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Showing posts with label higher education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label higher education. Show all posts
Sunday, August 13, 2023

Saundra Tomlinson-Clarke promoted to Provost at Rutgers University

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Saundra Tomlinson-Clarke, a veteran faculty member and administrator, has been promoted as Rutgers–New Brunswick’s provost and executive...
Thursday, June 29, 2023

NAACP Condemns SCOTUS Ruling on Affirmative Action

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Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued extreme decisions reversing decades of precedent on affirmative action. The court...
Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Temple University names JoAnne Epps acting president

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Temple University’s Board of Trustees announced today the appointment of JoAnne A. Epps as Temple’s acting president. Epps will begin ser...
Saturday, December 24, 2022

John B. King Jr. Appointed the Fifteenth Chancellor of the State University of New York

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John B. King Jr. has been appointed the fifteenth chancellor of the State University of New York, the largest comprehensive system of pub...

African American Graduate Finishes College Education 50 Years After Starting

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A University of Arkansas Little Rock history student is celebrating the completion of his lifelong dream of finishing his college educat...
Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Charles F. Robinson becomes University of Arkansas’ first Black chancellor

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The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas today approved the selection of Charles F. Robinson, Ph.D., as the next chancellor of...
Sunday, August 14, 2022

Why more African American students are applying to HBCUs

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At one point, over 90% of African Americans with a college degree obtained it from an HBCU. But in the decades following the legal dismant...
Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Kenneth Elmore Appointed President of Dean College

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The board of trustees of Dean College in Franklin, Massachusetts, has announced that Kenneth Elmore has been selected to serve as the coll...
Sunday, May 15, 2022

Thirteen Years After Entering NBA, Steph Curry Graduates with Davidson College Class of 2022

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Steph Curry, the Davidson Wildcat legend and NBA superstar graduated as a member of the class of 2022 today. Preparations for the Western ...
Friday, April 15, 2022

Hampton University to Erase Outstanding Student Balances for the Spring 2022 Semester

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Recognizing that many Hampton University students and their families have continued to experience financial hardships and have suffered du...
Sunday, February 20, 2022

Robert F. Smith Launching $1.8M Grant Program To Help HBCU Students

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Robert F. Smith's  organization, the  Student Freedom Initiative  recently announced via a press release their partnership with Prud...
Friday, January 14, 2022

Fundraiser launched to help Black students finish college on MLK Weekend

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Please donate to the Close the Gap Fund here: https://www.facebook.com/donate/488350812907518/ Five years ago former Hillside NJ counci...
Sunday, November 21, 2021

Six Black students chosen as 2022 Rhodes Scholars

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On Saturday, November 20, 2021, the American Rhodes Scholar Class of 2022 was announced. Of the 32 outstanding students chosen six of the...
Monday, October 25, 2021

HBCU Harris-Stowe University using pandemic funds to cancel student debt

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Harris-Stowe University in St. Louis is using federal pandemic relief funds to eliminate student debt owed to the university from the prev...
Sunday, September 12, 2021

Vice President Kamala Harris visits Hampton University

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Vice President Kamala Harris stopped in Hampton Friday. She visited Hampton University to discuss the administration’s efforts to invest i...
Monday, September 06, 2021

Aisha Francis Is the New President of the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology in Boston

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Aisha Francis has been appointed as president of Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology in Boston. She is the first woman president in ...
Sunday, July 18, 2021

Edward Waters College in Jacksonville Transitions to University Status

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On July 1, historically Black Edward Waters College in Jacksonville, Florida, transitioned to university status. For the first time, the u...
Saturday, May 08, 2021

LSU hires William Tate IV as its first African American president

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Louisiana State University has hired its first African American president. During the May LSU Board of Supervisors meeting, the Board na...
Friday, October 30, 2020

Dr. Brian Bridges Appointed New Jersey Secretary of Higher Education

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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has announced his selection of Dr. Brian Bridges as the state’s new Secretary of Higher Education. Bridges, wh...
Saturday, August 01, 2020

Dr. Keith Whitfield Selected as President of UNLV

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The Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) Board of Regents voted to appoint Dr. Keith Whitfield as UNLV’s new president. He becomes ...