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COVID-19
As Universities Tighten Budgets During the Coronavirus, What Will Happen to Diversity Initiatives?
As the coronavirus spurs an economic downturn, colleges and universities have started to tighten their budgets. But when institutions cut spending, will their diversity and inclusion work suffer? Diverse: Issues in Higher Education explored this question and others with university leaders and diversity professionals in a two-part webinar moderated by editor-at-large Dr. Jamal Watson last Thursday.
African-American
Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet Reflects on Career Trajectory
Dr. Jericho Brown first learned last week that he had won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry at the very moment that the rest of the world got wind of the exciting news via a virtual announcement.
COVID-19
Universities Are Freezing Tenure Clocks. What Will That Mean for Junior Faculty of Color?
Over 240 universities are offering junior faculty extensions on their tenure clocks to ease the pressure as the coronavirus upends their research and routines. But for some faculty, gratitude is mixed with concerns about whether tenure track extensions are enough, if they sufficiently account for academiaâs disparities or even risk exacerbating them without other supports.
African-American
Student Parents Face Severe Housing and Food Insecurity, a New Report Finds
Student parents face severe housing and food insecurity, according to a new report from the Hope Center For College, Community, and Justice, a research center focused on college completion.
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Report Explores Equity in Pathways to Ensure Studentsâ Math Success
It has been researched and discussed at length that placement tests and remedial mathematics courses are obstacles for many students, particularly those from marginalized and underserved communities. Colleges and universities throughout the U.S. have been examining and revising math requirements and creating new options beyond the traditional entry level algebra course. Just Equations, a non-profit [âŚ]
COVID-19
A Panel Explores What Higher Education Could Look Like in a Post-Coronavirus World
Will higher education return to normal after the pandemic, or will it emerge forever changed? This was the underlying question of a panel on Monday, titled âThe Future of Higher Education in a Post-COVID-19 World.â Hosted by the Economist Intelligence Unit and the Qatar Foundation, a private non-profit, the discussion focused on how the coronavirus has impacted higher education across borders, and what colleges and universities might learn from the crisis.
African-American
Amid COVID-19, Doubling Pell Grants is the Next Urgent Need for HBCUs, Says UNCF
The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) is soon going to pitch for doubling Pell Grants so Black and other minority students consider attending college an attractive option despite the widespread economic havoc caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
African-American
âMore Rivers to Crossâ for Penn State to Improve Status of Black Faculty
Penn State University still has âmore rivers to crossâ to improve the status of its Black faculty, according to a recent report by two of its professors who spent more than eight months researching the subject in an effort to highlight diversity issues at the institution.
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Initiatives Seek to Broaden Access to Legal Counsel for Rural Residents
To illustrate the dire need for more attorneys in rural America, a University of Arkansas Bowen School of Law professor tells the story of an older lawyer, well beyond typical retirement age, who wouldnât leave his job in a one-lawyer town until a younger legal mind came to take his place.
COVID-19
Meharry Medical Collegeâs Dr. James E.K. Hildreth Weighs In On COVID-19
Dr. James E.K. Hildreth, infectious disease expert and president of Meharry Medical College, the nationâs oldest and largest historically Black academic health science center, discusses COVID-19, from the nationâs response, to the need for a ânew normal,â to HBCUs and, of course, the science behind the novel coronavirus.
COVID-19
Howard University Hospital Doctors Prepare For a Potential Surge in COVID-19 Patients
For infectious diseases doctor Siham Mahgoub, some diligent âdetective workâ and plenty of curiosity are what many medical breakthroughs in challenging patient cases are made of. Now that she is on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mahgoub admits that the stakes are higher and the learning curve is steep, but her approach remains the same.
Latinx
Webinar Discusses How Institutions Are Supporting Latinx Students During The Pandemic
Since its establishment 15 years ago, Excelencia in Education has looked at how colleges and universities across the country are intentionally serving and supporting Latinx students. Now, rather than looking at the need to increase enrollment and retention among Latinx students, the focus has shifted into how schools can best support them during the time of a pandemic.
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