Harvard University inaugurated Claudine Gay as its 30th president − the first person of color and second woman to lead the Ivy League institution. Since 2018, Gay served as dean of Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the university’s largest and most academically diverse faculty, according to her biography page. She first joined Harvard in 2006 as a professor of […]
Lawmakers and non-profits alike are targeting scholarships and fellowships outside of the Supreme Court ruling's scope on the grounds they violate federal law.
Communication breakdown was a common thread troubling leaders when discussing some of higher education's chief issues at The Presidents Dinner in Washington, D.C. last week.
Whether rebounding from a sluggish 2022 or rivaling pre-pandemic enrollment numbers, colleges and universities embraced a variety of initiatives to win new students and maintain a healthy cohort.
The end of this academic year will mark the end of President Peter Salovey's time at the helm of Yale University. He will return as a full-time faculty member.
Less than 4% of all higher education institutions have reached the coveted R1 status. Eleven HBCUs now have the chance to reach it, which would usher in an era of compounding success.
Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown has rejected a state commission’s decision to let Towson University establish a Ph.D. program that critics said would duplicate one at Morgan State University, a historically Black university. Calling it an “equitable outcome,” Morgan State University President David K. Wilson praised the recent turn of events. He thanked Brown and […]
Two 53-year-old academic leaders are taking the helm this summer at the two historically Black universities in the nation’s capital. One is a newcomer to the world of HBCUs, the other a product of them. Q: What’s uppermost in your mind for your schools as you’re starting? Vinson: All of us have been recognizing over the past […]
