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Central State, Wilberforce to Share Some Campus Services

Central State University and Wilberforce University are merging some of their services on campus and will share some operations, according to sources familiar with the ongoing talks between the two institutions. The two historically Black universities in Ohio are located across the street from each other. The two universities are also exploring the possibility of […]

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Dr. Niara Sudarkasa, Former President of Lincoln University, Dead at 80

Dr. Niara Sudarkasa, the first female president of Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, passed away recently. She was 80. A trained anthropologist, Sudarkasa served as president of Lincoln University, the historically Black university from 1987 to 1997 and was credited with increasing enrollment, strengthening undergraduate and international programs and recruiting a number of African trained professors. […]

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University of Denver Appoints New Chancellor

Dr. Jeremy Haefner, the provost and executive vice chancellor at the University of Denver, has been appointed the school’s 19th chancellor. The appointment, determined at the board of trustees’ recent quarterly meeting, comes after current chancellor Dr. Rebecca Chopp’s April announcement that she would step down in July due to serious health concerns. In a […]

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Texas Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Ed to Meet at UHD

The University of Houston-Downtown will host the first meeting in nearly five years for the newly revived Texas Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (TADOHE). The TADOHE Summer Meeting on June 26 and 27 will bring together diversity officers and other leaders from across the state. Guest speakers include Dennis Kennedy, founder of the […]

Kentucky State First-Year Students to Receive Laptops

After faculty began to increasingly notice students using their cell phones to view assignments and course materials, Kentucky State University has now planned for every full-time, first-time student to receive a new laptop computer. The plan is part of the university’s campus-wide Quality Enhancement Plan titled “Learning that Works.” Each student will receive a Dell […]

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Marygrove College to Close in December

Marygrove College announced this week that it will be closing in December after serving the Detroit area for 92 years. Officials cited declining student enrollment and ongoing financial struggles as reasons for the college’s closure. The institution’s 305 students have been informed of the decision, officials said. “In compliance with Higher Learning Commission requirements, Marygrove […]

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Law School Lecturer Resigns in Wake of Netflix Central Park Five Viewing

Manhattan assistant district attorney Elizabeth Lederer resigned Wednesday from her part-time lecturer position at Columbia Law School after a group of Black students called on her to quit based on her role as a prosecutor in the overturned Central Park 5 conviction, according to a report in the New York Daily News. Lederer is the […]

Modest Salary Hikes, Little Growth for Higher Ed Staff

The median salary increase for staff slightly declined over the past year, dropping from 1.93 percent in 2018 to 1.88 percent this year, according to the newest Staff in Higher Education Annual Report by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources. The median salary increase was highest at baccalaureate institutions and lowest at […]

Johns Hopkins CDO Departing for Diversity Post at Law Firm

Fenimore Fisher, who in 2017 became the first vice provost for diversity and inclusion and chief diversity officer at Johns Hopkins University, is leaving July 12 to Advance recruitment, retention, development and promotion of diverse talent at DLA Piper LLP.

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Robin Hughes Appointed Dean of the SIUE School of Education, Health and Human Behavior

Dr. Robin L. Hughes has been named dean of the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Education, Health and Human Behavior, effective August 1. Hughes comes to SIUE from the Indiana University School of Education, Indianapolis, where she currently serves as professor of higher education and student affairs and professor of urban education. Her training […]

UNC Asheville’s Agya Boakye-Boaten Receives Fulbright Award

Dr. Agya Boakye-Boaten, chair and associate professor of Africana and interdisciplinary and international studies at the University of North Carolina-Asheville, has received a 10-month Fulbright U.S. Scholar grant to teach and conduct research in Ghana at the University of Cape Coast. A Ghana native and former social worker in the country, Boakye-Boaten aims to research […]

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Edward M. Kennedy Institute Wins Leonore Annenberg Civics Award

The Boston-based Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate has been awarded the inaugural Leonore Annenberg Civics Award (LAIC) from the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. The institute will use the $200,000 award prize to establish a program to help 8th through 12th grade teachers cultivate skills to lead […]

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