![]() For instance, she increased funding for the school's financial aid program, which serves 85 percent of Spelman's students. In Tatum's five years at Spelman she has striven to make students feel welcome, regardless of their ethnic backgrounds and economic need. Tatum became president of Spelman College in 2002, ending her 13-year tenure at Mount Holyoke where she ascended from psychology professor to department chair, dean and, finally, college president. "My focus on creating inclusive learning environments for all students is rooted in my own experience of sometimes feeling left out during my early school experiences," she says. At this time, she says, she learned how to negotiate in an environment in which she was an outsider. When the Daniel family moved to Bridgewater in 1958 they were one of very few black families there. Her father, Robert Daniel, was the first African-American professor at Bridgewater State College in Bridgewater, Mass. The roots of education run deep in Tatum's family. "Spelman creates an environment for black women so that they can be at the center of education instead of in the margins of it." "Black women are still on the edge marginally," says Tatum. While America has made great strides in the battle against racism and sexism, Spelman College President Beverly Daniel Tatum, PhD, believes that colleges for black women still have relevance. ![]()
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