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Maryland Legislature Agrees to Pay $577 Million to State’s HBCUs

Maryland lawmakers has passed a bill to pay $577 million over 10 years to settle a longstanding federal lawsuit alleging discrimination and underfunding at the state’s four historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), Associated Press reported. The four HBCUs are: Morgan State University, Bowie State University, Coppin State University and the University of Maryland Eastern […]

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Santa Clara University President Under Investigation for Alleged Misconduct

Santa Clara University (SCU) President Kevin O’Brien, a Jesuit priest, is on leave and under investigation for alleged misconduct involving conversations in adult settings, KTVU reported. The Jesuit West Province is independently investigating for behavior potentially inconsistent with church protocols. The investigation was launched after multiple accounts accused O’Brien of ill behavior primarily consisting of conversations. The […]

Dr. Adriel A. Hilton Named Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management at Southern University at New Orleans

Dr. Adriel A. Hilton is the new vice chancellor for student affairs and enrollment management at Southern University at New Orleans. Hilton is currently dean of students and diversity officer at Seton Hill University in Pennsylvania. He has also held other positions including inaugural assistant vice president for inclusion initiatives at Grand Valley State University […]

Prairie View A&M to Establish Toni Morrison Writing Program on Campus

Using a portion of author MacKenzie Scott’s $50 million donation in December, Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) announced plans to establish the Toni Morrison Writing program on campus. Morrison, author of several novels including Beloved, Song of Solomon, The Bluest Eye and Sula, was also Scott’s former professor at Princeton University. As part of the […]

T. Shá Duncan Smith Appointed Santa Clara University’s First Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer

T. Shá Duncan Smith will be Santa Clara University’s first vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and chief diversity officer (CDO). Duncan Smith is currently Swarthmore College’s assistant vice president and dean of inclusive excellence and community development. She is also senior strategist for the Liberal Arts Colleges Racial Equity Leadership Alliance at […]

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Dr. Anna Gonzalez Named Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs at Washington University in St. Louis

Dr. Anna Gonzalez will be vice chancellor for student affairs at Washington University in St. Louis, effective July 1. She is currently vice president for student affairs and dean of students at Harvey Mudd College and program director and faculty member for Claremont Graduate University’s graduate program in student affairs educational justice. She is an […]

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Pierre Morton Appointed Franklin Pierce University’s First Chief Diversity Officer

Pierre Morton will be Franklin Pierce University’s first Chief Diversity Officer (CDO). He will report directly to the president. Morton came to Franklin Pierce in July 2019 as executive director of the Lloyd & Helen Ament Astmann ’69 Career Center. During his time at Franklin Pierce, Morton created Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) employer programs, […]

Education Department Streamlines Borrower Defense

On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Education announced that it will offer full student loan debt relief to students defrauded by unscrupulous colleges under the borrower defense to repayment law. In doing so, the department is rejecting the current partial relief model, announced in December 2019, which assessed how much relief would go to borrowers […]

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Oregon State University President F. King Alexander Put on Probation Amid Report Citing Title IX Mishandling

The Oregon State University Board of Trustees has put President Dr. F. King Alexander on probation through June 1, 2021, and will conduct an evaluation designed “to help inform his success,” according to a statement from board chair Rani Borkar. This follows a report – known as the Husch Blackwell report – that Louisiana State […]

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Earlham College Opens Courses to Alumni and Public

Earlham College is offering nine of its online courses to alumni and the general public this summer as part of its new Online@Earlham initiative. Current students, Earlham alumni and the general public can now register through May 12 or until classes fill up. Registrants must hold a high school diploma, must meet Earlham’s admissions requirements and […]

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Mills College to Close as College, Become Institute for Women’s Leadership

Mills College will become an institute for women’s leadership, closing as a college, SF Gate reported. This comes after the college faced financial issues for years, enrollment declines and the COVID-19 pandemic. “Our goal is to deliver an exceptional academic and co-curricular experience to our students for at least the next two academic years, with […]

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Milton H. Jones Jr. Elected First African American Chair of UNCF Board of Directors

Business and civic leader Milton H. Jones Jr. has been elected chair of the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) Board of Directors, making him the first African American to serve in the role, The Hill reported. Jones was previously vice chairman of the board and chairman of the finance committee for UNCF, an advocacy organization […]

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