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Leadership & Policy
KAREN L. MILLER
KAREN L. MILLER was appointed vice president for human resources and risk at Middlebury College in Vermont, effective in April. She is special advisor to the president at Morehouse College. Miller earned a bachelor’s from Emory University and a juris doctor from Harvard University.
March 7, 2016
African-American
Elbow Room: How the Dark Room Collective Made Space for a Generation of African-American Writers
No outward sign sets the pale yellow house at 31 Inman Street apart from its neighbors. Someone going on a literary pilgrimage in Cambridge might start a mile away, at 104 Irving Street, where e.e. cummings ’15 grew up; then head west, to 16 Ash Street, where T.S. Eliot ’10, A.M. ’11, Litt.D. ’47, studied Sanskrit […]
March 7, 2016
Students
Law Graduate Gets Her Day in Court, Suing Law School
Nearly a decade has passed since an aspiring young lawyer in California, Anna Alaburda, graduated in the top tier of her class, passed the state bar exam and set out to use the law degree she had spent about $150,000 to acquire. But on Monday, in a San Diego courtroom, she will tell a story […]
March 7, 2016
News Roundup
Why Companies That Take Pride in Diversity Programs Still Wind up Hiring White Guys
Imagine that you’re the CEO of a male-dominated tech company that’s been excoriated for its lack of women managers. You decide to introduce a new leadership program for women. In theory, it’s a great idea. In practice, such programs can wind up exacerbating existing gender bias at your company, making it even less likely that […]
March 7, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Relationship between U of Missouri, Lawmakers on the Mend
Tensions between the University of Missouri System and state legislative leaders appear to be dying down after months of turbulent talk and threats of budget cuts following protests at the Columbia campus.
March 6, 2016
African-American
Why Obama Must Not Reach Out to Trump’s Angry Whites
The best way for President Obama to counter the Trump effect and the power of racist ideas is for him to focus on instituting his plans and policies during the remainder of his presidential term.
March 6, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Letter Reveals Government’s Earlier Reaction to UVa Probe
By Associated Press WASHINGTON —In a previously secret letter that was later withdrawn, federal officials censured the University of Virginia over issues of sexual violence on campus. The Washington Post reports officials last year concluded the university had “abdicated” its legal responsibility to act on reports of sexual violence within the school’s powerful Greek system […]
March 6, 2016
Students
A2MEND Summit Addresses Strategies for Success of Black Male Students
Annual A2MEND Summit continues to support Black males pursuing higher education through college fairs, scholarships and workshops.
March 6, 2016
News Roundup
Ex-Wheaton College Prof Who Wore Hijab Resurfaces at University of Virginia
A professor who sparked a controversy by wearing a hijab at the Christian college where she worked and ended up leaving after the school moved to fire her has resurfaced at University of Virginia, where she will do research on Islam. Larycia Hawkins, who left Wheaton College in Illinois earlier this year after refusing to […]
March 5, 2016
Students
Honoring Daisy Bates
Among the 2016 National Women’s History Month honorees of the National Women’s History Project is Daisy Bates, a civil rights pioneer. Diversebooks.net is proud to offer two books that feature her. They are:
March 5, 2016
Faculty & Staff
In Case You Missed It…
Even on Final Day on Job, Haynes Still Fighting for HBCUs Disparities in STEM Degree Attainment Remain Key Issue Chicago State Sends Faculty, Staff and Administrators Layoff Notices Education Expert: There’s Not Enough Follow Through on Equity Policies
March 4, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Diverse on the Go
Vice President Ralph Newell is attending the ACPA Convention in Montreal this weekend, an event attended by approximately 3,500 American College Personnel Association members and guests.
March 4, 2016
African-American
CMSI Provides Toolkit to Assist HBCU Presidents
The University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) has published a new toolkit designed to help HBCU presidents strengthen and hone their leadership skills.
March 3, 2016
Students
Program Launched to Increase Study Abroad at MSIs
The University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education’s Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) has teamed up with CIEE: Council on International Educational Exchange to launch a three-year strategy to increase study abroad at minority-serving institutions (MSIs).
March 3, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Edley Rebounds, Renews Fight for Social Equity
A University of California, Berkeley law professor, Edley has co-founded a new, Berkeley-based nonprofit promoting social equity through education, using a cradle-to-career reach across four distinct demographic groups.
March 3, 2016
Students
Kansas Dean who was Target of Student Protests Resigns
LAWRENCE, Kan. ― The embattled dean of the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare is resigning to return to the faculty. Paul Smokowski says he is resigning because of declining finances for the program and his desire to do more research. The Lawrence Journal-World reports student protesters have demanded Somokowski’s resignation, citing inequities within […]
March 3, 2016
Students
Professor Accused of Sexual Harassment to Return to UCLA
LOS ANGELES ― Students, faculty and others demonstrated at the University of California, Los Angeles, against a settlement that will allow the return of a history professor who was accused of sexual harassment. More than 75 people rallied Wednesday against the decision involving Mideast specialist Gabriel Piterberg, who was accused by two female graduate students, […]
March 3, 2016
Students
Kappa Sigma Chapter Sues Purdue University Over Sanctions
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. ― Purdue University is being sued by its Kappa Sigma chapter over allegations that the school unfairly sanctioned the campus fraternity following an incident involving an underage student’s alcohol consumption. The lawsuit filed last Friday in Tippecanoe Circuit Court alleges that the university didn’t allow the fraternity to fully defend itself against […]
March 3, 2016
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