Tag: Historically Black Colleges & Universities: Page 26

HBCUs

University Mistakenly Sends 5,000 Students Acceptance Emails

BUFFALO, N.Y. — More than 5,000 prospective students have mistakenly been notified by email that they’ve been accepted into an upstate New York university. University at Buffalo spokesman John DellaContrada says the mistaken email was sent Wednesday to students whose applications hadn’t been fully reviewed. He says the university sent a second email about three […]

April 18, 2016

Leadership & Policy

President Obama to Deliver Howard University Commencement Address

President Barack Obama will deliver the commencement address at Howard University in Washington next month, the university announced Thursday. The president, who will deliver the remarks May 7, will be speaking at commencement of a historically Black college or university for the third time during his administration. He also has been the featured speaker at […]

April 14, 2016

Students

Penn State Survey Finds Sexual Misconduct is Common

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — A survey of sexual misconduct at Penn State’s main campus found that more than three-quarters of undergraduate women have experienced offensive or harassing behavior from other students, university officials announced Wednesday. The Penn State Sexual Misconduct Climate Survey was completed in fall 2015 by nearly 3,000 of the campus’ approximately 40,000 […]

April 13, 2016

HBCUs

FAMU Ranked No. 1 HBCU in Essence/Money Magazine Report

Essence and Money magazines on Tuesday ranked Florida A&M University the top HBCU in the country and listed it No. 5 among all national universities and colleges in their list of “50 Best Colleges for African-Americans.” Through their collaboration, the magazines analyzed more than 1,500 colleges to select the ones offering the best value for […]

April 13, 2016

African-American

Children Donate $250K to Tennessee State in Parents’ Honor

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The children of a couple who met at Tennessee State University in the 1930s have donated $250,000 to the schools in their parents’ honor. University officials say it is among the five largest donations from a family in the university’s history. The university said Damon Lee III and Kimberly Lee-Lamb made the […]

April 12, 2016

Students

Need for Research that Centers on Female Experiences at HBCUs

Historical accounts of HBCUs often exclude the stories of Black women at these institutions and the history of women’s access to higher ed focuses mainly on experiences and struggles of White women.

April 11, 2016

Faculty & Staff

MICHELLE A. WILLIAMS

MICHELLE A. WILLIAMS has been appointed dean of the T.H. Chan School of Public Health at Harvard University, effective July 1. She is the Stephen B. Kay Family Professor of Public Health and chair of the Department of Epidemiology at Harvard. Williams earned a bachelor’s from Princeton University, a master’s from Tufts University, and a master’s and a doctorate from Harvard University.

April 4, 2016

HBCUs

REGINALD SYKES

REGINALD SYKES has been named president of Bishop State Community College. He was president of Alabama Southern Community College. Sykes earned a bachelor’s and a master’s from Jackson State University, and a doctorate from Mississippi State University.

April 4, 2016

HBCUs

PRIYA J. HARJANI

PRIYA J. HARJANI has been promoted to deputy general counsel at Northwestern University. She was senior associate general counsel at Northwestern. Harjani earned a bachelor’s from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a juris doctor from Northwestern.

April 4, 2016

HBCUs

Duke University Protesters Want 3 Administrators Fired

DURHAM, N.C. – Duke University’s president met Sunday with protesters in their second day occupying his office’s waiting room to demand the firing of three administrators and a $15 minimum wage for all campus workers. Duke President Richard Brodhead talked with demonstrators inside the building that houses his office and those of other top administrators. […]

April 4, 2016

Students

Initiative Aims to Eliminate Gaps Between Rich and Poor Students

Leaders from a group of public urban universities recently launched a new collaborative initiative to improve completion rates and eliminate the gaps between rich and poor students.

April 3, 2016

Students

HBCUs One Answer to Selective Public High Schools’ ‘Diversity Problem’

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have a longstanding commitment to social justice issues—such as educational equity and opportunity.

March 28, 2016