Diverse StaffFaculty & StaffSouthern University Fires Vice Chancellor DumasSouthern University has fired Dr. Brandon K. Dumas, the school’s vice chancellor for student affairs who was placed on administrative leave last month for undisclosed reasons. Dumas will have the opportunity to appeal his termination to the historically Black institution’s board of supervisors Friday. Dumas, who had served in his position for nearly five years, […]July 20, 2017StudentsShaw University Names Dillard Interim PresidentShaw University vice-president for academic affairs, Dr. Paulette Dillard, was announced Monday as the interim president of the historically Black institution. Shaw is conducting a search for its next president following the resignation of Dr. Tashni -Ann Dubroy earlier this month to become an executive vice president and chief operating officer at Howard University. The […]July 17, 2017Leadership & PolicyBethune-Cookman President Jackson RetiringBethune-Cookman University announced Tuesday that its president, Edison O. Jackson, is retiring.July 11, 2017Leadership & PolicyBennett College Names Dawkins 18th PresidentPhyllis Worthy Dawkins, who has served as interim president Bennett College since August 2016, was named as the historically Black school’s 18th president on Wednesday. Dawkins had taken the reins of the women’s college in Greensboro, North Carolina when Rosalind Fuse-Hall resigned. According to a statement released by Bennett, Dawkins primary goals are increasing enrollment […]July 5, 2017Leadership & PolicyMorehouse Appoints Harold Martin as Interim PresidentThe Morehouse College Board of Trustees has appointed alumnus Harold Martin Jr. as interim president. Martin takes on the day-to-day leadership of the college following the death of Interim President William J. Taggart earlier this month. “While these circumstances are certainly unprecedented, I am honored to step into the role of Interim President of Morehouse […]June 26, 2017StudentsCleveland State Names Bynum Director of Black StudiesNoted civil rights expert scholar Dr. Thomas Bynum has been named director of the Black Studies Program at Cleveland State University. “I am very pleased to join Cleveland State and look forward to working with its talented students, faculty and staff, as well as leaders throughout the community, to advance the tremendous efforts already being […]June 14, 2017StudentsUniversity of Michigan Wins Right to Ban Guns on CampusWhile the vast majority of the nation’s colleges and universities continue to prohibit the carrying of firearms on their campuses, the rift over policy as to whether guns belong at higher education institutions roils on.June 7, 2017WomenKrebs Named Executive Director of Modern Language AssociationPaula Krebs, dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts, has been named the new executive director of the Modern Language Association. Krebs, who starts on Aug. 1, was on the MLA Executive Council from January 2013 to January 2017. She was also a member of the association’s […]June 6, 2017African-AmericanTaylor Leaving Thurgood Marshall College FundJohnny C. Taylor, Jr., is stepping down after seven years as president and CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, the venerable national representative of publicly-supported historically Black colleges and universities.June 4, 2017StudentsMichigan State Expected to Fund Upward BoundOfficials say that Michigan State University will fund its Upward Bound college prep program for Lansing high school students, ensuring that the program would not be shut down because of the university’s technical error in a grant application.April 20, 2017Previous PagePage 5 of 113Next Page