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Section: Demographics > African-American
Faculty & Staff
MIA TUAN
MIA TUAN has been appointed dean of the College of Education at the University of Washington. She was a professor of education studies and former interim dean of the College of Education at the University of Oregon. Tuan earned a bachelor’s from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s and a doctorate from the University of California, Los Angeles.
April 18, 2015
Faculty & Staff
NANCY TARGETT
NANCY TARGETT has been appointed interim president of the University of Delaware. She was dean of and a professor in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment at Delaware. Targett earned a bachelor’s from the University of Pittsburgh, and a master’s and a doctorate from the University of Maine.
April 18, 2015
Faculty & Staff
KINA MALLARD
KINA MALLARD has been named president of Reinhardt University in Waleska, Georgia. She was executive vice president and provost at Carson-Newman University in Jefferson City, Tennessee. Mallard earned a bachelor’s from Middle Tennessee State University, and a master’s and a doctorate from the University of Tennessee.
April 18, 2015
Students
‘Animal House’ Fraternity to Appeal Dartmouth Branding Sanction
A Dartmouth College fraternity that partly inspired the 1978 movie Animal House and was recently accused of branding new members is appealing a decision to withdraw its recognition as a student organization.
April 15, 2015
African-American
NCA Honors Former President Taylor
The National Communication Association has established an award in honor of Dr. Orlando L. Taylor, its 85th president and first African-American to serve in that capacity.
April 14, 2015
African-American
Knoxville College Board Chairman Insists Closure Not Permanent
The Tennessee HBCU is suspending instruction for the fall 2015 semester and its board hopes it can restructure to better position itself to advance the viability of the college.
April 14, 2015
African-American
Charles Homes In on Tiffin University’s Security Programs
Dr. Curtis B. Charles, who currently serves as the senior associate vice chancellor for institutional transformation at Fayetteville State University and founding executive director of the Center for Defense and Homeland Security, has been selected to lead Tiffin University in Ohio.
April 14, 2015
African-American
Rights Leaders Call for Vote on Lynch
A coalition of civil rights leaders are calling on the leadership of the U.S. Senate to immediately call for a vote to confirm Loretta Lynch as the nation’s next U.S. attorney general.
April 12, 2015
Students
Diversity Chief Says He Faced Discrimination as Student at University of Oklahoma
The University of Oklahoma’s new chief of diversity programs says he knows why he’s the right fit for the job after a racist video roiled the school last month.
April 12, 2015
African-American
AABHE Meets in Midst of Storm in Charleston
As Black educators gathered for their annual conference, the group was met with the news that another Black man had died at the hands of law enforcement in the USA — this time in Charleston.
April 10, 2015
African-American
Understanding Generation X
By now most people have heard of Generation X, the 46 million Americans born between 1965 and 1979.
April 9, 2015
African-American
Fayneese Miller Making History at Hamline University
Dr. Fayneese Miller will be the first African-American—and second female—president of the school that was founded in 1854.
April 9, 2015
Students
2015 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars
2015 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars
April 9, 2015
African-American
Study Ranks State-based Job Markets for College Grads
Researchers at Georgetown’s Center on Education and the Workforce analyzed state labor markets and ranked the 50 states by the frequency of job openings per college-educated worker.
April 7, 2015
Faculty & Staff
Spelman College Makes Campbell Unanimous Choice as President
Spelman College’s Board of Trustees unanimously voted to elect Dr. Mary Schmidt Campbell as the new president of the college.
April 7, 2015
Leadership & Policy
Lawsuit: S. Carolina Discriminates Against Black University
As state lawmakers ponder firing the South Carolina State University trustees, South Carolina’s only Black congressman and a federal lawsuit contend the state can be blamed in part for the school’s financial woes.
April 6, 2015
Students
Frat Suspends Clemson Students Over Racially Charged Party
Clemson University put the school’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity on probation for two years after the group held a “Cripmas” party last December that had students dressed like gang members, according to a statement released Monday.
April 6, 2015
African-American
White Faculty Sue Alabama State University
A few White professors have filed a lawsuit against Alabama State University alleging that the school discriminates against Whites in its hiring and admission process.
April 6, 2015
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