Monthly Archives: November 2014
Eight HBCUs Selected to Compete in the Honda Battle of the Bands
The eight participating bands will receive a $20,000 grant and travel and lodging expenses for the bands in Atlanta will be provided by Honda. North Carolina A&T State University is the defending champion.
Four African Americans Taking on New Administrative Roles in Higher Education
Taking on new roles are Gayle Colston Barge at Bellevue College, Reitumetse Obakeng Mabokela at the University of Illinois, Jason Cable at Alcorn State University, and John H. Hall at Clark Atlanta University.
In Memoriam: Clement Alexander Price, 1945-2014
Clement Alexander Price was the Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor and the founding director of the Institute on Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience at Rutgers University-Newark.
Online Articles That May Be of Interest to JBHE Readers
From time to time, The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education will provide links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. Here are this week's selections.
Recent Books That May Be of Interest to African American Scholars
The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. Here are the latest selections.
Zambia’s White President Holds a Ph.D.
Zambia's acting president Guy Scott is a graduate of the University of Cambridge in England, where he majored in mathematics and economics. He earned a Ph.D. in cognitive science at Sussex University and studied robotics at the University of Oxford.
Dartmouth College Aims to Boost Number of Minority Faculty
Dartmouth College has set a goal that within five years 25 percent of the total faculty would be made up of underrepresented minorities or foreign scholars. Currently, 17.5 percent of the faculty are underrepresented minorities or foreign scholars.
Higher Education Grants of Interest to African Americans
Here is this week’s news of grants to historically Black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education.
Two New Deans at Historically Black Universities
Emmanuel Lalande was appointed dean of student success at Harris-Stowe State University in St. Louis and Marc J. Williams was appointed dean of students and associate vice chancellor in the Division of Student Affairs at North Carolina A&T State University.
University of Liberia Maintains Rigid Admission Standards
In 2013, about 25,000 students took the entrance examination to qualify for admission to the University of Liberia in West Africa. None passed. This year 15 of the 13,000 students who took the test reached the required thresholds for admission.
Albany State University Honors Its Former President
Albany State University in Georgia has announced that it is renaming an academic building on campus to honor the institution's sixth president Billy C. Black.
Lance Collins Reappointed Dean of Engineering at Cornell University
Before becoming dean in 2010, Dr. Collins served as the S. C. Thomas Sze Director of the Sibley School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at Cornell. He joined the faculty at Cornell in 2002.
Two African Americans Among the 70 New Members of the Institute of Medicine
The Institute of Medicine, a division of the National Academies, has announced the selection of 70 new members. After an analysis of the list of the 70 new members by JBHE, it appears that only two are African Americans.
The Persisting Racial Gap in College Student Graduation Rates
At the nation's largest universities, the Black student graduation rate of 45 percent is 21 percentage points lower than the graduation rate for White students. This gap has existed for decades and shows no sign of improvement.
Federal Lawsuit Calls for “Parity Through Equity” at Cheyney University
Historically Black Cheyney University was founded in 1837 and is now part of the 14-campus Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. A lawsuit calls for major enhancements so that Cheyney can compete with other predominantly White institutions in the system.
Survey Finds Large Unmet Need for Afterschool Programs Among African Americans
A new survey conducted for the Afterschool Alliance finds that 2.4 million African American children participate in formal afterschool programs but another 4.5 million would participate if safe afterschool programs were available in their communities.
President of The Lincoln University Comes Under Fire
Earlier this year, President Robert Jennings was the target of a no confidence vote from the The Lincoln University's alumni association. Now, it has been reported that the faculty union has also voted on a resolution of no confidence in Dr. Jennings leadership.
President of Virginia State University to Step Down
After meeting in a three-hour closed-door session with the Virginia State University board of visitors, university president Keith T. Miller announced that he will step down on December 31.
A New Study Shows the Moderating Role of Religiosity on Black Suicides
A new study led by Rheeda Walker, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Houston, finds that religion may be a major factor in explaining the lower suicide rate among African Americans.
