Jamal Watson2024Using the Law to Help Shape Public Policy - Jamelia N. MorganBy the time she turned 9 years old, Jamelia N. Morgan was certain that she wanted to be a lawyer. As a child, there were no shortages of Black lawyers within her reach.February 7, 2024HomeOne Year After Taking the Helm of The New School, Dr. Dwight McBride is Looking to the FutureWhen Dr. Dwight McBride learned that he had been tapped to become the ninth president of The New School in New York City, he was ecstatic. But none of his previous experiences could have adequately prepared him for the monumental task of leading a private research institution located in the heart of New York City, through the biggest challenge that higher education has ever had to face: COVID-19.April 15, 2021African-AmericanDr. Michael Eric Dyson Heads to VanderbiltVanderbilt University has scored a major coup in luring Dr. Michael Eric Dyson—one of the nation’s most prominent Black intellectuals—from Georgetown University.September 29, 2020African-AmericanNew Research Center at Prairie View A&M Focuses on Marginalized CommunitiesDr. Fred A. Bonner II is on a mission to dispel the notion that “good scholarship” — particularly research on African-American and other minority populations — can only be done at elite predominantly White institutions.August 8, 2018African-AmericanBlack Lives Matter Leader Joins Faculty at Prescott CollegePatrisse Cullors, the co-founder of the Black Lives Matter Global Network is joining the faculty of the Social Justice and Community Organizing program at Prescott College, a small liberal arts college in Arizona. Cullors, an activist, artist, educator and the author of When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir will serve as […]August 7, 2018StudentsScholars: Fisher Decision Gives Colleges ‘Breathing Room’ to Consider Race in AdmissionsA number of scholars say the Supreme Court’s decision signals that the “race-neutral” alternatives that Fisher argued should be used in college admissions would be an ineffective way to achieve diversity and that race still is necessary to accomplish this end.June 23, 2016African-AmericanYoung Girls of Color Still Facing Challenges on the Road to Higher EdAcademicians, public policy officials and community advocates gather to discuss the numerous disparities that continue to plague young girls of color.April 17, 2016Faculty & StaffFort Valley State Students Back Ousted Swanier in Bid to Save JobA group of current and former Fort Valley State students are rallying behind a popular tenured associate professor who was notified earlier this year that her position is being eliminated due to efforts to cut costs at the financially strapped public Black university.October 28, 2015African-AmericanPresident Wilson Endeavors to Make Morehouse College a World-Class DestinationFrom the moment he took over as president of his alma mater, Dr. John Silvanus Wilson Jr., has made it known that his goal is to steer the college “Toward Capital and Character Preeminence.”August 20, 2014African-AmericanSpelman College President Beverly Tatum to Retire Next YearAfter 12 years at the helm, Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum cites the recent completion of a 10-year fundraising campaign and the approach of her 60th birthday as factors leading to her retirement.July 9, 2014Page 1 of 17Next Page
