Moves Front & CenterBy Ronald RoachLezli Baskerville is no stranger to the ways of Washington. As the fifth president and the first woman to head the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO), Baskerville brings more than two decades of Washington-based advocacy and legal experience to the task of representing the […]

Investing in HBCU Leadership

Investing in HBCU LeadershipSouthern Education Foundation creates three-year initiative to facilitate HBCU accreditationBy Crystal L. KeelsKnoxville College, Morris Brown College and Barber Scotia College. These institutions are just some of the recent victims of lost accreditation — and there are others. Many historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have either teetered on the brink, suffered […]

TMSF President, Veteran Journalist Chronicle

TMSF President, Veteran Journalist Chronicle History of Black Colleges in New BookTrying to gain a better understanding of historically Black colleges and universities when he became president of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund in 1999, Dwayne Ashley couldn’t find anything that had been written about HBCUs that was comprehensive. “You’ve got all these scholarly books […]

Power Play: HBCUs Seek Clout in Washington

Power Play: HBCUs Seek Clout in WashingtonBy Ronald RoachAs president of Langston, a historically Black land-grant state university in Oklahoma, Dr. Ernest Holloway says it’s gratifying that his school and the other historically Black schools covered by the Higher Education Act’s (HEA) entitlement grant programs have seen consistent increases in HEA program monies over the […]

FAMU’s College of Law Granted Provisional Accreditation

FAMU’s College of Law Granted Provisional Accreditation TALLAHASSEE, Fla. The American Bar Association has granted provisional accreditation to the Florida A&M University (FAMU) College of Law. The College of Law will have an enrollment of 300 students this fall. The ABA’s announcement means that FAMU students will now be able to sit for Florida’s state […]

Fighting the Same Fight

Fighting the Same FightA change in leadership often has a way of re-energizing the troops so to speak. Armed with new ideas and a fresh perspective, new leaders can get those around them to think “outside the box” — often for the first time in a long time.Our cover story for this edition looks at […]

Leadership & Policy

In Not So Good Company

In Not So Good CompanyAnother HBCU loses its accreditation, but with new leadership Barber-Scotia College is meeting its challenges head onBy Tracie PowellCONCORD, N.C.It’s not every day that a college president hand delivers a check to the city to clear up more than $75,000 in unpaid utility bills, but for Dr. Gloria Bromwell-Tinubu, the newly […]

Leadership & Policy

Calling All Leaders

Calling All LeadersWe are kicking off the academic year with an edition we think you’ll find particularly useful, especially those of you that are looking for ways to enter the administrative ranks of higher education.In “Cracking the Cement Wall to the College Presidency,” assistant editor Kendra Hamilton profiles the American Association of College and Universities’ […]

Faculty & Staff

HBCU Faculty Encouraged to Integrate GIS in Research, Curriculum

HBCU Faculty Encouraged to Integrate GIS in Research, Curriculum WASHINGTONDespite being scaled down in comparison to previous workshops, the 21st Annual HBCU Summer Faculty Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Workshop in Washington, D.C., impressed upon faculty members and other participants the need to integrate GIS in research and the curriculum. GIS is defined as “computer mapping […]

Home Sweet Home

Home Sweet HomeCongressional Black Caucus initiative leads HBCU, community college students down the road to homeownershipBy Cassie ChewWhen students graduate from college, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) wants to make sure they hold the keys to economic success. And one of those keys, the CBCF says, should unlock the door to their own home. […]

Making Statements, Staking Claims And Demanding Change

Making Statements, Staking Claims And Demanding ChangeIn this edition we take somewhat of a break from our usual features to profile one of the most anticipated arts festivals in the country — Spoleto. Assistant editor Kendra Hamilton willingly took a trip to her hometown of Charleston, S.C., earlier this summer to cover the annual event, […]

Is there a Doctorate In the House?

Is there a Doctorate In the House?In the battle to increase the numbers of African American Ph.D.s in science, technology and engineering, the nation may just have a secret weapon: historically Black colleges and universities. The statement may sound improbable. After all, only a handful of the nation’s HBCUs offer doctoral programs. And education has […]

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