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2024
An Activist-Scholar - Dr. Lori Kido Lopez
For as long as she can remember, Dr. Lori Kido Lopez has been passionate about media and Asian American social justice.
February 5, 2024
Dr Lori Kido Lopez
Students
College Revives Standardized Test Requirement
Dartmouth College plans to reinstate the standardized test requirement for applicants starting with the Class of 2029.
February 5, 2024
Dartmouth College
On the Move
PATRICK DAVIS SR.
Patrick Davis Sr. has been appointed vice president of the Tennessee College of Applied Technology Jackson (Blue Oval City).
February 2, 2024
Dr. Patrick Davis Sr.
On the Move
WENDY PEARSON
Wendy Pearson has been appointed vice president for strategic initiatives at Stony Brook University in New York.
February 2, 2024
Wendy Pearson
From the Magazine
Roanoke College to Launch Cannabis Studies Program
Roanoke College students will soon get the opportunity to learn and even earn a degree in cannabis studies.
February 2, 2024
Cannibis
Recruitment & Retention
UTSA Faculty Hiring Program Aims to Compete for Researchers
The University of Texas System has approved the creation of the Regents’ Research Excellence Program across its four Emerging Research Universities to recruit research-active faculty.
February 2, 2024
Taylor Eighmy
Leadership & Policy
Rutger’s Eatman to Chair AAC&U Board of Directors, And Other Newly Elected Officers
Six new directors and board officers were elected during the 2024 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Colleges and Universities.
February 2, 2024
Dr. Timothy K. Eatman
African-American
Kean University Launches Visionary New Center for Africana Studies
Kean University’s Center for Africana Studies expects to develop educational programming to help implement Amistad curriculum for K-12 students across New Jersey.
February 2, 2024
Kean University is creating a Center for Africana Studies to support the implementation of New Jersey's Amistad curriculum in K-12 schools.
2024
Looking Back to See Forward - Dr. Nic John Ramos
History speaks loudly through Dr. Nic John Ramos, whose research on the histories of minoritized communities aims to amplify their oft-marginalized voices.
February 2, 2024
Dr Nic John Ramos
On the Move
RUTH L. OKEDIJI
Ruth L. Okediji has been appointed the Oppenheimer Faculty Director of the Center for African Studies at Harvard University.
February 1, 2024
Ruth L. Okediji
2024
A Culturally Responsive Counselor - Dr. Renae D. Mayes
Dr. Renae D. Mayes has excelled as a scholar and researcher to the extent that she has published over 44 peer-reviewed articles and 18 book chapters.
February 1, 2024
Dr Renae D Mayes
From the Magazine
Building Pipelines for a Better Future
Montclair State University is on a mission to improve outcomes for men of color.
February 1, 2024
Montclair State University launched the Male Enrollment and Graduation Alliance task force in 2022 to examine and develop a plan of action to improve male student outcomes particularly for Hispanic/Latino and Black males.
Students
CUNY Opens $95M Nursing Training Center to Stave Off Shortages
As New York is projected to experience a dearth of 40,000 nurses by 2030, the City University of New York (CUNY) has planned to get ahead of the potential shortage.
February 1, 2024
CUNY has opened a new $75 million, state-of-the-art Nursing, Education, Research and Practice Center at Lehman College.
Best Practices
AAC&U Project to Assist 12 Campuses with Equity-Center Curriculum Design
A dozen higher education institutions have been selected to participate in the Equitable and Inclusive Curriculum-to-Career Models Project, according to the American Association of Colleges and Universities.
February 1, 2024
Clark University is one of 12 institutions selected to participate in the American Association of Colleges and Universities’ Equitable and Inclusive Curriculum-to-Career Models Project.
From the Magazine
Are We There Yet? Revising and Questioning Affirmative Action
Affirmative Action policies were a start to combat racial discrimination. I believe that we, well, most of us, that 50 years later, we might be further along.
January 31, 2024
Dr. Robin L. Hughes
On the Move
LEON LEWIS JR.
Leon Lewis Jr. has been named chief information officer at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina.
January 31, 2024
Leon Lewis Jr.
From the Magazine
Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering
Comprehensive programs from pre-college to the graduate level help increase diversity in engineering.
January 31, 2024
Shown are participants in the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity at Virginia Tech.
2024
A Persevering Spirit - Dr. Albee Mendoza
Dr. Albee Mendoza’s parents wanted her to go into medicine, study biology and chemistry, and ultimately become a doctor or nurse. She decided to respect their wishes but do so with a twist by going into psychology instead.
January 31, 2024
Dr Albee Mendoza
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