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Section: Demographics
Students
Experts Wary of Betsy DeVos as Education Secretary
Though early, the new appointee’s track record of supporting privatization of education and less oversight has been cited as cause for concern.
December 1, 2016
Students
Men to Live on Campus at Mary Baldwin for 1st Time
STAUNTON, Va. — Men will get to live on campus at Mary Baldwin University for the first time beginning next year. Local news media outlets report that the school in Staunton is creating a new unit called University College that will include three residential programs for women and men. The three-year degree programs will be […]
November 30, 2016
Students
Oregonian Analysis: State College Enrollment Diversifies
PORTLAND, Ore. — The number of Latino and multiracial students attending Oregon’s public universities has more than doubled in the past seven years, according to an analysis of enrollment records by a Portland newspaper. The state’s public universities collectively saw enrollment rise 5 percent from 2010 to 2016, largely because of an influx of minority […]
November 30, 2016
Students
Diverse Conversations: Addressing Needs of Students from Different Backgrounds
It is important for every campus to do more than simply represent the racial and cultural campus majority.
November 30, 2016
Students
President Cauce Continues to Break Down Barriers to Diversity
An emigrant Cuban woman, Dr. Ana Mari Cauce of the University of Washington may not be deemed your typical American college president.
November 29, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Scholar: Make Tenure Great Again
Dr. Andre Perry says that tenure—giving a teacher or professor an appointment until retirement—provides a firewall of protection, saving academic freedom from Donald Trump’s “post-truth” United States.
November 28, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Diverse Docket: Judge Allows Professor to Pursue Retaliation Claim Against NCCU
A female professor who was passed over as chair of the School of Mass Communication can pursue a retaliation claim against North Carolina Central University but not claims for sex discrimination or a hostile work environment.
November 28, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Black Doctoral Network a ‘One-stop Shop’ for Universities
Experts say the Black Doctoral Network is the answer for colleges and universities that constantly claim they “can’t find Black faculty.”
November 28, 2016
Students
NCCU Chancellor Debra Saunders-White Dies
Debra Saunders-White, 59, the first permanent female chancellor of North Carolina Central University, died of cancer Saturday.
November 27, 2016
African-American
Rodriguez: Nation Not Treading Lightly in Unchartered Territory
Without question, this country is in unchartered territory. People across the country continue to express themselves in despair. Others in fear. Some panic, while still others prepare.
November 27, 2016
Leadership & Policy
University of Illinois Strengthening Ties with Mexico
URBANA, Ill. — The University of Illinois is strengthening its ties with Mexico through new academic and research partnerships. The (Champaign) News-Gazette reports university President Tim Killeen signed agreements during a trip to Mexico last week. He says they are part of the university’s efforts to diversify international student enrollment and increase its global impact. […]
November 27, 2016
Students
Diverse Conversations: What Professor Esolen Gets Right About Diversity
History professor Anthony Esolen recently came under fire when he penned an article for Crisis magazine that questioned the push for diversity at his workplace: Catholic institution Providence College.
November 22, 2016
Students
Reclaiming Heritage Pays Off for Miami University’s Native American Students
A program at Miami University in Ohio offering language and cultural revitalization for members of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma has led to graduation rates more than double the national average for Native American college students.
November 22, 2016
Faculty & Staff
IPFW Faculty Senate Gives No Confidence Vote to Chancellor
FORT WAYNE, Ind. — The Faculty Senate at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne has given a vote of no confidence to Chancellor Vicky Carwein after about half the school’s tenured faculty signed a petition to oust her. The Journal Gazette reports Carwein sent an email to the campus community after the vote stating her intention […]
November 22, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Guiyou Huang Named LSU-Alexandria Chancellor
BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana State University-Alexandria has a new chancellor. LSU President F. King Alexander announced in a news release Tuesday Guiyou Huang will take over the chancellor’s post on Jan. 1. Huang is currently the senior vice president for academic affairs, dean of the faculty and professor of English at Norwich University, in […]
November 22, 2016
Students
Yale Settles Lawsuit Over Slain Grad Student
HARTFORD, Conn. — Yale University has agreed to pay $3 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a graduate student killed in a research lab days before her wedding. The settlement amount was listed in probate court documents obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press. In a court document filed last […]
November 22, 2016
Students
Former Rutgers Football Players Accused of Sexual Assault
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — A Rutgers University student is alleging in a lawsuit that she was sexually assaulted by two Rutgers football players during her freshman year last fall. The complaint says Marques Ford and John Bowers sexually assaulted the victim at an on-campus apartment that housed several football players on Nov. 14, 2015. It […]
November 22, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Yale College Dean Jonathan Holloway Named Northwestern University Provost
Jonathan Holloway, the Dean of Yale College and the first African American to hold that position, has been named provost of Northwestern University.
November 21, 2016
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