Tag: Philander Smith College

African-American

Opinions Still Split on Police Academies at HBCUs

A merger of these two seemingly disparate institutions— policing and HBCUs— has raised the ire of some Black activists and academics, particularly in the wake of the string of killings of unarmed Black men and women and calls to defund the police.

July 23, 2021

African-American

Philander Smith College Receives $25,000 Gift to Honor Civil Rights Lawyer Scipio A. Jones

Philander Smith College, a historically Black college in Arkansas, has received a $25,000 gift from Rush and Linda Harding to honor civil rights lawyer Scipio A. Jones who attended the school in 1883. Later this year, a commissioned portrait of Jones will be put on display in the downtown Little Rock post office, the Scipio […]

March 17, 2021

African-American

Eight HBCUs to Receive $650,000 to Preserve Campuses

Several historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) will receive more than $650,000 in grants to preserve their campuses as part of the new HBCU Cultural Heritage Stewardship Initiative, CBS 17 reported. The eight recipients will be Benedict College, Jackson State University, Lane College, Morgan State University, Philander Smith College, Spelman College, Stillman College and Tuskegee […]

February 17, 2021

African-American

UNCF Study: HBCUs ‘Punch Above Their Weight’

A steady increase since 2017 in federal funding for historically Black colleges and universities and their students is a sign that lawmakers are becoming more informed about how HBCUs disproportionately graduate African-Americans and impact economies, according to  participants in a media briefing Tuesday about a new study by the United Negro College Fund.

June 25, 2019

News Roundup

Former Arkansas Baptist College President Returns to Faculty at Alma Mater

Dr. Joseph L. Jones—the former president of Arkansas Baptist College (ABC) who recently filed a lawsuit against his former employer—has accepted a teaching and administrative post at Philander-Smith College. Jones, who is an alumnus of PSC and was the founding director of the Social Justice Institute at the college, will serve as an associate professor […]

August 9, 2018

Leadership & Policy

Arkansas Baptist College Names Joseph L. Jones President

Dr. Joseph L. Jones, a political scientist, has been tapped as the next president of Arkansas Baptist College — a small, private historically Black college located in Little Rock.

July 27, 2016