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Dr. Niara Sudarkasa, Former President of Lincoln University, Dead at 80
Dr. Niara Sudarkasa, the first female president of Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, passed away recently. She was 80. A trained anthropologist, Sudarkasa served as president of Lincoln University, the historically Black university from 1987 to 1997 and was credited with increasing enrollment, strengthening undergraduate and international programs and recruiting a number of African trained professors. […]
June 16, 2019
Students
NCAA’s Discriminatory APR Scores
A few weeks ago, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) released their annual Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores for each Division I team. While the annual announcement of these scores typically generates headlines that APR scores are improving, these headlines are disturbingly misleading.
June 16, 2019
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NABC: A Supportive Space for Black Mental Health Professionals
When National Association of Black Counselors (NABC) co-founders Tamara Ferebee and Dr. Faye Barner launched the organization this past November, it was out of a need for a supportive, professional community geared specifically to the Black counselor identity.
June 15, 2019
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Thomas, Beleaguered WIU President, Resigns
Dr. Jack Thomas, the beleaguered president of Western Illinois University, has resigned, speaking about the school’s successes and not addressing detractors who have campaigned to get him out of the rural Illinois school.
June 14, 2019
News Roundup
University of Denver Appoints New Chancellor
Dr. Jeremy Haefner, the provost and executive vice chancellor at the University of Denver, has been appointed the school’s 19th chancellor. The appointment, determined at the board of trustees’ recent quarterly meeting, comes after current chancellor Dr. Rebecca Chopp’s April announcement that she would step down in July due to serious health concerns. In a […]
June 13, 2019
STEM
Meeting of HBCU Groups Explores Opportunities
Opportunity zones and STEM opportunities were among key topics discussed Thursday at a meeting of the President’s Board of Advisors on HBCUs hosted by the U.S. Department of Education and the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
June 13, 2019
News Roundup
Texas Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Ed to Meet at UHD
The University of Houston-Downtown will host the first meeting in nearly five years for the newly revived Texas Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (TADOHE). The TADOHE Summer Meeting on June 26 and 27 will bring together diversity officers and other leaders from across the state. Guest speakers include Dennis Kennedy, founder of the […]
June 13, 2019
HBCUs
Kentucky State First-Year Students to Receive Laptops
After faculty began to increasingly notice students using their cell phones to view assignments and course materials, Kentucky State University has now planned for every full-time, first-time student to receive a new laptop computer. The plan is part of the university’s campus-wide Quality Enhancement Plan titled “Learning that Works.” Each student will receive a Dell […]
June 13, 2019
News Roundup
Marygrove College to Close in December
Marygrove College announced this week that it will be closing in December after serving the Detroit area for 92 years. Officials cited declining student enrollment and ongoing financial struggles as reasons for the college’s closure. The institution’s 305 students have been informed of the decision, officials said. “In compliance with Higher Learning Commission requirements, Marygrove […]
June 13, 2019
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Georgetown CEW Report: Manufacturing Labor Force Upskilling and Downsizing
With more than half of all manufacturing jobs now going to workers with postsecondary education, it is highly unlikely that laborers with a high school diploma or less can see a return of the days when they held the majority of factory positions, according to a joint research study by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce and JPMorgan Chase & Co.
June 13, 2019
Opinion
Divulging into Systematic Oppression
An entire month of teachings on systematic oppression have unfolded right before our eyes; many will miss its intended lesson, however. If you have not heard about the recent plot to remove the first African-American president at Western Illinois University, Dr. Jack Thomas, by the incumbent Board of Trustees, listen closely.
June 13, 2019
News Roundup
Law School Lecturer Resigns in Wake of Netflix Central Park Five Viewing
Manhattan assistant district attorney Elizabeth Lederer resigned Wednesday from her part-time lecturer position at Columbia Law School after a group of Black students called on her to quit based on her role as a prosecutor in the overturned Central Park 5 conviction, according to a report in the New York Daily News. Lederer is the […]
June 13, 2019
Leadership & Policy
Some Decry Alumni Council Call for WIU President’s Departure
On the heels of a resolution passed by the alumni council calling on Western Illinois University president Dr. Jack Thomas to resign by June 30 – or be kicked out by trustees – some school employees say he is performing well in the face of tough economic and geographic realities.
June 12, 2019
HBCUs
From Cotton Fields to University Leadership: The Transformative Role of Education
In the opening of Dr. Charlie Nelms’ new life memoir “From Cotton Fields to University Leadership: All Eyes on Charlie,” he writes that it was the cotton fields of Arkansas where he first learned how to dream.
June 12, 2019
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MARLENE TROMP
MARLENE TROMP has been named president of Boise State University, effective July 1. She currently serves as provost and executive vice chancellor at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Tromp has a bachelor’s degree from Creighton University, a master’s degree from the University of Wyoming and a Ph.D. from the University of Florida.
June 12, 2019
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LARISSA LITTLETON-STEIB
LARISSA LITTLETON-STEIB has been appointed chancellor of Delgado Community College in New Orleans, Louisiana, effective July 1. She currently serves as chancellor of Baton Rouge Community College. Littleton-Steib earned a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree from Xavier University of Louisiana and a Ph.D. from Jackson State University.
June 12, 2019
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JOHN M. M. ANDERSON
JOHN M. M. ANDERSON has been named interim dean of the College of Engineering and Architecture at Howard University. He is also a professor in the university’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Anderson earned a bachelor’s degree from Brown University, a master’s degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia.
June 12, 2019
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ELOĂŤSA GORDON-MORA
ELOÍSA GORDON-MORA has been appointed university diversity and inclusion officer at the University of Nevada, Reno. She previously served as director of special projects in the Office of the Vice-Chancellor at Universidad Ana G. Méndez in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Gordon-Mora earned a bachelor’s degree from Rockhurst University and a master’s degree and Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame.
June 12, 2019
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