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Section: Faculty & Staff
Students
PWIs Need to Stop Preaching and Start Providing
Wheaton College maintains that they are committed to creating a diverse community, but how can they expect to achieve diversity if they remain unwilling to listen to differing voices?
February 16, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Guinier: America Needs Large-scale Social Movement
A large-scale social movement is needed to impact political decisions in a way that makes them more reflective of the will of the American people, Harvard law professor Lani Guinier argued Tuesday during a forum on higher education.
February 16, 2016
Students
University to Give Students Break From Early-morning Classes
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. ― A university in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is giving nearly all students an extra hour in the mornings by no longer teaching classes from 8 to 9 a.m. The Evening News reported Monday that the change is being made by Lake Superior State University. Interim Provost David Finley said in a […]
February 16, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Malagon Embraces Her Role of Facilitating Brilliance in the Community
Dr. Maria C. Malagon, a 2016 Diverse Emerging Scholar, is focused on issues relating to immigration and education.
February 15, 2016
Faculty & Staff
2 Wheelock College Professors Accuse School of Anti-semitism
BOSTON ― Two Jewish professors at Wheelock College have filed federal workplace discrimination complaints against the school alleging they were subject to anti-Semitic discrimination. The Boston Globe reports Gail Dines and Eric Silverman say the school retaliated against them after they co-wrote a letter about a perceived lack of Jewish perspective on campus. The complaint […]
February 15, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Yes, Black History Month is Relevant
In various quarters of the nation, people will engage in various celebrations and acknowledgments of the history of people of African descent.
February 14, 2016
Faculty & Staff
NMSU Settles Class Action Lawsuit Over Family Leave
LAS CRUCES, N.M. ― New Mexico State University has agreed to pay more than $700,000 to settle a lawsuit accusing the university of denying or discouraging faculty members from taking time off for family leave. The Las Cruces Sun-News reports that about 50 current or former nine-month faculty members who had a newborn, adopted a […]
February 11, 2016
Students
ANNE EHRLICH
ANNE EHRLICH has been appointed vice president for student development at Knox College. She is dean of students at Woodbury University in California. Ehrlich received a bachelor’s from the University of California, San Diego, a master’s from the University of Michigan and a doctorate from the University of California, Los Angeles.
February 11, 2016
Faculty & Staff
GLADIS KERSAINT
GLADIS KERSAINT has been appointed dean of the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut, effective in July. She is associate dean of the College of Education and a professor at the University of South Florida. Kersaint holds a bachelor’s and a master’s from the University of Miami, and a doctorate from Illinois State University.
February 11, 2016
Students
Skidmore College’s Wiley Embraces Being ‘Professor of Place’
Dr. Amber N. Wiley, a 2016 Diverse Emerging Scholar, says travel experiences ignited her interest in architecture.
February 10, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Passing On Our History to the Next Generation
There are some compelling questions to be asked regarding Black History Month as we know it now.
February 10, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Wheaton College to Name Scholarship After Ex-professor Larycia Hawkins
CHICAGO ― A suburban Chicago Christian college will create a scholarship named for a former political science professor who asserted Christians and Muslims worship the same God. The Daily Herald reports that Wheaton College officials made the announcement Wednesday in Chicago with Larycia Hawkins. The school was moving to fire her until it announced Saturday […]
February 10, 2016
Students
Chancellor: Cash-strapped UC Berkeley Faces Tough Decisions
BERKELEY, Calif. ― The University of California, Berkeley, is running a $150 million deficit this year and must undertake a top-to-bottom review of expenses if it hopes to sustain its national standing as a premier public institution, the school’s chancellor warned Wednesday. The university faces difficult decisions as it works to preserve its long-term financial […]
February 10, 2016
Students
2 College Faculty Fired in Scandal Over Freshmen Retention
By Associated Press A plan to identify freshmen most likely to fail has erupted into a scandal, faculty firings and a demotion at Mount St. Mary’s University after the Catholic school’s president reportedly likened the students to baby rabbits that should be killed. President Simon Newman is a former financial-industry executive hired in 2014 to […]
February 9, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Dr. Nina Mahmoudian: A ‘Pioneer’ in Underwater Robotics
Dr. Nina Mahmoudian—a 2016 Diverse Emerging Scholar—has applied her knowledge about flight in the atmosphere or outer space to the underwater world, designing better unmanned vehicles that take water samples or search the floors of oceans and lakes.
February 9, 2016
Students
Getting Published While Black
Minority journals are legitimate and must be valued in the recruitment, retention, and promotion/tenure process.
February 8, 2016
Students
The Relevance of HBCUs Tied to Healing
The relevance of HBCUs is tied to a legacy of compensating for a system of education that too often fails to provide students of color with the skills required to succeed in higher education.
February 7, 2016
Students
Chang Takes Autism Education to New Level
Dr. Ya-Chih Chang—a 2016 Diverse Emerging Scholar—balances educating graduate students on the methods of teaching children with autism and helping families work with children who have autism.
February 7, 2016
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