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Section: Institutions
HBCUs
After Four Decades on the Job, HBCU President has Passed the Mantle
Dr. Luns C. Richardson has the distinct privilege of being one of the nation’s longest-serving college presidents. And among presidents of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), the ordained Baptist preacher has outlasted his contemporaries, taking the longevity mantle from Dr. Norman Francis, who retired in 2015 after leading Xavier University in New Orleans for […]
July 16, 2017
Students
Chicago Nonprofit Provides Support to Illinois College Students
One Million Degrees is a Chicago-based foundation that provides support to nearly 700 students enrolled in the seven City Colleges of Chicago, College of Lake County, Harper College, Prairie State College and South Suburban College.
July 16, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Bethune-Cookman Appoints Interim President Grimes
Bethune-Cookman University has appointed its general counsel, retired judge Hubert Grimes, to take on the position of interim president in the absence of its former leader, Dr. Edison O. Jackson. Grimes also serves as the director for the Center for Law and Social Justice at B-CU. Grimes’s election comes after Jackson, the university’s sixth president, […]
July 13, 2017
Faculty & Staff
For Burnim, Integrity at Heart of Success
As he exited his post this summer as president of Maryland’s Bowie State University, Dr. Mickey L. Burnim took a pause to reflect on his more than two decades at the helm of two state institutions — each for more than 10 years.
July 13, 2017
Students
Students With Disabilities: We Want Our Fair Chance at College
Students with disabilities deserve access to higher education to achieve their dreams and goals like everyone else. That is the message several panelists delivered Thursday at a session on the Improving Access to Higher Education Act.
July 13, 2017
Faculty & Staff
Moses C. Norman Dies; Retired Clark Atlanta University Dean
ATLANTA — Moses C. Norman, former dean of Clark Atlanta University’s School of Education and a pioneer in educational leadership in Atlanta, has died. His son, Conrad Norman, said his father died Tuesday at his Atlanta home. He was 82. An alumnus of Clark Atlanta, Norman had just retired as dean of the university’s School […]
July 13, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Many HBCUs Feel Bethune-Cookman’s Pain on Leadership Issue
Several historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have been tasked with replacing their leaders. Bethune-Cookman University, located in Daytona Beach, Florida, is the latest.
July 12, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Arizona Ex-lawmaker Wants Immigrant Tuition Decision Barred
PHOENIX — A former legislator who championed most of Arizona’s toughest immigration laws is threatening to sue the state university system over its decision to at least temporarily keep providing lower in-state tuition rates for immigrants granted deferred deportation status. Former state Senate President Russell Pearce says a 2006 voter-enacted law prohibits public benefits for […]
July 12, 2017
Students
Community Colleges Viewing Workforce Development Through Regional Lens
California and Pennsylvania community college systems are focusing on bridging a growing skills gap between the needs of regional labor markets and the qualifications of graduates.
July 11, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Bethune-Cookman President Jackson Retiring
Bethune-Cookman University announced Tuesday that its president, Edison O. Jackson, is retiring.
July 11, 2017
Students
Louisville Tries Different Course to Close Black Male Achievement Gap
In an effort to improve academic achievement among African Americans, a Kentucky school board has approved the creation of an academy tailored to Black male students in Louisville.
July 11, 2017
HBCUs
When the News of Demise Is Greatly Exaggerated
In the same state, under the same accrediting agency, two schools in the past few years have been on probation, and their media treatment has been very different.
July 11, 2017
Students
University of Arkansas Won’t Sell Alcohol Despite Approval
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — University of Arkansas doesn’t plan on selling alcohol at intercollegiate sporting events despite state-issued alcohol permits taking effect. Alcoholic Beverage Control Division Director Mary Casteel tells the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette that large-attendance facility permits for concessionaire Levy Premium Foodservice LP to sell alcohol were approved last month and took effect Saturday. University spokesman […]
July 6, 2017
Students
Student Group Sues College in Michigan Over Speech Policy
CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A conservative nonprofit student group at a community college in southeastern Michigan has sued the school, saying its policy of requiring permission for public speech violates members’ First Amendment rights. Attorneys representing Turning Point USA say the Macomb Community College chapter is challenging the school’s expressive activity policy in a federal […]
July 6, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Shaw President Leaving for VP Role at Howard University
Dr. Tashni-Ann Dubroy, who is currently the president of Shaw University, has resigned from her post to become the executive vice president and chief operating officer at Howard University.
July 5, 2017
Students
Ohio Empowers Community Colleges to Address Industry Needs
Ohio has become the 24th state to allow its community colleges to offer four-year degrees.
July 5, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Bennett College Names Dawkins 18th President
Phyllis Worthy Dawkins, who has served as interim president Bennett College since August 2016, was named as the historically Black school’s 18th president on Wednesday. Dawkins had taken the reins of the women’s college in Greensboro, North Carolina when Rosalind Fuse-Hall resigned. According to a statement released by Bennett, Dawkins primary goals are increasing enrollment […]
July 5, 2017
Students
The Value of ‘an HBCU Experience’
During my junior year in high school, my assistant principal pulled me aside and told me something I didn’t quite understand at the time: “Will, you can have a college experience, or you can have an HBCU experience.”
July 3, 2017
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