Beverly Daniel Tatum

Opinion | This Is What Autocrats Dread

A hopeful read!
This Is What Autocrats Dread www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...

TUNE IN MONDAY to the Morning Show 8-10am PT on @ksvysonoma.bsky.social Guests> Ken Wayne; Fred Allebach; Susan Kirsch; @bdtauthor.bsky.social on her new book, PERIL AND PROMISE; Karen Kilian; & @thantmyintu.bsky.social on his new book, PEACEMAKER. Listen LIVE to 91.3 FM locally or at ksvy.org.

Not a memoir, but a manual: Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum on leading higher education from challenges to joys Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum, the former president of Spelman College, is sharing what she calls an insider’s guide to leadership in higher education. “Closer Look” host Rose Scott recently sat down with ...

Yesterday (9/15/25) “Closer Look” host Rose Scott aired the recorded conversation we had at Spelman College about my new book, Peril and Promise: College Leadership in Turbulent Times. If you missed it, you can check it out here:

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Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum and President Danielle Holley

Thanks to Mount Holyoke College President Danielle R. Holley for hosting a conversation about Peril and Promise and book signing on campus this week! Great to see the campus thriving under her leadership!

The kids are all right, as they say:
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Opinion | We Are Watching a Scientific Superpower Destroy Itself

I could not agree more!
#PerilandPromise

We Are Watching a Scientific Superpower Destroy Itself www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/o...

Former college president encourages dialogue to solve higher ed conflicts - The Metro <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When protests on college campuses in response to the Israel-Hamas war erupted across the nation, leaders at some universities cracked down.</span></p> <p><span style...

Enjoyed my conversation with WDET journalist CaryJunior II about free speech and academic freedom on college campuses. Take a listen:

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Beverly Daniel Tatum – Peril and Promise [Review] Theology News & Book Reviews for Christian Readers

NEW REVIEW: John Hawthorne reviews the newest title from Beverly Daniel Tatum
Peril and Promise: College Leadership in Turbulent Times @jwhawthorne.bsky.social @bdtauthor.bsky.social

Thank you @jwhawthorne.bsky.social for such a thoughtful review of my book!

Those who don’t know their history don’t recognize when it’s being repeated.

Pritzker says the press should be asking this question, too, and he's right.

Looks like another example of historical erasure underway!

According to a 2023 Opportunity Insights study (conducted by a group of Harvard economists) of admissions to Ivy-Plus colleges, among the most elite in the U.S., “the largest beneficiaries of preferential treatment in admissions: wealthy and connected white students.”

Let’s Talk About Proxies and Admission (opinion) The ultimate target of the administration’s scrutiny of college admission may be holistic review, Jim Jump writes.

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Author holding her book in bookstore

It’s Publication Day! Excited to find Peril and Promise in the “New and Noteworthy” section of my local Barnes & Noble!

Thanks to @jillwatts.bsky.social and her book, The Black Cabinet: The Untold Story of African Americans and Politics During the Age of Roosevelt for making the history of my grandmother and other African American change agents visible! #NoErasure!

My grandmother, Constance Daniel, a member of Roosevelt’s “Black Cabinet,” was fired from her job at the Dept of Agriculture in 1942 for publicly criticizing the Farm Security Administration for using federal dollars to pay poll taxes for southern White farmers but not for Black farmers.

In Trump’s Federal Work Force Cuts, Black Women Are Among the Hardest Hit

In Trump’s Federal Work Force Cuts, Black Women Are Among the Hardest Hit www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...

On this Labor Day, I’ve been thinking a lot about this article and I am reminded of what happened to my grandmother in 1942, one of few Black women working in the Roosevelt administration.

Academic leadership in uncertain times A former college president offers advice for administrators navigating unprecedented challenges

Academic leadership in uncertain times | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Chronicle Festival 2025: Innovation Amid Uncertainty Join college leaders, experts, and changemakers at the Chronicle Festival as they share ideas for navigating the future — and shaping it.

Big news! You can register for free to watch my conversation with Ian Wilhelm at the Chronicle Festival! ✨
In this interview, we discussed leadership, challenges on campus, and my new book Peril and Promise. Don’t miss it!
Register here - shorturl.at/Oq6GM

This is exciting news, thank you!

✨ Just up on Forbes! ✨ My forthcoming book Peril and Promise earns praise from scholar Marybeth Gasman: “Beverly Daniel Tatum offers both a warning and a sense of hope. Her newest book is needed right now by leaders.” Grateful my message resonates with leaders. shorturl.at/5vZ32

You’re invited! Join me & WABE’s Rose Scott for a Fireside Chat & Book Signing on Tues, Sept 3 at 6 PM in the Cosby Academic Center Auditorium. Dr. Tatum will share insights from her new book Peril and Promise. RSVP: shorturl.at/P027Z

Delighted to see Spelman alum Amila Jones Williams C’97 at the workshop for educators I was leading today. ❤️

#workshop #educaters #alumni

Full circle moment! I once interviewed Dr. Alina Wong while she was an undergrad at Amherst College. Now Dr. Wong is an academic leader in St. Paul, interviewing me! Later, I surprised her with an advance copy of Peril and Promise as a small token of thanks. 📚❤️ #academicleader #booklover #fullcircle

Sunrise over St. Paul and the Mississippi River that runs through the city. Embrace the promise in each new day!
Just like the river, keep rolling! 🌞

And a special congratulations to President Marcheta Evans, starting her 2nd year leading St. Catherine University in St.Paul. Known as St. Kate’s, it was one of the 1st colleges for women in the Midwest, still educating its students to “lead and influence” - the promise of higher education!

We also had a rich conversation about educational challenges and opportunities with a dynamic group of community leaders—including both school superintendents.

So proud of my former student ThaoMee Xiong, now executive director of the Coalition of Asian American Leaders in St. Paul! Honored to join her in dialogue with Hmong parents & leaders in the Twin Cities, home to the largest Hmong community in the U.S., on education & identity.