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Program Aims to Train the Next Generation of Equity-Focused Principals

New partnership is designed to create a program that will produce more people of color to become principals in the public K-12 school systems.

March 9, 2022

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Institutions and Higher Ed Leaders Honored at ACE Annual Meeting

Transformative leaders and institutions were recognized at the 2022 ACE annual meeting in San Diego.

March 7, 2022

Dr. Joseph Bertolin

AAUP Censures University System of Georgia

In an unusual move, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) voted to censure the University System of Georgia (USG).

March 6, 2022

Dr. Irene Mulvey

California's Supreme Court Upholds Ruling UC Berkeley Must Cap Enrollment

The Supreme Court of California maintained a lower court ruling that the University of California, Berkeley must cap its enrollment at its 2020-21 level of 42,347 students. This means Berkely must cut its 2022 enrollment numbers by at least 2,500 students

March 4, 2022

UC Berkeley Campus

Vorhees College Receives Funding for Campus Restoration

Voorhees College is one of five Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) that have been awarded portions of a $650,000 grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s HBCU Cultural Heritage Stewardship Initiative.

March 3, 2022

Massachusetts Hall, on the Voorhees College campus, was built in 1930. Its rehabilitation will be funded with this new grant.

The 2022 Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs

Diverse presents this year's Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs — a national recognition that celebrates student affairs workplaces that are vibrant, diverse, and supportive.

March 2, 2022

Dr. Brian Haynes

Community Colleges

How Humanities Play a Vital Role for Community College Students

More community colleges are encouraging the study of the humanities.

March 1, 2022

Ted Hadzi-Antich Jr. leads students in a discussion.

Delta Airlines Partners with Hampton University to Diversify Pilots

Delta Airlines has announced a partnership with Hampton University, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in order to diversify their pilot workforce and train more pilots of color.

February 28, 2022

The Black Press Archives to be Preserved and Digitized at Howard University

A $2 million grant from the Jonathan Logan Family Foundation will fund the preservation and digitization of the Black Press Archives at the Howard University Moorland-Spingarn Research Center (MSRC).

February 28, 2022

Nikole Hannah-Jones, journalist and Knight Chair in Race and Journalism at the Cathy Hughes School of Communications at Howard University.

Tougaloo College Receives $10 Million Gift from Netflix's Reed Hastings and Wife Patty Quillin

Co-CEO of Netflix, Reed Hastings, and his wife, Patty Quillin, an independent film producer, are donating $10 million to Tougaloo College, an HBCU in Mississippi, and to the college's partnership with Brown University.

February 23, 2022

Netflix's co-CEO Reed Hastings and wife Patty Quillin

The Williamsburg Bray School to Receive $5 Million

The funding supports The College of William & Mary and The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation as they research, preserve, and restore the Bray building while relocating it to Colonial Williamsburg.

February 22, 2022

Cliff Fleet, president and CEO of Colonial Williamsburg.

Wiley College Receives Propel Grant for Short Film

Wiley College, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in Texas, has received a $300,000 Impact Grant from the Propel Center, part of Apple’s Nationwide Investment in Racial Equity and Justice.

February 22, 2022

Wiley College President Dr. Herman J. Felton, Jr.

Faculty & Staff

Southern University Names New Leader

University of Wisconsin-Platteville President Dennis Shields has been tapped to serve as the new president of the Southern University System and its president-chancellor.

February 21, 2022

Bennett College Receives Fellowship for Alumnae-Student Mentorship Project

Bennett College, an historically Black, liberal arts college for women, has been selected as a 2022 Steelcase Social Innovation Fellow to develop a mentorship project for students and alumnae seeking community.

February 18, 2022

Bennett College Commencement

Community Colleges

Community Colleges and HBCUs Forge Partnerships to Uplift Students

Community colleges and HBCUs face the challenge of historic underfunding while still punching above their weight.

February 16, 2022

Dr. Janet Spriggs, president of Forsyth Technical Community College.

White Violence and Black Success: Why HBCUs Receive Bomb Threats

Throughout the long arm of history, the ebb and flow of white violence against HBCUs has always stemmed from instances of Black progress.

February 16, 2022

Howard University received three bomb threats in just under two months.

Community Colleges

Achieving the Dream Puts a Focus on Inequities

Achieving the Dream (ATD) has updated their mission statement to focus on achieving equity through addressing oppression.

February 15, 2022

Heather McGhee, trustee emeritus at Demos and author of The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We can Prosper Together

Life After the Acquisition: Delaware State and Wesley College

After Wesley College closed its doors and became DSU: Downtown, the work to combine two thriving cultures continues.

February 15, 2022

Wesley College's main building, wearing its new moniker. It is now the hub for DSU: Downtown's Wesley College of Health and Behavioral Sciences.