Josie Brown Named Dean of University of Hartford College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Brown currently serves as a professor of English and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Point Park University, where she has taught courses on African American, Caribbean, and Ethnic American literature for the past two decades.
Kamau Siwatu to Lead the Texas Tech University College of Education
Dr. Siwatu is a professor of educational psychology who has taught at Texas Tech University for nearly 20 years. Earlier this year, he was appointed interim associate dean for academic affairs.
Austin Agho to Transition from Old Dominion University Provost to Chief Integration Officer
Dr. Agho will transition to the role of senior advisor to the president and chief integration officer for Old Dominion University on July 1. Over the next two years, he will oversee the university's merger with Eastern Virginia Medical School.
Research & Studies
Report Reveals Black Students Significantly More Likely to Drop Out of Postsecondary Education
In analyzing data of postsecondary education among students who were in ninth-grade in 2009, the study found Black students were significantly less likely than their White peers to enroll in and complete all levels of postsecondary education.
Study Finds Majority of Black Women Are Unaware of the Link Between Alcohol Use and Breast Cancer
Only a quarter of all American women are aware of the link between alcohol use and breast cancer. Among this small subset, Black women were less likely than White women to be aware of the risk factor.
Statistic of the Week
14.9%
Black percentage of total enrollments in U.S. higher education in 2012.
13.2%
Black percentage of total enrollments in U.S. higher education in 2022.
Source: U.S. Department of Education
Quote of the Week
“In inviting President Biden to campus, the college affirms a cruel standard that complicity in genocide merits no sanction from the institution that produced one of the towering advocates for non-violence of the 20th century in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.”