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Planning Helped Texas Southern Get a Handle on Harvey

Dr. Austin Lane, Texas Southern University president, and his crisis management team discussed plans for providing food, back-up power, and communication ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Harvey.

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Leadership & Policy

New Mexico State Regents Vote to Replace Chancellor

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — The New Mexico State University Board of Regents voted to move forward with the search to replace Chancellor Garrey Carruthers despite widespread support from university faculty, staff, students and state lawmakers. The board voted Wednesday to replace Carruthers after his contract ends in mid-2018. Public pressure had built for the regents […]

New Jersey’s Stockton University Removes Bust of Namesake

GALLOWAY, N.J. — Stockton University has temporarily removed a bust of its namesake, who signed the Declaration of Independence and owned slaves. The bust of Richard Stockton was removed from the New Jersey school’s library on Wednesday. University President Harvey Kesselman told The Press of Atlantic City the discussion about the school’s namesake has been […]

University of Texas Sued for Removing Confederate Statues

AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas is being sued for removing four Confederate statues from the main area of campus in Austin. The Sons of Confederate Veterans filed the lawsuit Wednesday, three days after the statues were quickly taken down following a late-night order from University President Greg Fenves. Three of the statues are […]

Nation’s Oldest HBCU Focused on Sustainability

Alumni and experts weigh in on the future of 180-year-old Cheyney University as the nation’s oldest HBCU faces financial and leadership challenges.

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Leadership & Policy

Howard University Appoints Comey to Endowed Chair

In a move seen as a win for HBCUs and a potential boon for diversity in America’s intelligence community, Howard University on Wednesday announced that recently ousted FBI director James Comey has been appointed to an endowed chair on public policy.

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Yale to Remove Carving with Gun Pointed at Native American

Yale University said it will remove a “problematic” doorway stone carving that depicts a Puritan settler aiming a musket at a Native American, a decision that follows criticism for initially covering up the musket with removable stonework.

Yale President Peter Salovey

Knoxville College Clings to Hope of ‘Rebirth’

After Knoxville College lost its accreditation in 1997, it has struggled financially, and enrollment began to decline to the point that only 11 students were enrolled at the time of the school’s closing in May 2015.

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Faculty & Staff

Pennsylvania Professors Want to Revoke Trump Honorary Degree

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Professors at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania have come out in support of a petition urging the school to revoke the honorary degree of President Donald Trump after he said both sides were to blame for the deadly White nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. Kelly McCoy, a recent graduate of the private university […]

Leadership & Policy

William Paterson University President to Retire

WAYNE, N.J. — William Paterson University’s president is retiring. Kathleen Waldron announced on Tuesday she’ll step down in June, at the end of the 2017-18 academic year. She became the New Jersey school’s seventh president in 2010. Waldron says she’ll turn 70 in September 2018 and she hopes the advances she’s made will have a […]

Stakeholders Call for Postponement of White House Initiative on HBCUs Conference

The White House Initiative on HBCUs annual conference is scheduled for September 17-19. However, stakeholders within the historically Black colleges and universities community, have requested that the conference be postponed.

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Dartmouth Considers Boosting Undergraduate Enrollment

CONCORD, N.H. — Dartmouth College is considering increasing the number of undergraduate students by as much as 25 percent in a bid to expand the institution’s reach. The college has formed a task force that will soon begin examining the issue and look at several scenarios for increasing enrollment by 10 to 25 percent. President […]

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