Alcorn State University in Lorman, Miss., is among 16 historically Black land-grant universities that the Biden administration says have been collectively underfunded to the tune of $12.6 billion over the last three decades.
Whitney Perkins has held her role as graduate program director for Jackson State University’s Department of Communicative Disorders since 2022.
“The Supreme Court’s decision against affirmative action will significantly impact college students in the United States for years to come,” Dr. Arianna C. Stokes writes. “The impact can be viewed through the lens of three key areas: college choice, professional school acceptance and career trajectory.”
Dr. Arianna C. Stokes worked diligently to earn her Ph.D. in Urban Higher Education from Jackson State University in 2020. Now, she’s positioned to help others navigate their own journey with 5 key steps to help them across the doctoral finish line.
Home Depot’s “Retool Your School” program awarded grants to Rust College, Tougaloo College, Jackson State University, Coahoma Community College and Mississippi Valley State University.
“What we have is a cracked lens—people are seeing a distorted image of our HBCUs,” Dr. Arianna C. Stokes writes.
“T.C. Taylor has a legacy himself and is expected to build upon the program’s story of greatness,” Dr. Arianna Stokes writes.
“The notion that we should be grateful is embedded in the idea that we were not good enough in the first place,” Dr. Arianna Stokes writes.
Director of Advancing Health and Black Equity for Gilead Sciences Tiffany West said Tougaloo College’s rich history as a Mississippi-based institution was one of the many reasons the foundation chose the school as a recipient for the Creating Possible Fund.
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