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Tashni Dubroy On Shaw University And The Future For HBCUs

Tashni Dubroy
Tashni Dubroy
After serving as the youngest president of Shaw University, Tashni Dubroy accepted a postion as executive vice president and chief operating officer of Howard University.

Tashni Dubroy has served as president of Shaw University in Raleigh since 2015. As president, Dubroy has helped bolster the South’s oldest historically black university. She has been credited with increasing the school’s enrollment and closing a $4 million fundraising gap. Earlier this month, Dubroy was recognized for her work and awarded Female President of the Year at the 2017 Historically Black Colleges and Universities Awards. Now Dubroy is stepping away from Shaw University to work for Howard University in Washington D.C. as executive vice president and chief operating officer.

Guest host Anita Rao talks with Dubroy about her time at Shaw University and the changing landscape for higher education.

Charlie Shelton-Ormond is a podcast producer for WUNC.
Anita Rao is an award-winning journalist, host, creator, and executive editor of "Embodied," a weekly radio show and podcast about sex, relationships & health.
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