The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges has reversed a December 2023 decision to strip Saint Augustine's University of its accreditation. Now the SACSCOC has the affirmed the HBCU's accreditation through December 2024. The post Saint Augustine’s University Maintains Its Accreditation appeared first on The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education ..read more

The Black scholars appointed to new faculty positions are Ishion Hutchinson at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, Martha Hurley at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio, Sandy Alexendre at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Marcia Chatelain at the University of Pennsylvania, and Dwight A. McBride at Washington University in St. Louis. The post Five Black Scholars Selected for New Faculty Appointments appeared first on The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education ..read more

Students who enroll in the new degree program at Fayetteville State University will learn about supply chain management fundamentals, enterprise resource planning systems, operations planning and control, project management, global trends in logistics, and disaster management. The post Fayetteville State University Launches Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management and Technology appeared first on The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education ..read more

Dr. Perry is a professor of veterinary radiology and dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Tuskegee University. She has the distinct honor of being the first-ever African American woman board-certified veterinary radiologist. The post Ruby Perry Honored for Lifetime Achievement by the American Veterinary Medical Association appeared first on The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education ..read more

Ten students from Tuskegee University will travel to the UC Santa Barbara campus and spend the summer learning about screenwriting and other film and television areas of study. In the fall, Tuskegee will launch a film and media studies concentration, with plans to establish a full bachelor's degree within the next two years. The post Tuskegee University Students Travel to UC Santa Barbara for Screenwriting Scholars Program appeared first on The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education ..read more

Here is this week’s roundup of African Americans who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@jbhe.com. The post Six African Americans Selected for Administrative Roles in Higher Education appeared first on The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education ..read more

Here is this week’s news of grants or gifts to historically Black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education. A collaborative project between scholars at West Virginia University, Pennsylvania State University, and the University of Maine has received a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture to support self-employment and entrepreneurship among women and Black people in rural areas, who significantly lag behind White men’s rate of employment. The study aims to investigate why these disparities ex ..read more

Each week, The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education will provide links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. The links presented direct the reader to articles from many different points of view that deal with issues of African Americans in higher education. The articles selected do not necessarily reflect the views of the editorial board of JBHE. We invite subscribers to e-mail us with suggestions of articles for inclusion in this feature. Dr. Nancy Abu-Bonsrah Makes History as the First Black Woman To Graduate From Johns Hopkins University Neurosurgery Program AfroTech G ..read more

The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. The books included are on a wide variety of subjects and present many different points of view. The opinions expressed in these books do not necessarily reflect the views of the editorial board of JBHE. Click on any of the titles for more information or to purchase through Amazon. As an Amazon Associate, JBHE will earn a fraction of revenue from qualifying purchases. Here are the latest selections: Approaches to Teaching Jacobs’s Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl e ..read more

One of the most prestigious honors in all of sports is to be a member of an Olympic team, and to compete once every four years representing your country against the best athletic competition in the world. Track and field is the sport, more than any other, considered to be foundational in defining the Olympics games. Against all odds – in terms of athletic budgets, resources, and training facilities – HBCUs have produced more than 140 athletes who have competed in Olympics track and field events, representing the United States and close to a score of other countries in the Black diaspora. Twent ..read more