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First African American Female Elected Auburn University SGA President

Auburn University junior Ada Ruth Huntley has been elected Student Government Association (SGA) president, according to The Auburn Plainsman. Huntley is the first African-American woman elected to the post. According to the The Plainsman, Huntley’s campaign “focused on health, wellness and diversity.” Huntley said she wants to create an inclusion certification program for on-campus organizations […]

February 7, 2020

Posse Program Brings Veterans to Wesleyan, Broadening Perspectives on Campus

While 21 percent of college students attend high-graduation rate colleges or universities like Wesleyan, only 10 percent of veterans do so, according to a 2019 report by research group Ithaka S+R. The Posse Foundation, in conjunction with the University of Chicago, Vassar College, the University of Virginia, and Wesleyan University, aims to boost those numbers. […]

February 7, 2020

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New Strategies Recommended to Promote Equity in Student Assessment

The January 2020 report, “A New Decade For Assessment: Embedding Equity into Assessment Praxis,” suggests new models that actively involve students throughout the process and offer enhanced professional development for relevant personnel.

February 7, 2020

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“Just Mercy” is a Realistic Portrayal of the Problems in the Criminal Justice System, Say Scholars

In an early scene in the film, “Just Mercy,” death row inmate Walter “Johnny D.” McMillian, wearing a white jumpsuit, sits across the table from his lawyer Bryan Stevenson, with the sterile bars of an Alabama prison in the background.

February 6, 2020

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Report: Higher Ed Giving Rose 6.1% in 2019 But Growth Rate Slowed

Donations to higher education institutions rose 6.1% in 2019 compared to 2018, boosted by a $1.8 billion gift from presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg and his foundations to his alma mater, Johns Hopkins University, said a new survey.

February 6, 2020

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Southern University Law Center Joins ‘Universities Studying Slavery’, a 40+ School Consortium

Southern University Law Center (SULC) is the latest of 40+ schools to join a consortium titled Universities Studying Slavery (USS). Organized through the University of Virginia, the consortium addresses historical and contemporary issues related to race and inequality in higher education as well as how the complicated legacy of slavery still shapes modern American society. […]

February 6, 2020

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Social-Emotional Learning for Black Students is Ineffective When it is Culture-Blind

Educational professionals ill-prepared to work in culturally relevant ways with students of color in their capacity as mental health professionals (e.g., counselors, social workers, psychologists), and teachers, administrators, and policy makers can contribute to and even exacerbate SEL issues for students of color.

February 6, 2020

Dr. Lynn Perry Wooten Named First Black President of Simmons University

Simmons University, a women’s undergraduate school and co-ed graduate school in Boston, has appointed Dr. Lynn Perry Wooten as its ninth president. She will be the first Black to serve in the role and will succeed Helen G. Drinan, who held the position for the past 12 years. Wooten has assumed various leadership positions throughout […]

February 6, 2020

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2020 Vision: The Importance of Focusing on Accompliceship in the New Decade

Over the years, organizations have sought to address, bias, discrimination and racism in the workplace by implementing a variety of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives with goals to address and fix these issues in order to make their organization’s more inclusive.

February 6, 2020

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Educational Technology Entrepreneur Named Chair of Hampshire’s Board of Trustees

Hampshire College’s Board of Trustees has appointed Jose Fuentes, an educational technology entrepreneur, as its next chair—a role in which he plans to help update the school’s curriculum, support a major fundraising campaign, implement a sustainable business model and celebrate the school’s 50th anniversary. A 2005 alumnus of Hampshire, Fuentes has been involved in various […]

February 6, 2020

Dr. Curtis Ivery to receive the 2020 Diverse Champions Award

Fairfax, Va.— Diverse: Issues In Higher Education is pleased to announce that Dr. Curtis Ivery will be the recipient of the 2020 Diverse Champions Award.

February 6, 2020

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Johns Hopkins Ditched Legacy Admissions to Boost Diversity – And It Worked

In 2014, Johns Hopkins University got rid of legacy as a factor in admissions, hoping to up its student diversity. Six years later, its president, Ronald J. Daniels, wrote about the decision in The Atlantic. In sum, it worked.

February 5, 2020

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TANUJA SINGH

TANUJA SINGH has been named provost and senior vice president of academic affairs at Loyola University in New Orleans. Currently business dean at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Singh holds a master’s degree from Allahabad University, a master’s in business administration from Millsaps College in Mississippi and a Ph.D. in marketing from Southern Illinois University.

February 5, 2020

SARAH GEHLERT

SARAH GEHLERT has been named dean of the University of Southern California’s (USC) Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. Currently dean of USC’s College of Social Work, Gehlert holds a bachelor’s and master’s in anthropology as well as a master’s in social work from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She earned her Ph.D. in social work from Washington University.

February 5, 2020

ANANTHA SHEKHAR

ANANTHA SHEKHAR has been appointed senior vice chancellor for the health sciences and the John and Gertrude Petersen Dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. Currently executive associate dean for research affairs at Indiana University, Shekhar holds a M.D. from St. Johns Medical College as well as an M.D. and Ph.D. in neuroscience from the Indiana University School of Medicine.

February 5, 2020

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NICOLE STANTON

NICOLE STANTON has been appointed provost and vice president for academic affairs at Wesleyan University. Currently dean of the arts and humanities at Wesleyan, Stanton holds a bachelor’s in dance as well as in foreign civilizations and languages/ European studies from Antioch College and a master’s in dance from Ohio State University.

February 5, 2020

BEVERLY WENDLAND

BEVERLY WENDLAND has been named provost at Washington University. Currently dean of Johns Hopkins University’s Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Wendland holds a bachelor’s in bioengineering from the University of California, San Diego and a Ph.D. in neurosciences from Stanford University.

February 5, 2020

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KA YEE C. LEE

KA YEE C. LEE has been named provost at the University of Chicago. A full professor in the department of chemistry at the university, Lee holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Brown University as well as a master’s degree and Ph.D. in applied physics from Harvard University.

February 5, 2020