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Faculty & Staff
Athletics Are Not Expendable, if Education is Our Goal
These are troubling times for higher education. With budgets tightening, hiring and salary freezes, and the possibility of cuts looming, many are looking for ways to save our institutions. It may not be surprising that some are calling for cuts to athletics before other departments.
May 13, 2020
COVID-19
Harvard Froze Its Search for Ethnic Studies Faculty While Continuing to Look for an Athletic Director
In response to the coronavirus, Harvard University froze its search for ethnic studies faculty while continuing the hunt for a new athletic director, who was named last week, provoking ire from student organizers.
May 12, 2020
Asian American Pacific Islander
U of Maryland’s Dr. Jan Padios Encourages Students to Think Critically
Dr. Jan Padios — associate professor and director of graduate studies within the Department of American Studies at the University of Maryland (UMD) — holds a personal connection to her career research, which analyzes the historical and anticolonial aspects of the Philippines.
May 12, 2020
COVID-19
What Dr. Fauci Says About Students Returning to Campuses in the Fall
The prospect of a COVID-19 vaccine by colleges’ fall reopening time is “a bridge too far,’ said Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s preeminent infectious diseases expert, at a Senate hearing on Tuesday, reported The Boston Globe. At the hearing, Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander asked Dr. Fauci, a key member of the president’s coronavirus task force, […]
May 12, 2020
News Roundup
U of California System President Recommends Suspending SAT/ACT Until 2024
The University of California (UC) system president Janet Napolitano has recommended the suspension of standardized exams, such as the SAT/ACT, as a requirement for admissions until 2024. In an ‘action item’ memo to members of the university’s board, Napolitano further recommends the institution creates a new test “that better aligns with the content UC expects […]
May 12, 2020
Students
California Community Colleges Sue Betsy DeVos for DACA, Other Exclusions, in CARES Act
California Community Colleges on Monday sued Secretary of Education Betsy Devos for not allowing undocumented students, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients and other students who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents to access emergency coronavirus grants made available under the federal stimulus package called the CARES Act. The lawsuit from California Community Colleges […]
May 12, 2020
News Roundup
California State University System’s Fall 2020 Will Be Mainly Online
The California State University system’s classes will be mainly online this coming fall, reported the Los Feliz Ledger. The system’s chancellor Timothy White said the reason for staying mostly online is that experts predict another wave of COVID-19 cases later in the year. He said there will be some exceptions for parts of courses that […]
May 12, 2020
African-American
An Open Letter to African American Nurses
During the first week of May each year, we honor our “angels” and tell them “thanks for all that they have done and continue to do for us”. While this year is no exception, what made this Nurses’ Day especially meaningful is the light that the COVID-19 pandemic has shone on the sacrifice of these angels.
May 12, 2020
COVID-19
As Universities Tighten Budgets During the Coronavirus, What Will Happen to Diversity Initiatives?
As the coronavirus spurs an economic downturn, colleges and universities have started to tighten their budgets. But when institutions cut spending, will their diversity and inclusion work suffer? Diverse: Issues in Higher Education explored this question and others with university leaders and diversity professionals in a two-part webinar moderated by editor-at-large Dr. Jamal Watson last Thursday.
May 11, 2020
Community Colleges
Report: Community Colleges Are Being Short-Changed by the CARES Act
Emergency aid for students is crucial during the COVID-19 pandemic, but some of the most vulnerable students are being overlooked.
May 11, 2020
News Roundup
Sacramento State U Professor’s Wife Calls Neighbor a Racial Slur in Viral Video
A video emerged earlier this month of Sacramento State University professor, Tim Ford, and his wife, Crystal Ford, berating their neighbors in an argument that began over the smell of bacon grease, reports the New York Post. Reportedly angry at the smell, the professor’s wife called the woman recording the video, Mikaela Cobb, both a […]
May 11, 2020
COVID-19
Princeton University Names First-Ever Black Valedictorian
Princeton University has named Montreal native Nicholas Johnson valedictorian for the Class of 2020. Johnson will be the university’s first-ever Black valedictorian, said the fourth-oldest U.S. college, which was chartered in 1746. Johnson is majoring in operations research and financial engineering. He will participate in a virtual commencement the university is holding on May 31. […]
May 11, 2020
COVID-19
Senator Lamar Alexander: Not Enough COVID-19 Testing to Open Campuses
Senate Republican Lamar Alexander said on Sunday that while the country’s COVID-19 testing levels have been “impressive,” they are not enough for college and university campuses to reopen as normal in August. It appears Alexander disagrees with President Donald Trump, who last week said he wants higher education institutions to reopen for fall 2020. Speaking […]
May 11, 2020
Students
NCAA President: No Fall Sports if Campuses Are Online Only
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) president Mark Emmert said on Friday he doesn’t expect college sporting events will take place this fall if students don’t return to campuses around the country, reported USA Today. Emmert’s comments came as part of a conversation on the NCAA’s Twitter channel. “College athletes are college students, and you can’t […]
May 11, 2020
News Roundup
Racial Slurs Disrupt Oklahoma City University’s Virtual Graduation Event
Racial slurs disrupted Oklahoma City University’s virtual graduation event on Saturday, reported Oklahoma’s News 4. The event, held online because of the ongoing pandemic, was hacked as a person or persons broadcast a racial slur and a swastika during the ceremony. The event was held on Zoom, which has become the videoconferencing platform of choice […]
May 11, 2020
News Roundup
Backlash After Stanford U Assistant Professor Uses N-Word in Two Classes
Students at Stanford University are angry and disappointed after an assistant professor used the N-word twice in one week in separate classes, reported The Stanford Daily. Assistant art history professor Rose Salseda, who isn’t Black, reportedly typed the N-word on May 4 in a discussion post for a course while writing the name of hip-hop […]
May 11, 2020
Other News
Trans Postdoc Claims Psychiatrists Were Biased Against Him
“It was one of the first graduations Ron Daniels was at. I got to shake his hand. Underneath the cap and gown, I was wearing a dress. At another graduation, I was wearing a shirt and tie. It felt full circle. At Hopkins, I had gotten a bachelor’s degree and a PhD — and a […]
May 11, 2020
Other News
UC San Diego to Start Mass Testing of Staff and Students for COVID-19
The University of California San Diego will next week begin mass testing of students, faculty and staff for COVID-19 under a ‘Return to Learn’ program the institution hopes to extend to the fall if it reopens as planned, it said in a statement. CBS 8 called the program the first such plan on campus in […]
May 11, 2020
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