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University of Texas Defends Its Consideration of Race in Undergraduate Admissions Decisions

The plaintiff, in the case the Supreme Court will hear on October 10, argues that she was denied admission to the university in 2008 because she is white.

Fisk University Completes Agreement to Share Its Stieglitz Art Collection

The university received $30 million, with $15.2 million earmarked for its endowment. Nearly $6 million is being used for legal fees associated with the eight-year legal battle to share or sell the art collection.

Penn Creates Africana Studies Department

The new department will have 11 standing faculty members and will be chaired by Camille Z. Charles, a professor of sociology at Penn.

Charles Becton to Lead North Carolina Central University

A former judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals, he has been teaching at the law schools of Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Cecilia Rouse Named Dean of Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School

A member of the Princeton faculty since 1992, Dr. Rouse served on the President's Council of Economic Advisers from 2009 to 2011.

The First Black Dean of the Duke Chapel

Luke E. Powery has been serving as the Perry and Georgia Engle assistant professor of homiletics at the Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey.

Claflin University Appoints Its First Provost

Karl S. wright in the first provost in the 143-year history of Claflin University, an HBCU in Orangeburg, South Carolina.

John Ellis Price Stepping Down as President of the University of North Texas at Dallas

When the institution opened in 2001, there were only 55 students enrolled who took classes in a leased space at a business park. Today, there are more than 2,000 students enrolled in 19 degree programs at the university's 264-acre campus in south Dallas.

President Announces the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans

The new initiative will work "to identify evidence-based best practices to improve African American students' achievement in school and college."

Shirley Ann Jackson Named a Fellow of the British Royal Academy of Engineering

The former chair of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Dr. Jackson is president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York.

In 2011, Blacks Earned 9.9 Percent of All Degrees Awarded by Four-Year Institutions

The data showed that Blacks earned 286,597 degrees at four-year institutions during the 2010-2011 academic year. This was slightly less than 10 percent of all degrees awarded.

Larry Robinson to Lead Florida A&M University

Since March, Dr. Robinson has been provost and vice president for academic affairs. He is the former assistant secretary for conservation and management at the U.S. Commerce Department.

The Significant Progress of Young African Americans in Degree Attainments

In 1980, less than one third of all Blacks, ages 25 to 29, had some college experience. Today, nearly 55 percent of African Americans in that age group have attended college.

More Than 4.2 Million Blacks Enrolled in U.S. Higher Education Programs

During the 2010-11 academic year, there were 29.5 million students enrolled at Title IV institutions. Of these, 4,217,140, or 14.3 percent, were Black.

James Ammons Leaving Presidency of Florida A&M University

The letter of resignation came the same day that a lawsuit was filed against the university by the parents of drum major Robert Champion who authorities say died as a result of a hazing incident last November.

The New Dean of the North Carolina Central University School of Law

Phyllis Craig-Taylor has been serving as associate dean for academics at the Charlotte School of Law in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Earl Lewis to Lead the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

He is provost and the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of History and African American Studies at Emory University. He will join the foundation in March 2013.

The University of Nevada at Las Vegas Names Its New Provost

Since 2007, John Valery White has been dean of the William S. Boyd School of Law at the university.

Major Progress in African American Degree Attainments

African Americans have made substantial progress over the past decade in increasing their share of degrees awarded at every level of higher education.

Linda Edmonds Turner to Lead Roxbury Community College

From 2002 to 2011, Dr. Turner was president of the Urban College of Boston.
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