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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.

University of Maryland, Baltimore County is Officially a Research 1 Institution

The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) is officially a Research 1, or R1, university. It joins a list of 146 institutions classified as such in the nation.

February 14, 2022

Yonathan Zohar, left, and Jorge Gomezjurado at IMET aquaculture research facility in 2016.

LSU Receives $245 Million for Healthcare

Louisiana State University (LSU) has received a landmark $245 million from LCMC Health and Our Lady of the Lake, nonprofit health systems in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, to transform healthcare in Louisiana over the next decade.

February 14, 2022

LSU officials and representatives from Our Lady of the Lake and LCMC Health sign the $245 million agreement.

University of Alabama Gets Rid of Klan Leader's Name From Building

The University of Alabama's trustees unanimously voted on Friday to rename a building on campus that had honored a Ku Klux Klan leader. The building will now be called Autherine Lucy Hall in honor of the first Black person to attend the school.

February 11, 2022

A University of Alabama building previously named after David Bibb Graves, a former governor of Alabama and Ku Klux Klan leader, will be renamed after Autherine Lucy Foster, the first Black student to enroll at the school.

The Persistence of Denmark Tech: How a Two-Year HBCU Survived Closure

Denmark Technical College was on the verge of closure in 2018. But things have turned around.

February 11, 2022

Lumina Foundation Creates Grant Competition for Community College Marketing

The Lumina Foundation is launching The Million Dollar Community College Challenge, a grant competition to support the brand creation and marketing for community colleges.

February 8, 2022