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MACH-III Receives Almost $1.5M to Strengthen STEM Teacher Pipeline

To increase the number of Black male science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) teachers at the P-12 level, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation has provided close to $1.5M in funding to Prairie View A&M University’s Minority Achievement, Creativity and High-Ability Center (MACH-III). For low-income Black youth, being taught by at least one Black teacher in third, […]

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Laurie A. Carter Named First Black President of Lawrence University

Laurie A. Carter will be the 17th president of Lawrence University, effective July 1, making her the school’s first Black president. Since 2017, she has served as president of Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania. In the past, she has served at The Juilliard School and Eastern Kentucky University, where she was executive vice president and university […]

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Dr. Marjorie Hass Appointed First Female President of the Council of Independent Colleges

Dr. Marjorie Hass, president of Rhodes College, will be the first female president of the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC). She will assume her post in the summer. “CIC’s role is unique in its focus on building capacity at every level and within every sphere of independent colleges and universities,” Hass said. “Areas of particular […]

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Dr. Anita Fernández Named Prescott College’s First Chief Diversity Officer

Dr. Anita Fernández has been appointed Prescott College’s first chief diversity officer (CDO). In the role, she will report directly to Prescott President John Flicker and his leadership team. Fernández is currently occupying a different role at Prescott, as director and assistant dean of Prescott College Tucson. And prior to that, she was Prescott’s director […]

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NACAC Creates Committee to Improve Financial Aid and College Admissions Systems for Racial Equity

The National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) has announced a committee to reimagine financial aid and college admissions in the pursuit of racial equity in postsecondary education. The committee – a product of NACAC’s partnership with the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) and funded by the Lumina Foundation – will consist […]

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Report Analyzes High Unemployment Among Black Men

A recent report has analyzed the causes and potential solutions for why Black men suffer from the highest unemployment rates of any race and gender group. Looking through Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data, report author Dr. Harry J. Holzer, a nonresident senior fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institution, found that Black men […]

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Senate Confirms Cecilia Rouse as Top White House Economist

The U.S. Senate has confirmed Dr. Cecilia Rouse as President Joe Biden’s top White House economist, making her the first Black chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) and its fourth woman leader since its 1946 origin, The Hill reported. Senators voted 95-4 Tuesday in favor of Rouse’s nomination for CEA chair, a cabinet-level […]

Becker College Fate in Question

Whether Becker College will remain open is in question, the Telegram & Gazette reported. The school’s attempt to partner with another college to stay afloat has failed, said Becker President Nancy P. Crimmin. “Since the negotiations with a potential affiliation partner ended in January, I, along with cabinet members and appropriate staff, have been working […]

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Kansas State University Criticize University Responses to Racist Incidents

Students at Kansas State University are criticizing the school on its alleged failure to protect students, The Kansas City Star reported. This comes after someone wrote hateful messages about Black History Month inside KSU’s new Morris Family Multicultural Student Center Feb. 26, weeks after the center’s launch. The students are asking for an annual full […]

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American Council on Education Selects Diverse Cohort of Fellows

The American Council on Education selected 52 emerging leaders in higher education as its 2021-2022 class of fellows. The new cohort will be joined by the previous year’s class, delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Nearly a third of the combined cohort are from underrepresented backgrounds, with a two to one ratio of women to men. […]

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Civil Rights Leader Vernon Jordan Dead at 85

Vernon Jordan, a prominent civil rights leader and champion for historically Black colleges and universities, died on Monday evening. He was 85. A political powerbroker, Jordan was close friends with President Bill Clinton, but was also friendly with political leaders from both parties, including George W. Bush. He earned his law degree from Howard University […]

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MACH-III Center at PVAMU Changes Spaces, Establishes Science Innovation Lab

To further develop multidisciplinary research and establish a Science Innovation Lab, the Minority Achievement, Creativity and High Ability (MACH-III) Center at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) announced its transition to a new space. Previously part of the Whitlowe R. Green College of Education, the center recently moved to the Marvin D. and June Samuel Brailsford […]

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