Harvard Examines Its Ties to Slavery
The Slavery and Research Project has published a 34-page booklet.
Archive for November, 2011
Nov 27, 2011 | 4 comments
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The New Dean of the Hampton University Journalism School
Brett Pulley has worked for many major media companies and is a graduate of Hampton University.
Nov 27, 2011 | 0 comments
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Honors for Four Black Educators
Tricia Bent-Goodley, Unoma Azuah, Amos Sawyer, and Bernadette Gray-Little received honors for their work.
Nov 27, 2011 | 0 comments
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Southern Illinois University Honors Its First Black Male Student
A paid internship at the Illinois General Assembly has been established in honor of Alexander Lane.
Nov 27, 2011 | 0 comments
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Graduate School of the University of Washington Seeking to Boost Minority Enrollments
Less than 10 percent of the graduate students are minorities while minorities make up 24 percent of the state’s population.
Vanderbilt University Program to Help Young Black Men Is Expanding to Pennsylvania
Vanderbilt faculty members Donna Ford and Gilman Whiting will assist in the program’s implementation.
Nov 27, 2011 | 11 comments
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Paul Baker Is the New Dean of Academic Affairs at Voorhees College
He was dean of social sciences at St. Augustine’s College in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Nov 27, 2011 | 3 comments
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Three Appointments to Administrative Positions
Halima Leak, Donna Elam, and Richard Briggance will be assuming new duties.
Nov 26, 2011 | 0 comments
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Two African Africans Named to New Faculty Posts
Jemima Pierre and Curtis Everett Powell are named to new faculty positions.
Nov 26, 2011 | 0 comments
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Notable Higher Education Grants of Interest to African-Americans
Here is this week’s news of grants won by historically black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education.
Stanford Struggles to Increase the Number of African American Graduate Students
The percentage of Blacks in the Class of 2015 at Stanford is triple the percentage of African Americans in the university’s graduate schools.
Nov 24, 2011 | 0 comments
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Temple University’s New Website Documents the Civil Rights Struggle in Philadelphia
The website devotes much of its attention to the desegregation of Girard College in Philadelphia and the Columbia Avenue riots of 1964.
Nov 24, 2011 | 0 comments
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At West Virginia University, Black Enrollments Exceed Parity With the Black Percentage of the State’s Population
Black enrollments are up 7.7 percent this year compared to an overall increase of just over one percent.
Nov 24, 2011 | 0 comments
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Nation’s Oldest Black Fraternity Honors Its “Mother”
Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity placed a new headstone of the grave of the woman who nurtured the organization’s seven founders.
Nov 24, 2011 | 0 comments
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Study Finds That Income Trumps Race in Explaining Academic Achievement Gap
According to the Stanford University research, 50 years ago, just the opposite was true.
Nov 24, 2011 | 3 comments
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A Surge in Black Applicants in New Non-Binding Early Action Admissions Programs
Both the University of Virginia and Harvard University report large increases in black early applicants from four years ago.
Nov 23, 2011 | 0 comments
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African American Student at Wake Forest University Wins a Rhodes Scholarship
Brandon Turner is the 12th student at Wake Forest in the past 25 years to win a Rhodes Scholarship.
Nov 23, 2011 | 3 comments
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Civil Rights Suit Filed Against the University of New Mexico
The complaint was filed by local clergy and the Albuquerque chapter of the NAACP.
FAMU Suspends Band After the Death of a Drum Major
Law enforcement officials state that hazing may have been involved.
Nov 23, 2011 | 0 comments
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The New President of Lincoln University
Robert R. Jennings is the former president of Alabama A&M University.
Nov 23, 2011 | 5 comments
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Two African Americans to Join the Faculty at the University of Kansas
Jennifer Hamer and Clarence Lang both taught at the University of Illinois.
Nov 21, 2011 | 2 comments
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FBI Releases Data for U.S. Hate Crimes in 2010
Of the reported 6,628 reported hate crime incidents in 2010, 47.3 percent were motivated by racial bias.
Nov 20, 2011 | 0 comments
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Blacks Make Up a Large Share of College Students With Military Service Credentials
Veterans and active duty or reserve military personnel make up 4 percent of all students in higher education.
Nov 20, 2011 | 0 comments
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Oral Histories of the Jim Crow South Now Available Online
Duke University Libraries offers 100 taped interviews conducted between 1993 and 1995 of African Americans who lived through the Jim Crow era.
Nov 20, 2011 | 2 comments
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Sorority at the University of Southern Mississippi Disciplines Six Students for Blackface Incident
The students depicted themselves as members of the Huxtable family from The Cosby Show.
Nov 20, 2011 | 4 comments
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A New Initiative at Tennessee State University Aims to Boost Retention and Graduation Rates
“Tiger Shield” will target at-risk and disadvantage students.
Nov 20, 2011 | 0 comments
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Florida A&M University Establishes a Medical Honors Program
The aim is to steer successful students to the medical school at Florida Atlantic University.
Nov 20, 2011 | 0 comments
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A New Associate Provost at Ohio State
James L. Moore, a professor in the College of Education, will assume new duties.
Jefferi Lee to Head Howard University’s TV Station
He is a former executive with Black Entertainment Television.
Nov 19, 2011 | 0 comments
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Montana State University Honored for Its Clean Water Projects in Kenya
More than 80 students have traveled to Kenya where they built seven deep-water wells and supplied clean drinking water to more than 60 schools.
Nov 19, 2011 | 0 comments
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Morgan State Legend Honored by the American Football Coaches Association
Edward P. Hurt was head coach for football, basketball, and track and field. He also served as athletics director.
Nov 19, 2011 | 0 comments
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Honors and Awards
A summary of this week’s significant awards bestowed on Blacks in higher education.
Nov 19, 2011 | 0 comments
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Notable Higher Education Grants of Interest to African-Americans
Here is this week’s news of grants won by historically black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education.
Nov 18, 2011 | 0 comments
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Recent Books That May Be of Interest to African-American Scholars
The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. Here are the latest selections.
Nov 18, 2011 | 0 comments
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Three African American Scholars Win Presidential Mentoring Awards
Solomon Bililign, Winston Anderson, and Juan Gilbert will receive their awards at a White House ceremony later this year.
