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7th Annual National HBCU Pre-Law Summit and Law Expo Begins Virtually Sep. 24

The 7th annual National HBCU Pre-Law Summit and Law Expo will be entirely virtual and will take place from Thursday, Sep. 24 to Sunday, Sep. 27, according to the Summit’s founder, Evangeline Mitchell. The event is the “only major national pre-law event created especially for HBCU students and alumni interested in becoming lawyers.” Registration for […]

A. Zachary Faison, Jr.

Department of Education Will Investigate Princeton for “Admitted Racism”

The U.S. Department of Education announced it was investigating Princeton University for “lapses in its nondiscriminatory practices ” in a letter Wednesday to the school’s president, USA Today reported. The investigation follows President Christopher L. Eisgruber’s Sept. 2 letter to Princeton’s community about the university’s efforts against systemic racism. “Racism and the damage it does […]

Princeton University

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Two New Orleans HBCU Presidents Participate in COVID-19 Vaccine Trial

NBC News reported that two presidents of historically Black colleges and universities, Drs. Walter M. Kimbrough of Dillard University and Dr. C. Reynold Verret of Xavier University of Louisiana, “stunned their campuses when they announced in a joint message that they had participated in a vaccine trial for COVID-19 and then encouraged students to do […]

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Dr. William Danforth, Former Chancellor of Wash U, Dies at 94

Dr. William H. Danforth, 94, died Wednesday at his home in Ladue, Missouri, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. Danforth, at age 44, took on a 24-year career in higher education. He served as chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis from 1971 to 1995, overseeing “an elevenfold increase in the university’s enrollment.” During his tenure, […]

William H. Danforth

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Parneshia Jones Named Director of Northwestern University Press

Parneshia Jones, editor of the Northwestern University Press (NUP) for the last two decades, has been named its new director, Dean of the Libraries Sarah M. Pritchard announced in a Northwestern University press release. “She is the ideal leader both to build on NUP’s traditional strengths and to continue the advances that the Press has […]

Parneshia Jones

ETS Creates New Investment Unit to Grow Business

Educational Testing Service (ETS), a nonprofit educational assessment and measurement organization, announced the formation of ETS Strategic Capital, a new unit focused on growing the business “through strategic equity investments, growth partnerships, and mergers and acquisitions,” according to an ETS press release. ETS Strategic Capital “is actively seeking transactions to establish a global portfolio of […]

Big Ten Will Have Eight-Game Fall Football Season

The Big Ten will have an eight-game football season starting the weekend of Oct. 24, USA Today reported. The decision was made by the Big Ten’s presidents Wednesday morning amidst public pressure, undoing their decision in August to postpone the fall schedule. The Big Ten presidents cited new medical information to conclude that they could […]

Penn State Big Ten

Shenandoah University Names First Assistant Provost for Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity

Shenandoah University has named Dr. Hakeem Leonard, associate professor of music therapy, as its first assistant provost for inclusion, diversity, and equity, according to officials at Shenandoah University. According to university leaders, Leonard will lead the implementation of teaching practices that are “anti-oppressive and that integrate more histories and stories from those who have had […]

Dr. Hakeem Leonard

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Kamala Harris Promises Free College Tuition for Low-Income Students

Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris promised Thursday that if she and Joe Biden are elected in November, they would make college free for low-income students, Black Enterprise reported. Harris made the promise during a discussion at Florida Memorial University, saying students whose family makes less than $125,000 a year will get free tuition. […]

Sen. Kamala Harris

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UNCF Will Host Virtual Walk Fundraiser to Support HBCUs

The United Negro College Fund (UNCF ) will be hosting a digital fundraiser this Saturday to support historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and their students, according to a UNCF press release. The UNCF National Virtual Walk for Education – set for 2 p.m. EDT/1p.m. CDT/11 a.m. PDT on Sept. 19 – “will engage participants […]

Dr. Michael L. Lomax

Krug’s Publisher Says Book Proceeds Will Go to Fund for Black and Latinx Scholars

The publisher of Dr. Jessica Krug – the White academic who revealed she had pretended to be Black for years – says all proceeds from Krug’s book, Fugitive Modernities will go to a fund supporting Black and Latinx scholars, The Guardian reported. Krug – a White Jewish woman from Kansas and former professor focusing on […]

Jessica Krug (Photo by Samira Rashid)

Missing Alabama State University Student Found Dead

Missing Alabama State University student Adam Dowdell Jr. has been found dead, al.com reported. About 2:45 p.m. Monday, police responded after receiving a report of a possible body found. The body was moved to the Alabama Department of Forensic Science for an autopsy and was officially identified as Dowdell, said Montgomery police Capt. Saba Coleman. […]

Adam Dowdell Jr.

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