Dr. Calvin Hadley is Assistant Provost for Student Engagement and Academic Partnerships at Howard University, where he works to create academic industry partnerships, drive institutional academic innovation, and empower students to work in their purpose.
He has held multiple appointments at Howard University, serving as Senior Advisor for Strategic Initiatives to the former president and the university’s inaugural Student Ombudsman. His academic research focuses on self-efficacy development and its role in education, the K-12 educational belief gap and academic and professional success for Black males. He has given presentations on these topics at national and international events around the world and has been featured or quoted in The New York Times, NPR All Things Considered, Inside Higher Ed and Diverse: Issues in Higher Education and other media outlets.
Political Science
Howard University
2008
New York University, Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service
2011
Sociology
Howard University
2023
The New York Times | At Black Colleges, a Stubborn Gender Enrollment Gap Keeps Growing
NPR | Fewer Black men are enrolling in HBCUs. Here's why and what's being done
Inside Higher Ed | Decades of Enrollment Declines for Black Men at HBCUs
There is deep concern about the status of Black men in higher education. A recent report about the enrollment of Black men in postsecondary education indicates that Black men comprise 4.6% or a little over 850,000 of the 18.6 million students enrolled in colleges and universities.
A history of white supremacy in the United States led to the development of a contemporary society replete with racial inequality, creating racial disparities that impact most aspects of life for Black Americans. Of the numerous disparities, the racial wealth gap and the limits on the accrual and transference of social capital, maybe the most consequential because they limit social mobility, locking many Blacks into cycles of poverty over generations. A college degree is viewed as one of the best investments one can make in the future, due to its ability to increase social capital, leading to higher-paying jobs, wealth accrual, and upward social mobility. However, racial disparities limit the benefit of a college degree for Black Americans and the racial wealth gap is not closing. This study examines Howard University students who apply to the Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT) Turn Pro professional development program with the goal of increasing their social capital and gaining the best placement for their first job after graduating.
"Come because we need you. Come because you're important. Come because without you, our community is hurt." Fewer Black men are enrolling in HBCUs, but Calvin Hadley — assistant provost at Howard University — hopes to turn that around. He talks to All Things Considered host Juana Summers about what's happening and what's lost when Black men don't attend HBCUs.
A study revealed a steady decline of Black male enrollment at historically Black colleges and universities since the 1970s. News4's Dominique Moody reports on a Howard University program designed to get young men excited for post-secondary education.
