Courtney Louise Young Elected to Lead the American Library Association
Courtney Louise Young, head librarian at the Allegheny campus of Pennsylvania State University, will become president-elect of the oldest and largest library association in the world at the conclusion of the 2013 annual conference in Chicago. A year later, she will become president of the association.
Three African American Women Scholars Named AAAS Fellows
The Black women with ties to the academic world who recently were named as fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences are Paula Hammond of MIT, Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot of Harvard University, and Natasha Threthewey of Emory University.
Blacks Are Only a Tiny Percentage of U.S. Medical School Faculty
Of the 137,798 medical school faculty members in the United States in 2011, only 3,952, or 2.9 percent, were Black. Blacks were only 1.4 percent of the full professors at U.S. medical schools.
Gracie Lawson-Borders Named Dean of the School of Communications at Howard University
She is the former associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Wyoming, where she also was professor of communication and journalism. Earlier she was the director of the African American and Diaspora Studies program at the University of Wyoming.
Blacks Still Struggling Gaining Admittance to the University of California
The University of California has admitted 60,089 in-state students to its nine undergraduate campuses for the class entering in the fall of 2013. Of the total admits, 2,518 students, or 4.2 percent, are African Americans, down from 4.4 percent a year ago.
Professor Tricia Rose to Lead the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity...
She is a professor of Africana studies at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and the author of the award-winning book, Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America.
HBCUs Showing the Biggest Improvements in Black Student Graduation Rates
In 1998 the Black student graduation rate at Howard University in Washington, D.C., was 47 percent. Today, the latest graduation rate figures shows that 64 percent of entering students at Howard earn their degree within six years. This is an impressive 17 percentage point gain.
Carl Wright Named Provost at the Pueblo Campus of Colorado State University
Dr. Wright joined Grambling State University in Louisiana in 2009 as dean of the College of Business. Previously, he was chair of the department of accounting and finance and vice president of business and finance at Virginia State University.
Thomas Elzey Named the 11th President of South Carolina State University
Elzey has been serving as executive vice president for finance, administration, and operations at The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina. He is the former senior vice president for finance, chief financial officer, and treasurer at Drexel University in Philadelphia.
Black Scholar to Lead Largest School at George Washington University
Ben Vinson III currently serves as vice dean for centers, interdepartmental programs, and graduate programs and as the Herbert Baxter Adams Professor of Latin American History at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
The Medical Schools With the Highest Percentage of Graduates Who Are Black
There are 12 predominantly White medical schools where Blacks made up at least 10 percent of the 2011 graduating class. There were nine medical schools in the United States in 2011 that did not graduate a single Black physician.
Morgan State University Repeats as Champion of the Honda Campus All-Star Challenge
Since the inception of the Honda Campus All-Star Challenge in 1989, American Honda has given out more than $7 million in grants to participating historically Black colleges and universities.
South Carolina State University Names Three Finalists for President
The three finalists are Thomas J. Elzey, an executive vice president at The Citadel, E. Newton Jackson, associate provost at the University of North Florida, and Leonard A. McIntyre, interim dean of the College of Education at South Carolina State University.
Joyce E. King to Lead the American Educational Research Association
Professor King joined the faculty at Georgia State University in 2004 and currently holds the Benjamin E. Mays Endowed Chair of Urban Teaching, Learning, and Leadership.
Arletha McSwain Named Dean of Extended Learning at Norfolk State University
Dr. McSwain has been serving as interim dean and is the former associate dean of extended learning at Florida State College in Jacksonville.
Daniel Wubah Selected as the Next Provost at Washington and Lee University
Dr. Wubah is currently professor of biological sciences, vice president for undergraduate education, and deputy provost at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg.
Alicia Harvey-Smith Named the Next President of River Valley Community College
Dr. Harvey-Smith has been serving as vice president for student affairs at Baltimore City Community College in Maryland. She is the former dean of learning and student development at the Community College of Baltimore County.
The New Dean of Arts and Sciences at Fort Valley State University
Victor M.D. Brown has been serving as dean of the Division of Science, Mathematics, and Technology at Burlington County College in Pemberton, New Jersey. He holds a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of the West Indies.
Change in Leadership at Essex County College
Edythe Abdullah has announced she is stepping down as president of the two-year college in Newark, New Jersey, and will be replaced on an interim basis by Gale Gibson, senior vice president for academic affairs.
Astrophysicist John Johnson Leaving CalTech for Harvard
In a blog post, Dr. Johnson wrote, "At Caltech, over the 3.5 years that I've been there I've come to recognize a fundamental mismatch between what I value and what the institute values."
Edison O. Jackson Named President of Bethune-Cookman University
Dr. Jackson previously served as president of Compton Community College in California and as president of Medgar Evers College, part of the City University of New York system. He retired as president of Medgar Evers College in 2009 after serving in that position for 20 years.
In Memoriam: Chinua Achebe, 1930-2013
Since 2009, the noted Nigerian author and educator, has served as the David and Marianna Fisher University Professor and professor of Africana studies at Brown University.
Spelman College Graduate to Become President of York College in Pennsylvania
Since 2006, Dr. Gunter-Smith has been provost and academic vice president at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey. Previously, she was the Porter Professor of Physiology at Spelman College in Atlanta.
Carolyn Callahan Selected to Lead the College of Business at the University of Louisville
She is currently the KPMG Distinguished Professor of Accounting and director of the School of Accountancy at the University of Memphis in Tennessee. She will be the first woman and first African American dean of the University of Louisville business school.
James Earl Lyons to Lead the University of the District of Columbia
Dr. Lyons, who will be interim president, has served as president of Bowie State University, Jackson State University, and California State University Dominguez Hills. From 2007 to 2010 he was secretary of the Maryland Higher Education Commission.
The New Director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans
David J. Johns has been serving as a senior education policy advisor to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. He is a former elementary school teacher in New York City and holds two degrees from Columbia University.
No Respect for Black Law Schools in Latest Rankings
Of the six law schools at historically Black universities, Howard University ranked the highest. Howard was rated as the 126th best law school among the 194 accredited schools.
Jackson State University President a Victim of Cyberstalking
A 20-year-old man, who is not a student at the university, was charged with making threats against Jackson State University President Carolyn Meyers on Facebook.
Florida A&M University Names a New Dean
Valencia E. Matthews was named dean of the new College of Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities. She has been the interim dean since the College of Arts and Science was separated into two schools: the College of Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities and the College of Science and Technology.
Donald Pope-Davis Named Provost at DePaul University in Chicago
Currently, Dr. Pope-Davis is professor of psychology and vice president and associate provost at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. He has served on the Notre Dame faculty for 13 years and has been associate provost since 2007.
T. Geronimo Johnson Named a Finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award in Fiction
Johnson is a lecturer in creative writing and director of the Summer Creative Writing Program at the University of California at Berkeley. He is being honored for his debut novel Hold It, 'Til It Hurts.
Oberlin College Suspends Classes After Racial Incidents
In February, Black History Month posters in the college's Science Center were defaced with the word "Nigger." In a residence hall, the words "Whites Only" were written above a water fountain and "No Niggers" was written on a bathroom door.
Charges Upgraded to Manslaughter in the 2011 Death of FAMU Drum Major Robert Champion
The 10 defendants had previously been charged with third-degree felony hazing. Two additional individuals, who had not been arrested previously, were also charged with manslaughter.
Heidi Anderson Named Provost at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
When Dr. Anderson takes office in July, the university's two highest officials, president and provost, both will be African American women. Helen F. Giles-Gee became the university's president a year ago. Only 6 percent of the undergraduate student body at the university is Black.
Gilbert Holmes Named Dean of the College of Law at the University of La...
Holmes is currently a professor of law and former dean of the University of Baltimore School of Law. Previously, he has served on the law school faculties at Texas Wesleyan University, Florida A&M University, Southern Methodist University, and Seton Hall University.
Tennessee Legislature Fails to Enact Anti-Affirmative Action Measure
The Senate Education Committee of the Tennessee legislature defeated a proposal that called for the elimination of preference "based on race, gender or ethnicity to any student or employee of the public institution of higher education."
