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Managing Cultural Audacity in the HBCU Environment

Tuskegee University provost Keith Hargrove argues that ultimately, accountability and responsibility are things that everyone in the HBCU community must share.

Striking a Balance: Preserving the Essence and Embracing Diversity at HBCUs

As their demographics evolve, it is crucial for HBCUs to strike a balance between increasing diversity and preserving their unique culture and purpose. Analysis by Mashref Hoque

The Widening Divide: HBCUs and the 2023 NFL Draft

Dr. Al-Tony Gilmore explores the scarcity of NFL draft prospects emerging from HBCU football programs, asserting that HBCUs possess the ability and should thrive independently of the league's validation.

We Must Protect This House: Guarding Black Women College Athletes 

Authors Jewel Clark and Rachel Wilson Patterson examine the double standard applied to Black and White athletes and the need to affirm, uplift and celebrate Black women athletes.

Black First-Year Students at the Nation’s Leading Liberal Arts Colleges

For the first time in the 30-year history of the JBHE surveys, a college has enrolled a first-year class that is more than one-fifth Black. There are 96 Black students in this year's entering class at Amherst College. They make up 20.6 percent of the total.

Black First-Year Students at the Nation’s Leading Research Universities

The progress of the Ivy League schools over the past decade in admitting Black students has been impressive. In 2006, Columbia University had the highest percentage of Black first-year students at 9.6 percent. This year, all eight Ivy League schools have entering classes that are 12 percent Black or higher.

Traveling While Black: The HBCU Sports and Student Experience – In the Rear View Mirror of Historical Context

Dr. Al-Tony Gilmore discusses recent controversial police stops of buses carrying HBCU students.

African Americans and Rhodes Scholarships

Typically the Rhodes Trust does not reveal the race or ethnicity of scholarship winners. Of this year's 32 Rhodes Scholars from the United States, it appears that four are African Americans.

Effective Coping Methods for Black Educators and Students Exposed to Trauma

A physician and a medical student reflect on the current climate of our nation during the continued murders of unarmed African Americans and methods educators and medical students can use to cope with these traumatic experiences to remain effective in their professional responsibilities and development.

Emerging Paradigms for HBCU Leadership: Reflections of a New Provost

S. Keith Hargrove reflects on his new role as provost at Tuskegee University, how the past two years have reshaped the landscape for HBCUs and the transition educational leaders must undertake to meet the moment.

Thomas Jinnings: The First Black Student at Harvard?

Who was the first African American student at Harvard? This question is not as easy to answer as one might think – and, with the recent discovery of a name buried in an 1841 Harvard catalogue, a new possible answer has come to light.

Why I Am “Critical” of Critical Theory

Bakari K. Lumumba, a doctoral candidate at Ohio University's Patton College of Education's Higher Education Student Affairs program, examines Critical Theory and its unwillingness to center the work of scholars and theorists outside the Western / European sphere of influence.

How an HBCU Hosted the Inaugural International Moon Day Celebration

Elijah Baker, a public relations coordinator at historically Black Drake State Community and Technical College in Huntsville, Alabama, shows how HBCUs have played a role and will continue to play a role in the U.S. Space Program.

Four African Americans Honored With Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards

The Cleveland Foundation's annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards are the only national juried prize for literature that confronts racism and explores diversity. Four of the winners this year are African Americans who have academic ties.

Travis Hunter and The Move Toward Black Power

Bakari Lumumba examines a top football prospect's "flip" from a major NCAA football program to an HBCU, its historical antecedents and how it may be a catalyst for future empowerment.

Black First-Year Students at the Nation’s Leading Research Universities

Recent admissions cycles have been significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. But most of the nation's leading research universities continue to make significant progress in increasing Black enrollments.

Black First-Year Students at the Nation’s Leading Liberal Arts Colleges

There are 100 Black students in the Class of 2025 at Amherst College. They make up 19.5 percent of the class. This is the largest percentage of Black students in an entering class in the history of our surveys.

HBCUs: At the Financial and Competitive Crossroads of College Sports

Dr. Al-Tony Gilmore examines the state of athletics at the nation's historically Black colleges and universities.

Eight African American College Students Selected as Rhodes Scholars

This year, eight African Americans were chosen as Rhodes Scholars. In both 2017 and 2020, there were 10 African American Rhodes Scholars, the most in any one year.

University of Pittsburgh Adds Large Group of Black Faculty

The University of Pittsburgh has announced a large group of new Black faculty members who comprise the first cohort of its Race and Social Determinants of Equity, Health, & Well-Being Cluster Hire Initiative.
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Manya Whitaker is the Fifteenth President of Colorado College

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“I am inspired daily by our students’ passion, our faculty’s wisdom, our staff’s dedication, and the entire campus community’s commitment to the College’s values,” said Dr. Whitaker. “I look forward to working together to build on our strengths and shape an even brighter future for Colorado College.”

Jason Geary Is the New Provost of Rutgers University

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“I’m honored to lead ongoing efforts to reach new heights of research and student success in New Brunswick,” said Dr. Geary. “I’ve spent my career building connections to maximize impact on campus and in the community, and I’m eager to continue this work as provost in service to all faculty, staff and students.”

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