March 2022

Several HBCU presidents and leadersFrom May 31 to June 2, scholars, practitioners, industry leaders, and administrators seeking to strengthen historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) will gather at an inaugural convening in Charlotte, North Carolina. Diverse is a media sponsor. Titled “Ideation, Innovation, & Collaboration: The Future of HBCUs,” the convening will tackle what self-agency […]

Obviously, I learned many lessons in college, and wanted to share those that have greatly helped shape my career as a university professor. I attended my local college after graduating from high school. I was the first person in my family to attend college and I had no particular goal in mind when I enrolled.

The Lincoln College campus in fall.Lincoln College in Illinois has announced it will permanently close on May 13. While fall 2019 saw a record-breaking enrollment, the pandemic’s impact was too much for the campus to overcome. Despite efforts by the university to strengthen its financial position with fundraising, consolidating employees, and selling its assets, no

The pandemic has brought all students challenges, but none more than students with disabilities. On February 3, renowned disability rights advocate Judith Heumann held a virtual conversation with hundreds of students, faculty and staff at California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB), titled, “Students, Disability Rights and Social Justice.”Jenna Lamm One student told Heumann, a lifelong

Dr. Ruth Simmons, current president of Prairie View A&M University in Texas.Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) President Dr. Ruth Simmons, who earlier this year announced her intention to step down, has decided to stay on at the university as a professor and continue to help with fundraising and research partnerships, according to the Texas Tribune. Simmons

The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) is weighing potential updates to its testing system to strengthen state assessments for elementary and middle-school students. “We have consistently received feedback from Illinois schools that the current assessment takes too long, delivers results too late, and adds too much undue stress to students and educators,” said Jackie

Dr. Eboni M. Zamani-Gallaher is a renowned community college leadership scholar. She has eight books to her credit as an author or editor, which include Rethinking LGBTQIA Students and Collegiate Contexts: Identity, Policies, and Campus Climate and Working with Students in Community Colleges: Contemporary Strategies for Bridging Theory, Research, and Practice. She is the recipient

Dr. Joyce Ladner, renowned civil rights leader, author, and sociologist.When Dr. Joyce Ladner was very young, she and her sister went to the corner store to buy donuts. They were standing at the counter when the cashier came around and took a swipe at Ladner’s sister. On instinct, her sister raised the bag of donuts

Dr. Gregory J. Vincent, who is currently a professor and the executive director of the Civil Rights and Education Initiative at the University of Kentucky, has been named the 21st president of Talladega College, a historically Black college in Alabama.Dr. Gregory J. Vincent Vincent, a prominent civil rights lawyer, rose to prominence as a result

A new report from Ithaka S+R titled, “The Impacts of Emergency Micro-Grants on Student Success: Evaluation Study of Georgia State University’s Panther Retention Grant Program,” examines one of the nation’s pioneering retention and completion grant programs. Micro-grants are a type of emergency financial aid aimed at supporting students with immediate financial need. Since the Panther