Marcheta P. Evans Named First Black Woman President of St. Catherine University in Minnesota
Dr. Evan's appointment as president of St. Catherine University is the second time she has been named the first African American president of a higher education institution. She previously served as the first woman and first Black president of Bloomfield College in New Jersey.
Buffalo State University Rescinds Appointment of Chance Glenn as President
Chance Glenn's appointment as president of Buffalo State University has been rescinded following recent ethical concerns raised by faculty from his most recent employer, the University of Houston Victoria. Buffalo State's interim president, Bonita Durand, will retain her interim appointment through the 2025-2026 academic year.
University of Illinois Professor Ruby Mendenhall Named Poet Laureate
Dr. Mendenhall currently serves as the Kathryn Lee Baynes Dallenbach Professor in Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign where she teaches sociology, African American studies, and urban and regional planning.
Research & Studies
Federal Report Uncovers Lack of Faculty Diversity and Delay in Federal Discrimination Complaint Processing
In addition to a lack of diversity in higher education faculty, the report revealed a frequent delay by the Department of Education when referring discrimination complaints to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Lingering Mistrust From Tuskegee Syphilis Study Connected to COVID-19 Vaccine Reluctance
African Americans who lived within 750 miles of Tuskegee, Alabama, were more reluctant to receive the COVID-19 vaccine than their White neighbors, as well as Black Americans from other United States regions. The authors attribute this finding to lingering mistrust of public health services as a result of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study which ran from the 1930s to 1972.
Statistic of the Week
247
The number of Black faculty at the University of Maryland College Park in 2021.
312
The number of Black faculty at the University of Maryland College Park in 2023.
Source: Office of Institutional Research, Planning and Assessment, University of Maryland
Quote of the Week
“By underfunding public HBCUs and denying the value of Black students on non-HBCU campuses, these extremists are making very clear the kinds of students they do and don’t want to succeed.”