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African-American

Is #MizzouHungerStrike a Wake-up Call to Educators?

If you are not challenging injustice on your college campuses in your role as an educator, you are merely wearing a costume of social justice.

November 12, 2015

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University of Missouri Selects African-American as Interim President

In an effort to move forward, the University of Missouri didn’t have to look too far for a new leader Thursday, as it named Michael Middleton ― the institution’s first African-American law professor ― as its interim system president.

November 12, 2015

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In Case You Missed It…

Where Are All the Black College Faculty? R.I.P.: The Tired Myth of the Apathetic Black Student Controversy Surrounds Push for Albany, Darton Merger At Mizzou, and Across the Country, It’s All About the Bottom Line

November 12, 2015

Four National Groups to Oppose Laws Allowing Guns on Campuses

IOWA CITY, Iowa ― Four national groups representing college educators and trustees said Thursday they would fight a growing push in state legislatures to allow people to carry concealed guns on campuses. The groups also called for the repeal of measures in several states that already allow for so-called campus carry, arguing that academic institutions […]

November 12, 2015

Faculty & Staff

U. of Illinois OKs Settlement with Professor Over Job Offer

CHICAGO ― The University of Illinois will pay a professor who lost his job offer over a series of anti-Israel tweets $600,000 plus legal costs under an agreement trustees approved Thursday. The agreement settles Steven Salaita’s lawsuit against the university with the school admitting no wrongdoing, the university said. Salaita will not be hired and […]

November 12, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Drexel University Rescinds Honorary Degree for Bill Cosby

PHILADELPHIA ― Drexel University has joined a number of other schools in rescinding an honorary degree awarded to Bill Cosby amid accusations of sexual assault. Drexel President John A. Fry says the misconduct that came to light in a deposition given by Cosby “stands in clear opposition” to the Philadelphia school’s values. He says in […]

November 12, 2015

Howard University Warns of Online Threat to School, Students

WASHINGTON ― Authorities are investigating an online threat against Howard University and its students. In a message to the university community Thursday, President Wayne A. I. Frederick said school officials are aware of the threat and are working with local and federal law enforcement on the “serious matter.” He says the school has increased security […]

November 12, 2015

Report: Leadership Atop FBS Schools Still Mostly White, Male

The top leadership positions among Football Bowl Subdivision schools and conferences remains significantly White and male, according to the report released Wednesday by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport.

November 11, 2015

Online Threats Against Blacks Net Arrest at Missouri Campus

A White college student suspected of posting online threats to shoot Black students and faculty at the University of Missouri was arrested Wednesday, adding to the racial tension at the heart of the protests that led two top administrators to resign earlier this week.

November 11, 2015

Obama Administration Announces Higher Ed Changes

In a Veteran’s Day press conference, President Barack Obama announced Wednesday that veterans and their dependents will now receive in-state tuition rates in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

November 11, 2015

African-American

At Mizzou, and Across the Country, It’s All About the Bottom Line

It isn’t that I didn’t realize there obviously was a pervasive collective thought by an unacceptable number of students that the Black students at Mizzou were somehow subhuman. I’m not one of the people who is somehow delusional about the idea that we live in a postracial society.

November 11, 2015

Where Are All the Black College Faculty?

It’s an uncomfortable and unacceptable shame ― nearly two decades into a new millennium ― that the work to integrate college and university faculty and administration remains undone.

November 11, 2015

Recruitment & Retention

Fall College Enrollment Numbers Show Promise

Fall enrollment numbers are in and many colleges and universities are celebrating an increase in figures after widespread losses in previous years.

November 11, 2015

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Regents Approve Albany State, Darton State Merger

The University System of Georgia Board of Regents voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the merger of Albany State University and Darton State College, a move pushed forward by system Chancellor Henry “Hank” M. Huckaby. Huckaby, who presides over 30 public colleges and universities across the state and oversees an $8.1 billion annual budget, says that […]

November 11, 2015

University Wants to Make Room for more California Students

SAN FRANCISCO ― University of California President Janet Napolitano is asking the system’s governing board for permission to enroll 5,000 more California residents next fall at the nine campuses that serve undergraduates.

November 11, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Regents Approve Albany State, Darton State Merger

The University System of Georgia Board of Regents voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the merger of Albany State University and Darton State College, a move pushed forward by system Chancellor Henry “Hank” M. Huckaby.

November 11, 2015

Report Shows High School Dropout Rates Declining

The report found that the number of students who did not graduate from high school dropped from more than 1 million in 2008 to less than 750,000 in 2012.

November 11, 2015

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R.I.P.: The Tired Myth of the Apathetic Black Student

We should all be finally noticing the new — really the old — Black student activism and it’s been a long time coming.

November 11, 2015