January 2024

The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) has announced partnerships with four new Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) Campus Centers. Dr. Tia McNairTRHT Campus Centers play a vital role in the national TRHT effort to address historical and contemporary effects of racial inequities by building sustainable capacity to promote deep, transformational change. Antioch […]

Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Fisheries, Animal, and Veterinary Sciences, University of Rhode Island  Tenured: No Age: 36 Education: B.A., international affairs, University of Nevada, Reno; M.S., geography and environmental resources, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; and Ph.D., geography, Oregon State University  Career mentors: Dr. Leslie Duram, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Dr. Larry Becker, Oregon State University; Dr.

Marquette University alumnus and NBA Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade has committed to a $3 million gift to extend the Tragil Wade-Johnson Summer Reading Program and establish the Wade Scholars as well as support a new men’s basketball practice facility in a future expansion of the Athletic and Human Performance Research Center. A portion of

College Possible is renewing its collaboration with the NBA Foundation to help remove barriers to college access and entry for young people of color and students from low-income communities. The mission of the nonprofit is to boost college access and success by connecting high school and college students with near-peer coaches. By teaming up with

Stephanie HarrisStephanie Harris has been named director of the Africana studies program at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey. Harris holds a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Maryland as well as a master’s and a Ph.D. in African American studies from Temple University in Philadelphia.

Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) face systemic challenges in accumulating substantial endowments, according to a new joint study by UNCF (United Negro College Fund) and PGIM, the global asset management business of Prudential Financial, Inc. “Investing in Change: A Call to Action for Strengthening Private HBCU Endowments” found that a lean endowment factors into

Rhodes College has announced its membership to the American Talent Initiative (ATI) collective. Jennifer Collins“I am grateful to have the opportunity to engage with other colleges and universities dedicated to expanding access and opportunity,” said Rhodes College President Dr.  Jennifer Collins. “Ensuring that students from all backgrounds can enroll and thrive at Rhodes, regardless of

The U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture plans to invest nearly $1 million in a new project at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University to help advance environmental justice in agriculture through the school’s Agricultural and Food Research Initiative (AFRI.) Xochitl Torres SmallUSDA Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small recently visited

Student leaders at the University of Florida (UF) are preparing for the Fifth Annual Spread Cream Cheese, Not Hate® Bagel Day Program in an effort to combat record levels of antisemitism on college campuses. Rabbi Jonah ZinnSpread Cream Cheese, Not Hate® is a program established by University of Florida Hillel to proactively combat antisemitism through

Dr. Dale DanDale Dan has been appointed chief diversity officer at Lansing Community College in Michigan. She served as chief diversity officer for Empire State University. Dan holds a bachelor’s degree from The Ohio State University as well as an MBA and a doctorate in education and organizational leadership from Nova Southeastern University in Florida.