January 2022

Dr. Tom Jackson, Jr., president of Cal Poly HumboldtHumboldt State University in California is now California State Polytechnic Institute, Humboldt (Cal Poly Humboldt). The state has allocated $458 million to the institution to create what Cal Poly Humboldt President Dr. Tom Jackson Jr. called, “a 21st century polytechnic, with increased enrollment, fast-track creation of new […]

Dr. Gregory M. AndersonDr. Gregory M. Anderson has announced he will step down in May as Dean of Temple University’s college of education. “The timing of my decision is not just right for me, it is also right institutionally, financially, and academically for the college,” Anderson wrote in a statement. His resignation comes on the

Dr. Lucas Martin Cheadle    Title: Assistant Professor, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory  Education: B.A., neuroscience, Smith College; Ph.D., neuroscience, Yale University; Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School Age: 39 Mentors:  Dr. Thomas Biederer at Yale and Dr. Michael E. Greenberg at the Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School. Words of encouragement/wisdom: “Choose your own mentors. Don’t feel that someone has to be

‘You look like a Morehouse man.’ I heard those words from my fifth-grade teacher—Mrs. Barbara Pulliam, and they still resonate with me nearly 30 years later. After hearing her encouraging words, I knew college, specifically Morehouse College, was my destiny. I grew up in Augusta, Ga., son to a young mother who headed the household

Student response at a Miami University Student with Disabilities Advisory Council event called “Inclusion Table.”When Rix Prakash started looking at colleges last year, he envisioned himself following his sister Simran to Duke University. He was hoping to take advantage of Duke’s brand new Disability Cultural Center, established in part thanks to his sister’s efforts and

Dr. Andrea Headley    Title: Assistant Professor, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University Education: B.S. Ed., community and program development as well as criminology, University of Miami; M.S., criminal justice, Florida International University; Ph.D., public affairs, Florida International University Age: 29 Mentors:  Dr. N. Emel Ganapati, Florida International University; Dr. Samuel L. Myers Jr., University

Justice Stephen BreyerJustice Stephen Breyer will retire from the U.S. Supreme Court at the end of the current term. President Joe Biden will be able to appoint a successor to the liberal justice, who was appointed to the nation’s high court by President Bill Clinton. At age 83, Breyer is the oldest member on the

Dr. Stephen Pruitt, president of the Southern Regional Education BoardThe Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization focused on improving education in its 16 member states in the South, released a report outlining key issues in dual enrollment across those member states—and how each addresses them. Challenges include student access, eligibility, and

Dr. Steve D. Mobley Jr.     Title: Assistant Professor of Higher Education Administration, Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Technology Studies, University of Alabama  Education:  B.A., communication and culture, Howard University; M.S.E.d., higher education management, University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., educational policy and leadership, University of Maryland, College Park Age: 38 Mentors: Dr. D-L Stewart, University of

An archival photo from Claflin University that has been added to Getty Image’s online collection.Claflin University and Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) have been selected as two of four recipients for the first annual Getty Images Photo Archive Grant for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The grants “were created to honor the vast history