Walter HudsonTenureAfter Fighting to Gain Tenure, Dr. Paul Harris Leaves UVA on His Own TermsDr. Paul Harris—a Black scholar whose tenure denial at the University of Virginia (UVA) was reversed following a groundswell of support from across the nation—has accepted a teaching position at Penn State University.May 11, 2021HomeWomen Advancing in the Academy, Offers Hope for Gender EquityIn recent weeks, a number of women have been elevated to top leadership posts at colleges and universities across the nation, signaling a dramatic shift across the higher education landscape that at one time, was exclusively dominated by men.May 9, 2021News RoundupExpert Assesses Biden’s Education Agenda During First 100 DaysDr. Linda Darling-Hammond, who led President Biden’s education transition team earlier this year, said that the Biden administration has already made dramatic reforms to public education during the first 100 days in office. Darling-Hammond, who is the Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus at the Stanford Graduate School of Education and President and CEO […]May 6, 2021HomeA Commitment to Newsroom Diversity? MSNBC and ABC Appoint Black Women to LeadThe recent appointment of two Black women—Rashida Jones and Kimberly Godwin—to run major U.S. media companies, is a firm step in the right direction, according to media observers who have long been pushing for increased diversity in newsrooms across the nation.April 26, 2021HomeScholars Respond to Chauvin ConvictionFrom coast to coast, scholars reacted with a sense of relief over the conviction of Derek Chauvin—the former police officer who murdered George Floyd in Minneapolis last May—but cautioned that the fight for racial justice continues.April 20, 2021Latest NewsDr. Cornel West is Leaving Harvard for Union Theological SeminaryDr. Cornel West—one of the nation’s most prolific scholars—is leaving Harvard University again. This time, he is heading back to Union Theological Seminary in New York City for the fourth time.March 8, 2021News RoundupCivil Rights Leader Vernon Jordan Dead at 85Vernon Jordan, a prominent civil rights leader and champion for historically Black colleges and universities, died on Monday evening. He was 85. A political powerbroker, Jordan was close friends with President Bill Clinton, but was also friendly with political leaders from both parties, including George W. Bush. He earned his law degree from Howard University […]March 2, 2021News RoundupThasunda Brown Duckett Named President of TIAAThasunda Brown Duckett will succeed Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., as TIAA’s president and CEO starting May 1, the company announced last week. Duckett is currently chief executive officer of consumer banking at JPMorgan Chase. She will become the second Black woman CEO to helm a Fortune 500 company currently, following the appointment last month of Rosalind Brewer to run Walgreens. […]February 27, 2021TenureAfter Harvard Refuses to Take Up His Tenure Case, Dr. Cornel West Threatens to LeaveDr. Cornel West—arguably one of the nation’s most prominent Black intellectuals—is contemplating leaving Harvard for the second time, after the university has refused to grant him tenure. West, who had been a tenured full professor at Harvard left in 2002 amid a public spat with Dr. Lawrence Summers, then president of Harvard. He returned to […]February 21, 2021Latest News2021 Emerging Scholars: Dr. Jameson D. LopezGrowing up, Dr. Jameson D. Lopez, or “JD” as he prefers to be called, was no stranger to higher education. His mother — Belinda Lopez — was a longtime faculty member at American Indian College and his father, the Reverend Jim Lopez, was the school’s dean of students who later became the president.January 20, 2021Previous PagePage 48 of 52Next Page
