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JOYCE JACOBSEN
JOYCE JACOBSEN was appointed interim provost and vice president for academic affairs at Wesleyan University. She is Andrews Professor of Economics at Wesleyan. Jacobsen earned a bachelor’s from Harvard University, a master’s from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a doctorate from Stanford University.
December 16, 2015
Leadership & Policy
WVSU President Brian Hemphill Named President of Radford
RADFORD, Va. ― West Virginia State University President Brian O. Hemphill has been named president of Radford University. Radford’s Board of Visitors announced Hemphill’s appointment on Wednesday in a news release. Hemphill will succeed Penelope Kyle, who is retiring. Hemphill’s appointment is effective July 1, 2016. He has served as West Virginia State’s president since […]
December 16, 2015
African-American
Native American Self-Identification Conflicting With Census Data
Many Americans self-identify as part Native American, yet such claims are often challenged when authentication is needed.
December 15, 2015
Students
Social Media Will Broadcast the 2015 ‘Revolution’
In the 1970s Gil Scott-Herron decreed that the revolution will not be televised; however, students in 2015 have taken up a revolutionary insurgence vis-a-vis multiple forms of “social” media.
December 14, 2015
Faculty & Staff
Jewish Man Says Christian School Didn’t Hire Him Over Faith
by Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. – A Portland man says a small private Christian college in Portland discriminated against him by refusing to hire him because he’s Jewish. In a lawsuit filed in Multnomah County Circuit Court, Noel M. King says he applied for an adjunct professor of psychology position at Warner Pacific College in […]
December 14, 2015
Students
Student Won’t Receive Degree Despite Disability Accommodation
A nursing student who failed a mandatory test four times in a required course despite disability accommodation isn’t entitled to her bachelor’s degree, a federal judge in Covington, Kentucky, has ruled.
December 13, 2015
African-American
The Supreme Court’s rehash of Fisher and Affirmative Action
Scalia revival of “mismatch” idea gets most of the headlines.
December 13, 2015
African-American
A Crisis in Black Leadership? : Let Us Call a Spade a Spade
For many, me included, it is time that we as Black people in America critically examine the effectiveness of the leadership that we are providing to empower ourselves and other Black people in the Diaspora.
December 13, 2015
African-American
Oakland, Detroit, D.C. Rated Tops for Commitment to Black Male Achievement
A CBMA scorecard rates cities based on efforts to advance Black males and reduce disparities in educational attainment, employment, incarceration rates and other areas of well-being.
December 10, 2015
African-American
Walter Leonard: A Legendary Leader for All Seasons
Walter Leonard, who died Tuesday at age 86, was one of the pioneering education leaders who successfully paved the way for Blacks to hold leadership roles at both elite historically Black and White institutions.
December 10, 2015
Students
Winthrop Drops Name of White Supremacist from Award
ROCK HILL, S.C. ― Winthrop University’s top academic award will no longer bear the name of avowed segregationist and former South Carolina governor “Pitchfork” Ben Tillman. Media outlets report the university’s president Dan Mahony told faculty, staff and students in an email Friday that the university will discontinue the 75-year-old Tillman Award. Instead, the students […]
December 10, 2015
Students
No Disciplinary Action Taken after Alleged Racist Frat Party
NEW HAVEN, Conn. ― No disciplinary action will be taken against any students or student groups at Yale University involved in allegations of racism at a fraternity party held by Sigma Alpha Epsilon in October. At the party in question, students complained that the fraternity denied entrance to minorities. Men at the door were […]
December 10, 2015
African-American
Man sues College of Charleston Citing Racial Discrimination
CHARLESTON, S.C. ― An employee at the College of Charleston has filed a federal lawsuit against the school, saying it failed to respond to complaints that his supervisor used the N-word and drew a racially insensitive picture of a black man while on the job. The Post and Courier reports Frederick Fortner, a Black man, […]
December 10, 2015
African-American
After Fisher Arguments, Justices Appear Typically Divided
The liberal and conservative justices showed themselves to be deeply divided over whether race should be a consideration in admissions policies at UT Austin and other institutions of higher education across the nation.
December 9, 2015
African-American
Nursing Faculty Emphasize Culturally Competent Health Care
Emerging faculty educate their nursing students about issues that impact patient care and bring health care to underserved communities.
December 9, 2015
African-American
Scalia’s ‘Mismatch Theory’ a Foe to Diversity, Inclusion
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia made waves with his remarks about the abilities of African-American students in this country during the oral arguments of the Fisher vs. University of Texas at Austin case.
December 9, 2015
Leadership & Policy
Virginia State to Name Makola Abdullah President
Virginia State University will name Bethune-Cookman Provost and Academic Officer Makola M. Abdullah as its next president Friday. Abdullah, a Chicago native, succeeds interim President Pamela Hammond at the historically Black university in Petersburg, Va., and is expected to take office on Feb. 1. Hammond took over as president when Keith Miller resigned last December. […]
December 9, 2015
Students
Penn Latest to Rename Dorm ‘Masters’ over Racial Concerns
PHILADELPHIA ― The University of Pennsylvania has become the latest Ivy League institution to drop the title “master” to refer to student dorm leaders following weeks of protests against racial insensitivity on college campuses across the country. Penn decided to change the name from faculty “masters” to faculty “directors” to refer to the tenured, full-time […]
December 9, 2015
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