February 2022

Delta Airlines has announced a partnership with Hampton University, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in order to diversify their pilot workforce and train more pilots of color. Only about 3% of commercial airline pilots are Black, and CNN reported that 34,000 new pilots would be needed by 2025 to fill demand. Hampton is […]

Nikole Hannah-Jones, journalist and Knight Chair in Race and Journalism at the Cathy Hughes School of Communications at Howard University.A $2 million grant from the Jonathan Logan Family Foundation will fund the preservation and digitization of the Black Press Archives at the Howard University Moorland-Spingarn Research Center (MSRC). To secure funding, the MSRC worked with

Today’s educators and policymakers often struggle to address significant challenges, including instability of funding, enrollment fluctuations, college readiness, student basic needs, transfer barriers, emergency preparedness, equity gaps, and many others. Current educational issues and how we respond to them will shape our future, just as the issues of the past have shaped our institutions. An

Pamela Dutta has been named assistant director of administration in the Student Legal Services Office at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMASS). She was previously serving as co-chair of the Employee Resource Group for International Faculty and Staff at UMASS. Dutta holds a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in public policy and administration from

Angela Littwin, Ronald D. Krist Professor in Law at the University of Texas at Austin School of LawAlmost 30 years ago, a federal law let married couples consolidate their federal student loan debt through a short-lived U.S. Department of Education (ED) program. Couples who took part in the now-defunct program, which ran from 1993 to

In line with Women’s History Month, Diverse presents 25 innovative and dynamic women leaders who are paving the way for others in higher education.  Ivy K. Banks Vice President for Institutional Diversity and Inclusion, Xavier University (OH) An attorney by training, Ivy Banks was appointed vice president for institutional diversity and inclusion at Xavier University

Dr. LaTonia Collins Smith, current interim president and next appointed president of Harris-Stowe State University.Harris-Stowe State University (HSSU) has announced that Dr. LaTonia Collins Smith will be the institution’s 21st president. Collins Smith will be the first Black woman to lead the St. Louis based university. Collins Smith, who has served as the interim president

Dr. Tyrone Howard, professor of education at UCLA and president-elect of the American Educational Research Association (AERA)Dr. Tyrone Howard, a professor of education in the School of Education and Information Studies (SEIS) at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), has been voted as president-elect of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). His presidency will

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee President Joe Biden kept his campaign promise and nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, a Black woman, to the U.S. Supreme Court to replace retiring Justice Stephen G. Breyer. If confirmed by the Senate, Jackson, 51, would become the first Black woman to be a Supreme

Dr. Dietra Trent, the newly appointed executive director of the White House Initiative on HBCUsThe White House and U.S. Department of Education (ED) has appointed Dr. Dietra Trent as the new executive director of the White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity through Historically Black Colleges and Universities (WHI-HBCUs). Trent, who