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African-American
Adrienne Davis, WashU Vice Provost for Diversity, Steps Down in May
Dr. Adrienne D. Davis, Washington University in St. Louis vice provost for faculty affairs and diversity and law professor, will be stepping down as vice provost May 31, 2021, according to a WashU press release. Davis – director of the school’s new Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity – has helped increase […]
November 20, 2020
News Roundup
Hendrix College Receives $15 Million From Windgate Foundation, Extends Fundraising Campaign to 2023
Hendrix College has received $15 million from the Windgate Foundation, exceeding its $110 million campaign goal a year early, according to a Hendrix press release. The campaign has received $129 million, with $114 million in gifts and pledges. The campaign’s end date has been pushed back from 2021 to 2023, with a new goal of […]
November 20, 2020
African-American
Dr. W. Franklin Evans Named First Black President of West Liberty State University
Dr. W. Franklin Evans will become the first Black president in West Liberty State University’s 183-year history, effective Jan. 1, the Herald-Star reported. Evans – who will be West Liberty’s 37th president – is currently president of Voorhees College and was previously interim president of South Carolina State University. During his tenure, SCSU’s enrollment broke […]
November 20, 2020
HBCUs
Panel Explores Accreditation and Role of HBCUs During COVID-19 Crisis
Higher education leaders convened virtually Nov. 19 to discuss the role of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and accreditation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Prairie View A&M University’s Minority Achievement, Creativity and High-Ability Center (MACH-III) hosted the webinar.
November 19, 2020
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ACE Supplementary Report Paints a “Stark Picture” of Higher Education’s Racial Inequities
The American Council on Education (ACE) came out with a supplemental report expanding on its 2019 Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education project, a data-driven deep dive into racial disparities in colleges and universities. Nationally, the report paints a “fairly stark picture” of an increasingly diverse student body held back by deep racial inequities.
November 19, 2020
News Roundup
Late English Professor Gifts University $350,000 for Student Scholarship Endowment
Linda Hill, an English professor at Claflin University who died April 2019, has left $350,000 to the school, CNN reported. Hill taught at the South Carolina university for 46 years. Her gift – the largest ever from any current or former Clafin staff – for a student scholarship fund. Clafin will also name its writing […]
November 19, 2020
News Roundup
U Michigan Settles For $9.25 Million With Sexual Harassment Survivors of Former Provost
The University of Michigan has settled lawsuits for $9.25 million with eight sexual harassment survivors of former Provost and Chief Academic Officer Dr. Martin Philbert, USA Today reported. The settlement did not name Philbert and the victims – eight women – can still file a lawsuit against him. Throughout his whole UM career, Philbert “had […]
November 19, 2020
News Roundup
Clarion University President Appointed Interim President of Edinboro University
Clarion University President Dr. Dale-Elizabeth Pehrsson has been appointed interim president of Edinboro University starting next year, The Meadville Tribune reported. She has been president of Clarion since July 1, 2018. She will continue in the role, dividing her time between the two schools. Current Edinboro President Dr. Guiyou Huang is resigning due to his […]
November 19, 2020
African-American
Bank of America Giving Morgan State University $1 Million to Address Student of Color Skill Gap
Bank of America is giving Morgan State University $1 million to help students of color get education and training required for the workforce, Baltimore Business Journal reported. The partnership is part of a $25 million commitment the bank is making to improve the teaching of workplace skills for Black and Hispanic people. “The work of […]
November 19, 2020
STEM
Resetting the Earth and Space Sciences to be Diverse and Inclusive
So far, 2020 has shone a spotlight on how our society is failing Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC), from the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 to continued police brutality. Protests across the U.S.—and around the world—have sparked important conversations to address systemic racism and remove barriers.
November 19, 2020
Podcasts
Testing, Diversity and Paths Forward with ETS
In this episode Sara Weissman of Diverse, interviews Dr. David Payne of the Educational Testing Service (ETS) on issues related to testing, bias and diversity. Dr. Payne also discusses paths forward, both for ETS and the graduate community. Topics of discussion include: the role of standardized testing in admissions; the meaning of test bias […]
November 19, 2020
COVID-19
President-Elect Joe Biden Considering Dr. James E.K. Hildreth for The Coronavirus Taskforce
President-elect Joe Biden has made the raging COVID-19 pandemic a priority for his incoming administration, naming a list of prominent scientists, researchers, scholars and government health leaders to a new coronavirus taskforce. Dr. James E.K. Hildreth, an infectious disease expert and president of the historically Black Meharry Medical College, may also play a role in shaping the nation’s coronavirus response in the new administration.
November 18, 2020
Latest News
St. Mary’s to Host Virtual Dedication for Its Commemorative to Enslaved Peoples of Southern Maryland
With plans to build a stadium on campus, state law and regulations first required St. Mary’s College of Maryland to undergo an archaeological dig of the land. During the summer of 2016, alongside staff and students, Dr. Julia King, professor of anthropology at St. Mary’s, surveyed the area and found evidence of slave quarters. Now, RE: site, a design firm, has been chosen to build the “Commemorative to Enslaved Peoples of Southern Maryland.”
November 18, 2020
COVID-19
Grinnell College Eliminates Student Loans in Response to COVID-19-Related Financial Strains
Grinnell College, a small liberal arts college nestled between Des Moines and Iowa City, Iowa, announced Wednesday that it has revolutionized its financial aid system to completely eliminate loans from students’ financial aid packages.
November 18, 2020
News Roundup
UC Berkeley Removes Two Names of Residence Halls Connected to Racism From Campus
The University of California Berkeley has removed two names from some of its campus halls, given their connection to slavery and racism, reported Mercury News. Old LeConte Hall and New LeConte Hall, as well as Barrows Hall, will now be temporarily known as Physics South, Physics North and the Social Sciences Building, respectively. According to […]
November 18, 2020
News Roundup
Virginia Wesleyan Dean Resigns After Posting Heated Comments to Facebook
A Virginia Wesleyan University dean, who is also a professor, has resigned after calling Biden supporters “ignorant, anti-American and anti-Christian” on his personal Facebook page, reported The Washington Post. Paul Ewell, dean of Wesleyan’s global campus and a tenured professor of management, business, and economics, wrote that Biden voters have “corrupted the election,” “corrupted our […]
November 18, 2020
News Roundup
Sodexo and Swipe Out Hunger Expand Free Meal Program to 100 U.S. Campuses
Sodexo and Swipe Out Hunger, a national nonprofit dedicated to ending student hunger, are expanding their Meal Swipe Bank program to 100 U.S. campuses by the end of 2021. The expansion of the program comes after a successful pilot that ran last spring, in which 15,500 meals were served to 1,100 students across 12 campuses. […]
November 18, 2020
African-American
U of Michigan to Hire 20 Tenure-Track Faculty as Part of Anti-Racism Initiative
The University of Michigan (UM) will hire at least 20 tenure-track faculty – versed in academic work on structural racism and racial inequality – over the next three years as part of its new anti-racism initiative. “We’re building on all of the existing focus, attention, expertise, commitment with the specifics in terms of focus on […]
November 18, 2020
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