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Mentoring Pluses for Underrepresented Faculty
Much has been written about the demands from mentoring students, but much less has been written about the benefits to underrepresented faculty from mentoring students.
Sports
NCAA: Baruch College Gave Players More Than $255K in Improper Benefits
NEW YORK ― Baruch College gave 30 student-athletes more than $255,000 in improper benefits over the course of five years, NCAA officials said in a decision issued Thursday. The NCAA Division III Committee on Infractions said the school’s former vice president for student affairs and enrollment management and its former head women’s basketball coach both […]
Faculty & Staff
University of Washington Virus Researcher Faces Discipline
SEATTLE ― The University of Washington says a microbiology professor faces possible discipline for violating sexual harassment policies. As detailed in a report on BuzzFeed this week, university investigations found Dr. Michael Katze demanded and received sexual favors from an employee in his lab. Investigators found that the woman, who had little prior job experience […]
African-American
University of Connecticut Revokes Cosby’s Honorary Degree
STORRS, Conn. ― The University of Connecticut on Wednesday revoked an honorary degree awarded to Bill Cosby, saying he engaged in conduct “incongruent” with the university’s values. Trustees voted unanimously to rescind the Doctor of Fine Arts given to Cosby in 1996. Officials said it was the first time UConn has revoked an honorary degree. […]
African-American
Randolph Dedicates Career to ‘Discovering’ Florynce Kennedy
The course of Dr. Sherie M. Randolph’s career completely changed when she discovered Flo Kennedy, whose life she chronicles in a book two decades in the making.
Students
Supreme Court Rejects Fisher, Upholds Use of Race in College Admissions
The U.S. Supreme Court handed the University of Texas at Austin a major victory in support of its right to consider race and ethnicity as a component of its admissions policy.
African-American
Expert: Attrition Among Women of Color Faculty in Medical Schools Troubling
A new report by the Association of American Medical Colleges indicates that the number of women of color faculty in medical schools across the nation continues to hover below 30 percent.
Leadership & Policy
American Public University System Names New President
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. ― Karan Powell has been named president of American Public University System. Powell is the University System’s executive vice president and provost. She replaces Wallace Boston, who will remain CEO of parent company American Public Education Inc. The University System says in a news release that Powell’s appointment is effective July 1. […]
Students
Judge Dismisses Fordham Suit Over Mental Health Records
ALBANY, N.Y. ― A federal judge has dismissed a graduate student’s discrimination lawsuit against Fordham University over demands for mental health records before she could be readmitted following a medical leave. Judge Jesse Furman says Emily Pierce’s complaint fails to show she was treated differently than other students due to her disability. Pierce, who was […]
Students
Former Yale Basketball Captain Sues School Over Expulsion
NEW HAVEN, Conn. ― Former Yale basketball captain Jack Montague filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing the Ivy League university of wrongfully expelling him over a sexual assault allegation. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Connecticut, says Montague was punished over what he believes was consensual sex. It says Montague had a relationship with the […]
Women
Stanford Put on Defensive Over Assault Prevention Efforts
SAN FRANCISCO ― Campus policies put in place to prevent and respond to sexual assaults worked about as well as Stanford University officials expected, after a member of the school’s swimming team was spotted by a garbage bin on top of an unconscious woman. Two graduate students passing by on bicycles interrupted the attack, chased […]
Students
As a Black Female College Professor in Texas, Should I Get a Gun?
I’m unsettled by the notion of entire university communities being motivated by fear to take up arms. I also wonder how people will react to Black students, staff and faculty who choose to arm themselves.
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