Tag: Dr. Walter M. Kimbrough

Leadership & Policy

Decide For Yourself About TSU Presidency

With all due respect to Dr. Walter M. Kimbrough and his opinion piece, “A Warning to Anyone Thinking About Being the Next TSU President,” Texas Southern University (TSU) is an outstanding educational institution and does not have a Board of Regents that needs to be wiped out by our governor.

March 12, 2020

HBCUs

A Warning to Anyone Thinking About Being the Next TSU President

The entire Texas Southern University board must be replaced. Immediately. All Texas Southern supporters should pressure Governor Greg Abbot to make this happen.

March 2, 2020

Faculty & Staff

Report: HBCU Enrollment Increase is a Result of Current Political Climate

New research found that an increase in applications and enrollment at one-third of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) over the past three years directly correlates to the current social and political climate created under President Donald J. Trump’s presidency.

October 22, 2019

News Roundup

Second HBCU Sustainability Summit to be Held in Atlanta

This Thursday, the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame and the 100 Black Men of America, Inc. will host its second annual HBCU Sustainability Summit in Atlanta. Benedict College is a partner organization. The two-day conference aims to spark discussions about diversity and education reform, while connecting HBCU leaders with business executives and foundations […]

September 24, 2019

HBCUs

From Cotton Fields to University Leadership: The Transformative Role of Education

In the opening of Dr. Charlie Nelms’ new life memoir “From Cotton Fields to University Leadership: All Eyes on Charlie,” he writes that it was the cotton fields of Arkansas where he first learned how to dream.

June 12, 2019

News Roundup

Actress Regina Hall to Deliver Commencement Address at Dillard University

Actress Regina Hall is slated to deliver the commencement address at Dillard University on Saturday, May 11. Hall, an award winning actress known for her roles in The Best Man, Think Like a Man  and Girls Trip, has a body of work that spans two decades. “I am always looking to elevate new voices for […]

April 22, 2019

HBCUs

For Many, HBCU Mergers and Closures Are Not an Option

As colleges and universities celebrate the beginning of another school year filled with promise and anticipation for many administrators, teachers, behind-the-scenes staffers and students, the excitement masks a growing sense of anxiety – especially among historically Black colleges and universities.

August 15, 2018

MSIs

Report Explores Presidential Engagement at Minority Serving Institutions

A new report out this week from the Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) at the University of Pennsylvania outlines several strategies to improve presidential engagement at minority serving institutions.

July 25, 2018

LGBTQ+

HBCU Leaders Push to Make their Campuses More LGBTQ Inclusive

Creating better inclusion for LGBTQ students at historically Black colleges and universities was the focus of the second annual “Historically Black Colleges and Universities Leadership Summit on LGBTQ Inclusion for University Presidents and Senior Executives” hosted by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation

July 11, 2018

HBCUs

Haywood Strickland Leaving Wiley College in Good Hands

Shortly after Dr. Haywood L. Strickland announced his retirement from Wiley College — after 18 years at the helm — trustee Patsy Ponder and her husband, Gene, gave the small, historically Black college in Marshall, Texas an unrestricted gift of $2 million.

July 6, 2018

Sports

Black Students, College Choice and HBCUs: Enrolling the Next Generation

In 2017, historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) saw an increase in freshman student enrollment and substantial increases in enrollment for a small number of HBCUs, including North Carolina A & T State University, Kentucky State University and Spelman College.

June 27, 2018

Students

Dillard President: What President Trump Needs to Hear

We’ve seen federal and state divestment in education, making the idea of education as the path to the American Dream more of a hallucination for the poor and disenfranchised.

February 27, 2017