Less than a year after being named interim president of Harris-Stowe State University, LaTonia Collins Smith was yesterday appointed to the permanent role. Trustees cited Collins Smith’s performance in fundraising […]
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HIGHER ED DIGEST: Google just launched its campaign to replace computer science higher ed curriculum
Google announced last month that it will invest $100 million into a fund to support training and entry-level job access to emerging computer science professionals. It is a move that, […]
K-12 DIGEST: Is the grading system too big and too dangerous to change?
The Washington Post reports today on the growing number of school districts nationwide going away from letter grading as marks of achievement or learning. “A grade should represent learning, not behavior,” said […]
HBCU DIGEST: After surviving Charlotte, the CIAA finds real love in Charm City
The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association’s annual basketball tournament went off, from all outside appearances, without a hitch this past week in Baltimore City. Everyone who said they weren’t coming didn’t […]
HBCU DIGEST: The most remarkable thing about Southern's new chancellor is how unremarkable he is
Dennis Shields isn’t an HBCU graduate, a native of Louisiana, or entangled in the roots of its politics. His background isn’t built on land-grant administration, he didn’t blow people away […]
HBCU DIGEST: For HBCUs, yesterday's price is sadly today's price and probably tomorrow's, too.
High profiles voices in two strong HBCU communities had their say last week over the value of a long-standing football classic that was on the verge of being canceled. But, ultimately, […]
HBCU DIGEST: The website with proof of how the Biden-Harris Administration has checked out on HBCUs
If you visit the website for Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity through Historically Black Colleges and Universities, the amount of information you find there would, at first […]
HBCU DIGEST: Roland Martin fell royally for the Capitol Hill okey doke on HBCU funding
Before leaving office in 2016 former President Barack Obama held a victory lap town hall meeting to tout his view of the successful execution of an agenda for Black Americans. […]
HBCU DIGEST: Did Walter Kimbrough bomb his interview for the Southern System presidency? Or did he ace it?
The Southern University System began public interviews of its three finalists for its vacant dual position of system president and chancellor of the flagship campus in Baton Rouge. The first […]
HBCU DIGEST: HBCU presidents, police chiefs deserve credit for handling of bomb threat crisis
Dozens of historically Black colleges and universities nationwide have been terrorized by bomb threats since the start of the new year, and more specifically in the last 48 hours. The […]
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