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Howard-Vital Appointed Interim President at FMU

Dr. Michelle R. Howard-Vital, a seasoned university administrator who spent seven years as president of Cheyney University in Pennsylvania, has been tapped by the board of trustees at Florida Memorial University to serve as its interim president

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Leadership & Policy

Morris Brown Appoints 4 New Board Members

Morris Brown College, a historically Black college in Atlanta, has appointed four new members to its Board of Trustees. The new appointees come from diverse backgrounds in business, education and government. The new trustees are: Clarence Ogletree, a Morris Brown College alumnus and retired General Motors Corporation executive and business consultant; Dr. John Foster, a […]

FAMU Basks in ‘Girls Trip’ Screen Time

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) has joined the list of historically Black colleges that have been represented on the big screen.

Queen Latifah, Regina Hall, Jada Pinkett Smith and Tiffany Haddish star in “Girls Trip.”

Faculty & Staff

Southern University Fires Vice Chancellor Dumas

Southern University has fired Dr. Brandon K. Dumas, the school’s vice chancellor for student affairs who was placed on administrative leave last month for undisclosed reasons. Dumas will have the opportunity to appeal his termination to the historically Black institution’s board of supervisors Friday. Dumas, who had served in his position for nearly five years, […]

HBCU Leaders Aim to Make Campuses More LGBTQ Inclusive

HBCU presidents and executives convened a summit to develop more strategic ways to turn their campuses into safe spaces for students that identify as LGBTQ.

Dr. Makola Abdullah is president of Virginia State University.

Shaw University Names Dillard Interim President

Shaw University vice-president for academic affairs, Dr. Paulette Dillard, was announced Monday as the interim president of the historically Black institution. Shaw is conducting a search for its next president following the resignation of Dr. Tashni -Ann Dubroy earlier this month to become an executive vice president and chief operating officer at Howard University. The […]

After Four Decades on the Job, HBCU President has Passed the Mantle

Dr. Luns C. Richardson has the distinct privilege of being one of the nation’s longest-serving college presidents. And among presidents of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), the ordained Baptist preacher has outlasted his contemporaries, taking the longevity mantle from Dr. Norman Francis, who retired in 2015 after leading Xavier University in New Orleans for […]

Dr. Luns C. Richardson has retired from Morris College after more than four decades of service.

Leadership & Policy

Bethune-Cookman Appoints Interim President Grimes

Bethune-Cookman University has appointed its general counsel, retired judge Hubert Grimes, to take on the position of interim president in the absence of its former leader, Dr. Edison O. Jackson. Grimes also serves as the director for the Center for Law and Social Justice at B-CU. Grimes’s election comes after Jackson, the university’s sixth president, […]

Faculty & Staff

For Burnim, Integrity at Heart of Success

As he exited his post this summer as president of Maryland’s Bowie State University, Dr. Mickey L. Burnim took a pause to reflect on his more than two decades at the helm of two state institutions — each for more than 10 years.

Dr. Mickey L. Burnim says college presidents “are never really off duty.” (Photo courtesy of Bowie State University)

Faculty & Staff

Moses C. Norman Dies; Retired Clark Atlanta University Dean

ATLANTA — Moses C. Norman, former dean of Clark Atlanta University’s School of Education and a pioneer in educational leadership in Atlanta, has died. His son, Conrad Norman, said his father died Tuesday at his Atlanta home. He was 82. An alumnus of Clark Atlanta, Norman had just retired as dean of the university’s School […]

Leadership & Policy

Many HBCUs Feel Bethune-Cookman’s Pain on Leadership Issue

Several historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have been tasked with replacing their leaders. Bethune-Cookman University, located in Daytona Beach, Florida, is the latest.

Dr. Edison O. Jackson

Leadership & Policy

Bethune-Cookman President Jackson Retiring

Bethune-Cookman University announced Tuesday that its president, Edison O. Jackson, is retiring.

Edison O. Jackson

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