Miles to go

Miles To Go: The State of Education for Black Students in America

Research Fellows

& Distinguished Advisors

Everett B. Ward, Ph.D. Liberal Arts Education: An HBCU Cornerstone Project… Liberal Arts Education: An HBCU Cornerstone Project Advisor


Dr. Everett B. Ward, an educator, public administrator, and humanitarian with more than 35 years of national experience, has served…

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Hakim J. Lucas, Ph.D. Board Chairman, President & CEO, Virginia Union… Board Chairman, President & CEO, Virginia Union University Fellow


The Virginia Union University Board of Trustees named Dr. Hakim J. Lucas the 13th president of the university effective September…

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Joyce King, Ph.D. Benjamin E. Mays Endowed Chair for Urban… Benjamin E. Mays Endowed Chair for Urban Teaching, Learning and Leadership, Georgia State University Liberal Arts Education: An HBCU Cornerstone Project Advisor


Dr. Joyce E. King holds the Benjamin E. Mays Endowed Chair for Urban Teaching, Learning and Leadership at Georgia State…

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Marc Bayard Associate Fellow and Director of the Black… Associate Fellow and Director of the Black Worker Initiative, Institute for Policy Studies Fellow


Marc Bayard is an associate fellow and the director of the Institute for Policy Studies’ Black Worker Initiative. He was…

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