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African-American
Can HBCUs Capitalize on the Hemp Rush?
The landscape for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) is rapidly changing amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and new proposals on the horizon at the national level from the Biden administration. It will be incumbent on institutions to adapt their programming to meet the changing needs of the economic environment. They will need to be economic engines as well as learning institutions.
Leadership & Policy
Dr. Dione Somerville Appointed Owens Community College President
Dr. Dione Somerville has been appointed president of Owens Community College, effective June 15, WTOL 11 reported. Somerville is currently executive vice president at Hawkeye Community College. Somerville earned a doctorate in higher education management from the University of Pennsylvania, a master’s degree in college student personnel from Bowling Green State University, and a bachelor’s […]
Community Colleges
Dr. Mordecai Brownlee Named President of Community College of Aurora
Dr. Mordecai Brownlee has been appointed president of Community College of Aurora (CCA). Previously holding leadership positions at Blinn College District, the University of Charleston and Houston Baptist University, he currently serves as vice president for student success at St. Philip’s College. In his current role, Brownlee has seen enrollment rates increase at the institution. […]
Community Colleges
Report: Provosts Support More Data Collection About Students’ Basic Needs
A new report from Ithaka S+R has found that while community college provosts want to collect more data about students’ basic needs, factors such as limited resources and infrastructure restrict their ability to do so.
HBCUs
Huston-Tillotson University Partners With Apple to Increase Black Male Teachers
With the goal of diversifying the K-12 teaching pipeline, Huston-Tillotson University (HT) has collaborated with Apple to launch a new program. In the United States, only 2% of teachers are Black men.
Community Colleges
Conference Brings Community College Issues to the Forefront
In previous recessions, enrollment at community colleges increased as individuals sought to reskill. Now, as the U.S. economy remains impacted by the pandemic, the opposite is true. For the spring 2021 semester, community college enrollment dropped by 11.3%, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Resource Center.
Community Colleges
NISOD’s Conference Highlights College Access
In his speech to Congress Wednesday night, President Joe Biden announced the American Families Plan—a $1.8 trillion investment in free community college and universal preschool. Hours earlier, Dr. Martha Kanter, CEO of College Promise, addressed the proposal and the impact of free community college during the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development’s (NISOD) International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence.
African-American
UNCF Partners With Strategic Education to Offer Remote Learning Training Sessions to HBCU and PBI Faculty
In collaboration with Strategic Education, the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) plans to offer professional development opportunities for faculty members at predominantly Black institutions (PBIs) and historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU). Last year, under the partnership, 400 faculty members at 14 HBCUs engaged in training sessions to adjust to remote learning. Afterwards, participants’ confidence […]
African-American
Why College-Educated Black Women Are Threats in 2021
College-educated Black women are a threat ─ to the white American supremacy and higher education as we know it. Threats are meant to intimidate ─ to threaten is to give signs or warnings, to announce with intent or possibility, to cause to feel insecure or anxious. Threats hang and hover over, invoking fear with purpose. Threats are an indication of something impending. The threat of powerful, college-educated Black women in 2021 is looming. Warning signs ahead!
Community Colleges
Fostering Social Justice in Higher Education
As the pace of change continues to accelerate, higher education leaders are now under constant pressure to respond to social justice issues within their campuses and surrounding communities. To my generation, education is viewed as the “great equalizer,” but this promise of equality cannot be achieved when fundamental injustice exists.
Community Colleges
College Promise for All Proposal Aims to Make Free College a Reality
The dream of free college for all recently took a big step forward. The College Promise campaign unveiled its proposal for joint support from both federal and state governments. This partnership, if enacted, could make public community and two-or four-year colleges and universities completely free for all qualifying students.
African-American
Clark Atlanta University Launches Executive Leadership Institute to Train Next Generation of HBCU Presidents
To recruit and prepare potential future leaders to serve at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), Clark Atlanta University (CAU) has established the Executive Leadership Institute (ELI).
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