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Section: Demographics
African-American
GOP Blaming Others for Its Implosion
Rather than looking inward to find the root of its problems, many members of the Republican party establishment seem to be looking for scapegoats.
April 6, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Report: 19 UC Berkeley Employees Violated Harassment Policy
BERKELEY, Calif. ― Documents released by the University of California, Berkeley show 19 employees, including six faculty members, were found to have sexually harassed students, employees or both since 2011. The records obtained Tuesday by the East Bay Times after a Public Records Act request reveal 11 new cases that had not been disclosed during […]
April 6, 2016
Students
Diverse Docket: Title IX Suit Against Stony Brook Moves Forward
Stony Brook University must defend a Title IX suit accusing it of deliberate indifference to the alleged sexual assault of a student, a federal judge in White Plains, N.Y., has ruled.
April 6, 2016
African-American
Colleges, Universities Traveling Different Paths to Diversity
Colleges and universities are taking different measures to make their campuses not only diverse, but inclusive.
April 6, 2016
Latinx
Puerto Rico Debt Crisis More Than Just an Economic Issue
Puerto Rico’s debt crisis is a humanitarian crisis impacting the most vulnerable groups on the island, human rights activists and lawyers said at a briefing on Capitol Hill recently.
April 5, 2016
African-American
Professor Tackles Turbulent History of Latinos and the LAPD
Scholars present research in the growing area of Chicana/o and Latina/o geography, specifically comparative racialization at the annual meeting of the American Association of Geographers.
April 5, 2016
Students
Engaging Latino Students for Transfer and Completion
Both community colleges and bachelor’s degree-granting institutions across the country are responding to a chorus of calls for dramatic improvements in student success and college completion.
April 5, 2016
African-American
Hundreds Talk Networking and Community Building at SAAB Conference
Hundreds of Black men gathered this weekend at the annual SAAB conference to decompress and reunite with others who are committed to advancing the success of other young Black men.
April 4, 2016
African-American
Only Half of U.S. Students Taking ‘College-Ready’ Courses
Only about half of all U.S. high school students actually take the sequence of courses they need to be considered ready for college and careers, according to a new report being released today by the Education Trust.
April 4, 2016
Students
Duke Students Persist in Demands for Asian American Studies Major
For several months, determined groups of Duke University students have called for the establishment of an Asian American studies major in the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences.
April 4, 2016
African-American
Princeton Decides to Keep Wilson Name on Campus
Princeton University will keep Woodrow Wilson’s name on its public policy school, despite calls to remove it because of his racist views. The Ivy League university’s board of trustees announced the decision Monday. It comes after a black student group demanded it be removed and for changes to the social and academic climate on campus. […]
April 4, 2016
Faculty & Staff
MICHELLE A. WILLIAMS
MICHELLE A. WILLIAMS has been appointed dean of the T.H. Chan School of Public Health at Harvard University, effective July 1. She is the Stephen B. Kay Family Professor of Public Health and chair of the Department of Epidemiology at Harvard. Williams earned a bachelor’s from Princeton University, a master’s from Tufts University, and a master’s and a doctorate from Harvard University.
April 4, 2016
African-American
BONITA STANTON
BONITA STANTON has been named founding dean of the Seton Hall University and Hackensack University Health Network (HackensackUHN) medical school. She was vice dean for research at Wayne State University School of Medicine. Stanton earned a bachelor’s from Wellesley College and an M.D. from Yale University.
April 4, 2016
Faculty & Staff
SUSAN D. STUEBNER
SUSAN D. STUEBNER has been named president of Colby-Sawyer College, effective July 1. She is executive vice president and chief operating officer at Allegheny College in Pennsylvania. Stuebner earned a bachelor’s from. Dartmouth College, and a master’s and a doctorate from Harvard University.
April 4, 2016
Students
Initiative Aims to Eliminate Gaps Between Rich and Poor Students
Leaders from a group of public urban universities recently launched a new collaborative initiative to improve completion rates and eliminate the gaps between rich and poor students.
April 3, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Study: Higher Ed Would Pay Steep Price for Unionized Adjuncts
As adjuncts throughout the nation continue to organize themselves into collective bargaining units and push for more resources, two university professors have publicly questioned whether it’s wise for institutions to cave in to their demands.
March 31, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Politicians Sometimes Say the Strangest Things
Primaries and caucuses are events that are happening almost every week now
March 31, 2016
Students
March Madness: The Rest of the Story
March harkens the smell of roses, cut grass and light spring rains for most folks. For me, March ushers in the smell and shine of hardwoods, leather and tennis shoes—and sheer Madness.
March 31, 2016
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