In Memoriam: Paul Elritt Meacham, 1936-2019
Dr. Meacham was the first African American to earn a Ph.D. in education at the University of Texas and the first African American to serve as president of a college or university in the state of Nevada.
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Jacqueline Gill Will Be the First African American President of Danville Community College in Virginia
Currently, Dr. Gill serves as president of Metropolitan Community College in Kansas City, Missouri. Before that, she served as vice president of academic affairs and community and industry education at Tarrant County College in Hurst, Texas.
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In Memoriam: Lorraine Elizabeth Green Branham, 1952-2019
A long-time journalist Lorraine Branham became dean of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University in New York in 2008.
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Amilcar Shabazz Becomes President of the National Council for Black Studies
Dr. Shabazz is a professor in the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Previously, he served as director of the American studies program, and founding director of the Center for African Studies & Development at Oklahoma State University.
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Why Are Black Students More Likely Than Whites to Leave STEM Majors in College?
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Kevin Gaines Named to a New Endowed Professorship at the University of Virginia
Dr. Gaines comes to the University of Virginia from Cornell University where he was the W.E.B. Du Bois Professor of Africana Studies and History. Previously he has taught at Princeton University, the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Michigan.
New Assignments for Five Black Scholars at Major Universities
Taking on new roles at Staci Perryman-Clark at Western Michigan University, Andre Carrington at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Leonard N. Moore at the University of Texas at Austin, Jerry Whitmore Jr. at Boston University, and Helane Davis of the University of Idaho.
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The Next President of St. Cloud Technical and Community College in Minnesota
Since 2014, Dr. Annesa Cheek has been serving as vice president of school and community partnerships at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio. She has been on the staff at the college since 2006 serving in a number of roles.
Mar 26, 2018 | 2 comments
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Texas Southern University Earns the First National HBCU Debate Championship
This past October, Wiley College in Marshall, Texas was awarded a grant from the Charles Koch Foundation to establish a Historically Black Colleges and Universities Speech and Debate League. The Team from Texas Southern University is the first champion.
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In Memoriam: William M. Pender Sr., 1922-2017
Dr. Pender was hired in 1965 as director of guidance and teacher training at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. He was a professor of education and later served as vice chancellor for academic affairs.
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Gary Bledsoe Is the New Leader of the Thurgood Marshall School of Law
Bledsoe, who has been president of the Texas NAACP since 1991, will lead the law school at Texas Southern University in Houston on an interim basis as the law school goes through its American Bar Association compliance process.
Nov 06, 2017 | 0 comments
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In Memoriam: Alton Hornsby Jr.
After teaching briefly at Tuskegee University in Alabama, Dr. Hornsby joined the faculty at Morehouse College and served as chair of the history department for 30 years. After nearly 40 years on the Morehouse College faculty, Dr. Hornsby retired in 2010.
Sep 18, 2017 | 0 comments
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Alvia Wardlaw Honored by the Association of African American Museums
Alvia Wardlaw is a professor of art history and director and curator of the University Museum at Texas Southern University in Houston. In 1996, she became the first African American to earn a Ph.D. in history at the University of Texas at Austin.
Aug 28, 2017 | 0 comments
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Howard University President Gets a Major Vote of Confidence
In 2015, Wayne A.I. Frederick became the 17th president of Howard University in Washington, D.C. Now the board of trustees of Howard University has extended his contract for five additional years after his first term is over in 2019.
Aug 07, 2017 | 2 comments
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Racism Rears Its Ugly Head on Several College and University Campuses
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May 06, 2017 | 5 comments
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Alumnus Gregory Vincent Named President of Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Currently, Dr. Vincent is the W.K. Kellogg Professor of Community College Leadership, professor of law, and vice president for diversity and community engagement at the University of Texas at Austin. He joined the faculty at the University of Texas in 2005.
Apr 24, 2017 | 4 comments
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Mark Smith Appointed Dean of the Graduate School at the University of Texas at Austin
Dr. Smith was a member of the 1980 and 1984 U.S. Olympic team in the sport of fencing. He currently serves as dean of the Graduate School at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. He has held that post since 2009.
Fisk University in Nashville Announces the Selection of Its Sixteenth President
Currently, Dr. Kevin Rome is president of Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri. Before taking on this role in 2013, Dr. Rome was vice chancellor for student affairs and enrollment management at North Carolina Central University in Durham.
Black Students’ Loss of Trust in Their Teachers May Lead to Lower College Enrollment
A new study finds that middle school students of color who lose trust in their teachers due to a perception of mistreatment or unfairness are less likely to go to college, even if they achieved good grades and test scores that qualified them for college admission.
Feb 20, 2017 | 2 comments
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Racial Disparity in Family Member Deaths Can Add to Overall Racial Inequality
In a study of more than 42,000 individuals born in the 1980s, the authors found that Blacks were three times more likely than Whites to lose a mother, more than twice as likely to lose a father and 20 percent more likely to lose a sibling by age 10.
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Selwyn Rogers Named the Founding Director of the University of Chicago Medicine Trauma Center
Dr. Rogers, who has been serving as vice president and chief medical officer at the University of Texas Medical Branch since 2014, will also serve as executive vice president for community health engagement at the University of Chicago.
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Two African Americans Named to Leadership Posts at Universities in Texas
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University of Georgia Study Examines Blacks’ Reluctance to Seek Treatment for Depression
A new study led by Rosalyn Denise Campbell, an assistant professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Georgia, finds that the stigma of mental illness in the African American community has a major dragging effect on the rate of Black Americans who seek treatment for depression.
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Universities Take Steps to Remove Symbols That Many African Americans Found Offensive
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A New Database of Peer-Reviewed Articles on Black Males in Education
Louis Harrison and Anthony Brown of the University of Texas at Austin have created The Black Male Education Research Collection. The new website is a repository of research on issues relating to Black men in all levels of education, with a special emphasis on higher education.
Aug 15, 2016 | 2 comments
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In Memoriam: Austin Chesterfield Clarke, 1934-2016
Clarke was a native of Barbados. He came to Canada in 1955 to study at the University of Toronto. The author of 11 novels, he taught at Yale University, Duke University, and the University of Texas.
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Supreme Court Upholds Race-Sensitive Admissions at the University of Texas
Writing for the majority, Justice Kennedy stated that “considerable deference is owed to a university in defining those intangible characteristics, like student body diversity, that are central to its identity and educational mission.”
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Research Finds Ways for Black Students to Ease the Transition to College
The study found that incoming students who are exposed to challenges that are common and improvable become more likely to get involved on campus, build relationships, and ultimately succeed at a higher rate.
University of Texas System Initiates a “Rooney Rule” For Senior-Level Hiring
The University of Texas System has instituted a new policy that requires search committees to have a minority candidate among the finalists for every senior level administrative post on campus. The new policy is modeled after the Rooney Rule in the National Football League.
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New Administrative Assignments for Eight African Americans in Higher Education
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In Memoriam: Toni Kay Johnson, 1956-2016
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New York University Historian to Be Awarded the Frederick Douglass Book Prize
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Two Flagship State Universities Report Progress on Student Diversity
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University of Texas to Move Statue of Jefferson Davis to an Educational Exhibit
On the Main Mall of the University of Texas at Austin are seven statues. Along with George Washington, there are statues of several Confederate officials. University of Texas President Gregory Fenves has decided to remove the Jefferson Davis statue.
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Duke Professor’s Program Seeks to Close the Racial Gap in Educational Achievement Among Youth
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