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Section: Demographics
Latinx
Stellar Academic and Business Leader Tapped to Lead Whittier College
Dr. Linda OubrĂ© will become Whittier Collegeâs 15th president, taking office July 1, 2018, college officials announced this week. She will be the first person of color to serve as president in Whittierâs 131-year history.
March 28, 2018
Latinx
Study Reports Wide Gender Disparity Among MSI Presidents
A new report from the Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions explores the dearth of women in presidential positions at Minority Serving Institutions. At 650 such schools, less than 12 percent of presidents are women.
March 27, 2018
African-American
Rankins Is First Black Named To Top Mississippi Higher Ed Post
Among the numerous African-American âfirstsâ who symbolize racial progress in their fields, Dr. Alfred Rankins is likely to stand out. He is the first African-American to become commissioner of higher education in Mississippi.
March 27, 2018
African-American
Black Male Students Find Common Bond
The plight of Black males continues to take center stage at institutions such as The Ohio State University, which hosted its 13th annual National Black Male Retreat over the weekend. More than 120 Black male college students from 18 schools reflected on their personal and professional growth.
March 25, 2018
Students
Recruitment Changes Needed to Expand Access to Higher Ed
Admissions policies in higher-ranking universities and colleges favor high-achieving applicants. While much has been written about access, affordability, diversity and student loans, the focus on GPA, aptitude tests and the reputation-enhancing concept of âselectivityâ has negatively impacted minorities and underprivileged applicants.
March 25, 2018
Latinx
Program Preps Latinx Students for Professoriate in Humanities
The Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions recently held its inaugural Cross-Institutional Conference for the HSI Pathways to the Professoriate Program, a $5.1-million grant initiative sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that aims to diversify the professoriate by supporting 90 students at three Hispanic Serving Institutions as they prepare to apply and matriculate into doctoral programs in the humanities.
March 22, 2018
Women
Why Colleges Must Fight the Wage Gap
The saying goes, âYou should never wake a sleeping baby.â Today, the average wage gap between women and men is almost 80 cents to the dollar. If the âbabyâ is gender inequality in the workforce, the U.S. has done an exceptional job of keeping the baby asleep.
March 15, 2018
LGBTQ+
ACPA Meeting Affected By Failed Texas âBathroom Billâ
HOUSTON â ACPA is formally protesting bathroom-access legislation introduced in the state last year, citing potentially negative impact on college students and effects on attendance at the annual convention that began last week.
March 13, 2018
Native Americans
ACPA Targets Race and Social Justice in Higher Education
HOUSTON â Members of ACPA-College Student Educators International are examining their roles in social justice work and race equality within the ranks of higher education as they gather for their annual convention this week.
March 12, 2018
LGBTQ+
Duderstadt: Diversity Improves School Quality
While he is known today as a pioneer of diversity and inclusion in higher education, Dr. James J. Duderstadt started as an assistant professor of nuclear engineering at the University of Michigan and eventually became president.
March 7, 2018
Students
Selecting Commencement Speakers: A Political Minefield
In this hyper-polarized environment, students in the class of 2018 may find themselves without a commencement speaker who has strong views on political or social issues. Many administrators are struggling to identify orators who will be welcomed by the campus community without provoking protests.
March 6, 2018
African-American
Pioneering Historian Mines Black Womenâs History
As a young professor at Purdue University in the early 1970s, Dr. Darlene Clark Hine was confronted with a challenge that would ultimately change her career trajectory and position her as one of the nationâs most prominent historians.
March 6, 2018
Asian American Pacific Islander
New Hollins Leader Champions Women and Diversity
From the beginning, Dr. Pareena G. Lawrence set out to empower women and defy limitations set for them, especially in the gendered society of her home country, India. Decades after finding her voice and confidence at an all-girls high school, she has become the first female president of Hollins University.
March 5, 2018
Latinx
Pathways Program Seeks to Diversify the Academy
PHILADELPHIA â After graduating from college in 2002, Johanna Lopez spent a decade working in the banking industry before enrolling in community college. Now, sheâs a fellow in a program created to increase the number of Latino professors working in the humanities at colleges and universities across the nation.
March 4, 2018
African-American
Honoring Black History Month, in Prison
Black History Month is often referred to by my fellow Blackademics as âthe high season.â Schools and organizations across the country seek us out for obligatory assemblies and programs. Though the shortest month, February is the most popular time of the year for scholars of color to situate our scholarship within longstanding questions of freedom and justice.
March 4, 2018
African-American
Our Daily Work: Celebrate Black History Throughout Year
Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Black history and civil rights shouldnât be just a middle of January, month of February or April 4 thing. We should remind ourselves that what really matters is the daily work of King, his contemporaries and todayâs champions of equality. And we should recognize, commemorate and celebrate Black history daily.
March 4, 2018
African-American
Black History Beyond One Month
Another year, another February, and we are deep into another Black History Month. Various institutions and individuals from all walks of life are celebrating the numerous milestones and accomplishments of people of African descent.
February 22, 2018
African-American
3 Unsung Afro-Puerto Rican Heroes
In honor of Black History Month, I felt compelled to highlight Black Puerto Ricans. Anti-blackness not only exists within White communities, but is pervasive and prevalent in Puerto Rican and other Latinx cultures.
February 21, 2018
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