Monica Levitan (EDU)Military83-Year-Old Veteran to Earn a Ph.D. from Louisiana State UniversityJohnnie Jones, an 83-year-old Marines veteran will receive a Ph.D. from Louisiana State Univeristy (LSU) during the College of Agriculture ceremony on Friday, Dec. 14. Jones joined the Marine Corps when he was 18, and began his studies at LSU when he was deployed to Vietnam as a squad leader. “I wanted to stay connected, […]December 12, 2018StudentsScholar-Practitioner Finds His ‘Home’ in Residential LifeGrowing up with 14 siblings in rural Nebraska, Dr. Jim Tweedy had his first taste of privacy while living in the dormitories and earning his bachelor’s degree in business administration at the University of Nebraska-Kearney.December 11, 2018News RoundupUC Berkeley President Announces New Undergraduate Student Diversity ProjectUniversity of California (UC) at Berkeley chancellor Dr. Carol Christ has announced the creation of the Undergraduate Student Diversity Project that’s focused on expanding and furthering diversity on campus. The goals of the project include expanding the enrollment of underrepresented, low- and middle-income and first-generation college students, increasing campus diversity and qualifying as a Hispanic-Serving […]December 11, 2018News RoundupDr. Kerry E. Pannell Named VP for Academic Programs at the Council of Independent CollegesThe Council of Independent Colleges (CIC), an association that focuses on services to independent colleges, universities and state-based council leadership, announced that Dr. Kerry E. Pannell was named its next vice president for academic programs, effective Feb. 4. Pannell currently serves as vice president for academic affairs, professor of economics and dean at Agnes Scott […]December 11, 2018News RoundupColumbia University Condemns Racist Rant by White SophomoreColumbia University has condemned a “racially charged incident” after a video went viral on Twitter that showed a White student shouting “White people are the best thing to happen to the world” at a group of minority students by Butler Library. On Sunday, Columbia officials released a statement citing the video as “alarming” and featured […]December 11, 2018News RoundupMark C. Jefferson Appointed As Harvard Law’s Assistant Dean for Community Engagement and EquityHarvard Law School has appointed Mark C. Jefferson as its next assistant dean for community engagement and equity. Jefferson joined Harvard Law in 2017, working as director of community engagement and equity. Before coming to the school, Jefferson served as assistant director of admissions at the University of Michigan Law School, according to Harvard Law […]December 11, 2018News RoundupDr. James A. Banks, ‘The Father of Multicultural Education’ To Retire After 50 YearsDr. James A. Banks, the first Black professor hired by the University of Washington (UW) College of Education, has announced he will retire from his position after teaching at the university for 50 years. Banks, who is known around the world for pioneering the field of multicultural education, first joined the UW faculty in 1969, […]December 11, 2018StudentsReport: Is Guaranteed Admissions Effective in Developing Diverse Class?In a recent study published by the American Educational Research Association, researchers evaluated whether admissions certainty for Texas high school graduates has different effects on high- and low-income students.December 10, 2018Leadership & PolicyHerman J. Felton Jr. Earns Ph.D. from Jackson State UniversityDr. Herman James Felton Jr., who grew up in poverty and with dyslexia, beat all odds and earned a Ph.D. from Jackson State University and has become one of the youngest presidents of a historically Black college and university (HBCU). His story from poverty to college president was chronicled in the Clarion Ledger. Felton was the […]December 10, 2018News RoundupUNC Faculty Demand Involvement in ‘Silent Sam’s’ Future, Teaching Assistants Promise StrikeOn Friday, the University of North Carolina (UNC) Faculty Council called for university system leaders to drop a plan to have the ‘Silent Sam’ statue on the Chapel Hill campus and requested that a faculty committee be involved with the statue’s future plans. The meeting came after a strike involving more than 79 UNC instructors […]December 10, 2018Previous PagePage 36 of 58Next Page
