No Result
View All Result
SUBMIT YOUR ARTICLES
  • Login
Sunday, October 5, 2025
TheAdviserMagazine.com
  • Home
  • Financial Planning
    • Financial Planning
    • Personal Finance
  • Market Research
    • Business
    • Investing
    • Money
    • Economy
    • Markets
    • Stocks
    • Trading
  • 401k Plans
  • College
  • IRS & Taxes
  • Estate Plans
  • Social Security
  • Medicare
  • Legal
  • Home
  • Financial Planning
    • Financial Planning
    • Personal Finance
  • Market Research
    • Business
    • Investing
    • Money
    • Economy
    • Markets
    • Stocks
    • Trading
  • 401k Plans
  • College
  • IRS & Taxes
  • Estate Plans
  • Social Security
  • Medicare
  • Legal
No Result
View All Result
TheAdviserMagazine.com
No Result
View All Result
Home College

The Not-So-Secret Plot to Destroy HBCUs

by TheAdviserMagazine
5 months ago
in College
Reading Time: 4 mins read
A A
The Not-So-Secret Plot to Destroy HBCUs
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LInkedIn


Dr. Walter M. KimbroughI am finishing my year as the interim president of Talladega College. As reported, the College has experienced some difficult times, and I arrived last June to try to help begin resolving the issues. We’ve made progress, but as I told our alumni recently, we’ve moved from life support to intensive care, but it is possible to go back on life support without significant support. We have a long road to recovery, but I am excited that Dr. Willie Todd, Jr., has accepted the challenge. He’s an HBCU grad and worked at several HBCUs in a senior capacity, including president. He gets it.

I do too.

Last summer when I got the call from the board chair, I asked my wife (she’s a Talladega alumna). She said, “That’s my school” and kicked me out of the house! Okay, not really, but in short order I was here. Knowing our challenges, I worked for the first five weeks for free, personally paid for all my college-related travel this year and then donated over $15,000 this year. I’ve been all in, all year long.

Having served as president of two HBCUs for almost 18 years, a vice president for five, former chair of the UNCF member presidents, and member of the White House HBCU Advisory Board appointed by President Biden, I knew I could use my knowledge and relationships to help begin to address our issues. We didn’t fix everything this year, but there were several existential threats that we were able to avoid, and I am grateful for the entire team here, and my colleagues and friends that supported us this year.

I want HBCUs to win, especially now when there is an assault on everything (and everyone) Black. But over the past few years I have noticed a pattern that troubles me. The presidential search process has become hyper-politicized, and we’re now watching the fruits of this plot to destroy HBCUs. It’s being done through the presidential search process.

Nowhere has this been more painfully evident than the search for the next president of Florida A&M University. I was not a candidate, so this isn’t a sour grapes argument. I know two of the finalists, and I am confident that either of them would be a great choice. But I, like many, raised eyebrows at the candidate who reportedly was a late addition finalist.

On paper, she had no business being a finalist. Period. As the nation’s political leaders loudly preach merit, this candidate would clearly be labeled by them as a DEI hire if she was a finalist at a predominantly White institution. But there has been no such challenge to someone with no higher education experience.

I listened to her interview with the board. She was asked to name the peers of FAMU, with specific interest in salary comparisons. Someone who knows higher education would have said just last week The Chronicle of Higher Education published the article, “Who Does Your College Think Its Peers Are?”

Based on data each school submitted through IPEDS, one would have known that FAMU listed five peers, 16 institutions listed FAMU as a peer, and only one listed FAMU that FAMU also listed, North Carolina A&T. Interestingly, FAMU listed no Florida state schools, and none listed FAMU.

If she did her homework, she would have seen the faculty salary benchmarking study the trustees mentioned. In fact, the Segal group study, easily found on the website, indicates they used a CUPA-HR custom peer group of 56 schools. There are several metrics that one could use to identify peers or aspirational peers. But what we got was three minutes of rambling with no ability to demonstrate she understood the issue.

The plot to destroy HBCUs was on full display. In states where ideologically conservative boards reign, they are pushing candidates wholly unqualified to lead. The question will be if they will ignore the massive resistance to this candidate and hire her or realize that making her the president is an open declaration of war on FAMU. Recently, the alumni at Albany State University mounted a campaign against a rumored potential candidate, and the University System of Georgia did not select him.

But those wanting to destroy HBCUs have other tactics. Many presidential searches are confidential, with the thought that a strong candidate, like a sitting president, would not apply if their interest became public, because if they aren’t selected the relationship with their current campus might be strained, or even destroyed. Having been a president, I fully understand this concern.

But the downside is the public doesn’t know what the pool looks like, and so they are unaware of the shenanigans that have taken place. Several times in the past few years, I’ve had colleagues ask me why I wasn’t in a search, and when I tell them I was, they’re shocked. When you see people selected with little to no higher ed experience, no senior higher education experience, or no HBCU experience, you quickly realize there is a deliberate effort to undermine these institutions.

The activism by the alums at both Albany State and FAMU must be the norm going forward. What happened at FAMU to allow a completely unqualified candidate to sit as a finalist must never happen again. As Dr. Martin Luther King reminded us, “A time comes when silence is betrayal.” If we love HBCUs, we can’t continue this betrayal.

The plot to destroy HBCUs is no longer a secret. We’re watching it online.

Dr. Walter M. Kimbrough is the Interim President of Talladega College and has served as president of Dillard University and Philander Smith University. 



Source link

Tags: DestroyHBCUsNotSoSecretPlot
ShareTweetShare
Previous Post

Concerns as UK policy shift may hit South Asian student interest

Next Post

Mortgage taking in Israel remained strong in April

Related Posts

edit post
Newsom vows to pull state funding from California colleges that sign Trump’s compact

Newsom vows to pull state funding from California colleges that sign Trump’s compact

by TheAdviserMagazine
October 3, 2025
0

Listen to the article 6 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief:...

edit post
From Transactional to Transformational: It is Time To Rebrand the Financial Aid Office

From Transactional to Transformational: It is Time To Rebrand the Financial Aid Office

by TheAdviserMagazine
October 3, 2025
0

Vitalii Vodolazskyi/Shutterstock The words "Office of Financial Aid" may appear functional in a school directory; however, to many students and...

edit post
There Are No “Shy Students”, Only Poor Learning Environments – Faculty Focus

There Are No “Shy Students”, Only Poor Learning Environments – Faculty Focus

by TheAdviserMagazine
October 3, 2025
0

As we learn more about how to improve classrooms in higher education, the concept of the “shy student” is a...

edit post
TYRONE M. JIMMISON | The EDU Ledger

TYRONE M. JIMMISON | The EDU Ledger

by TheAdviserMagazine
October 2, 2025
0

Tyrone M. JimmisonTyrone M. Jimmison has been named senior associate vice president for advancement at Meharry Medical College has been...

edit post
US moots 15% international student cap on institutions

US moots 15% international student cap on institutions

by TheAdviserMagazine
October 2, 2025
0

The compact, sent to nine initial institutions Wednesday, set out a sweeping list of demands including capping international enrolments, banning...

edit post
HHS moves to cut Harvard off from all federal grants and contracts

HHS moves to cut Harvard off from all federal grants and contracts

by TheAdviserMagazine
October 1, 2025
0

Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief:...

Next Post
edit post
Mortgage taking in Israel remained strong in April

Mortgage taking in Israel remained strong in April

edit post
The Zen Of Losing Trades Well

The Zen Of Losing Trades Well

  • Trending
  • Comments
  • Latest
edit post
What Happens If a Spouse Dies Without a Will in North Carolina?

What Happens If a Spouse Dies Without a Will in North Carolina?

September 14, 2025
edit post
California May Reimplement Mask Mandates

California May Reimplement Mask Mandates

September 5, 2025
edit post
Does a Will Need to Be Notarized in North Carolina?

Does a Will Need to Be Notarized in North Carolina?

September 8, 2025
edit post
DACA recipients no longer eligible for Marketplace health insurance and subsidies

DACA recipients no longer eligible for Marketplace health insurance and subsidies

September 11, 2025
edit post
‘Quiet luxury’ is coming for the housing market, The Corcoran Group CEO says. It’s not just the Hamptons, Aspen, and Miami anymore

‘Quiet luxury’ is coming for the housing market, The Corcoran Group CEO says. It’s not just the Hamptons, Aspen, and Miami anymore

September 9, 2025
edit post
Tips to Apply for Mental Health SSDI Without Therapy

Tips to Apply for Mental Health SSDI Without Therapy

September 19, 2025
edit post
What You Need To Know Ahead of Tesla’s Earnings Release

What You Need To Know Ahead of Tesla’s Earnings Release

0
edit post
The Economics of AI: Dispelling Fears and Embracing Entrepreneurship

The Economics of AI: Dispelling Fears and Embracing Entrepreneurship

0
edit post
Kraken Enables Stock Lending for US Users

Kraken Enables Stock Lending for US Users

0
edit post
Why Some Boomers Are Loving Life More Later Than Ever Before

Why Some Boomers Are Loving Life More Later Than Ever Before

0
edit post
F&O Talk| Nifty ends week on a high, closes above 24,800 as pullback rally gains steam. What’s ahead? Sudeep Shah weighs in

F&O Talk| Nifty ends week on a high, closes above 24,800 as pullback rally gains steam. What’s ahead? Sudeep Shah weighs in

0
edit post
OnePay is rolling out crypto to mobile banking app

OnePay is rolling out crypto to mobile banking app

0
edit post
Key Price Breakout Sets Dogecoin On 153% To Clear alt=

Key Price Breakout Sets Dogecoin On 153% To Clear $0.65 In Quick Succession

October 4, 2025
edit post
Robert Kiyosaki Wants to Vomit as Buffett Words Signal Crash Ahead, Doubles Down on Bitcoin

Robert Kiyosaki Wants to Vomit as Buffett Words Signal Crash Ahead, Doubles Down on Bitcoin

October 4, 2025
edit post
During a White House meeting, Hakeem Jeffries spotted a ‘Trump 2028’ hat and asked JD Vance ‘Hey, bro, you got a problem with this?’

During a White House meeting, Hakeem Jeffries spotted a ‘Trump 2028’ hat and asked JD Vance ‘Hey, bro, you got a problem with this?’

October 4, 2025
edit post
Stellantis said to plan  billion in U.S. turnaround investments

Stellantis said to plan $10 billion in U.S. turnaround investments

October 4, 2025
edit post
Stablecoin Yield Means Banks Must Now offer Customers Real Interest

Stablecoin Yield Means Banks Must Now offer Customers Real Interest

October 4, 2025
edit post
Trump to federalize 300 members of the Illinois National Guard ahead of expected deployment to Democratic state

Trump to federalize 300 members of the Illinois National Guard ahead of expected deployment to Democratic state

October 4, 2025
The Adviser Magazine

The first and only national digital and print magazine that connects individuals, families, and businesses to Fee-Only financial advisers, accountants, attorneys and college guidance counselors.

CATEGORIES

  • 401k Plans
  • Business
  • College
  • Cryptocurrency
  • Economy
  • Estate Plans
  • Financial Planning
  • Investing
  • IRS & Taxes
  • Legal
  • Market Analysis
  • Markets
  • Medicare
  • Money
  • Personal Finance
  • Social Security
  • Startups
  • Stock Market
  • Trading

LATEST UPDATES

  • Key Price Breakout Sets Dogecoin On 153% To Clear $0.65 In Quick Succession
  • Robert Kiyosaki Wants to Vomit as Buffett Words Signal Crash Ahead, Doubles Down on Bitcoin
  • During a White House meeting, Hakeem Jeffries spotted a ‘Trump 2028’ hat and asked JD Vance ‘Hey, bro, you got a problem with this?’
  • Our Great Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use, Legal Notices & Disclosures
  • Contact us
  • About Us

© Copyright 2024 All Rights Reserved
See articles for original source and related links to external sites.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Financial Planning
    • Financial Planning
    • Personal Finance
  • Market Research
    • Business
    • Investing
    • Money
    • Economy
    • Markets
    • Stocks
    • Trading
  • 401k Plans
  • College
  • IRS & Taxes
  • Estate Plans
  • Social Security
  • Medicare
  • Legal

© Copyright 2024 All Rights Reserved
See articles for original source and related links to external sites.