Shaw University announced Wednesday, June, 24, 2026 that the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) has approved the university to offer doctoral-level degrees — clearing the way for Shaw University Divinity School (SUDS) to launch the Doctor of Education (EdD) in Artificial Intelligence and Moral Agency, the first program of its kind offered at a Historically Black College or University (HBCU).
The milestone marks the first time in Shaw University’s 160-year history that the institution has been approved to confer doctoral degrees and positions the university’s Divinity School as a national leader at the intersection of theological ethics and emerging technology. See full article here.