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TAMARA WILLIAMS
TAMARA WILLIAMS has been named interim vice president for workforce solutions at Tidewater Community College in Virginia. Previously, Williams has served as dean of academic affairs at Central Piedmont Community College and as associate vice provost at Owens Community College. She holds a bachelor’s in communications, a master’s in higher education and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in higher education administration at the University of Toledo.
November 12, 2020
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STUART CLARKE
STUART CLARKE has been appointed chair of the Board of Trustees at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). Vice president for strategic initiatives at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science and formerly MICA’s Board of Trustees vice chair, Clarke holds a bachelor’s degree from Lafayette College in Pennsylvania and did his graduate work at Yale University.
November 12, 2020
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SRIKANT DATAR
SRIKANT DATAR has been named dean at Harvard Business School (HBS). Datar was most recently the Arthur Lowes Dickinson Professor of Business Administration and the senior associate dean for university aff airs at HBS. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Bombay as well as master’s degrees in statistics and economics and a Ph.D. in business, all from Stanford University
November 12, 2020
Native Americans
Meet the Native Scholar Helping Tribal Communities Through Interdisciplinary Research
Dr. Elizabeth Rule’s current work focuses on a topic close to her heart: the rights of indigenous women. In it, she explores the intersection of Native American/First Nations women’s reproductive rights, gendered violence and missing and murdered indigenous women.
November 12, 2020
COVID-19
Guide Recommends Ways to Incorporate Mental Health Practices into the First-Year Experience
This spring, Active Minds and the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition partnered to launch a survey which analyzed the inclusion of mental health practices and programs within the first-year experience at postsecondary institutions.
November 11, 2020
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California Failed to Overturn Its Affirmative Action Ban. What’s Next?
Over 56% of Californians voted against Proposition 16, which would have removed the state’s ban on public institutions prioritizing “race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin” in admissions or hiring. In other words, the ballot initiative would have allowed the return of affirmative action if it had passed.
November 11, 2020
Latest News
Villanova Offers Online Certificate Program to Train Immigrant Advocates
Michele Pistone, a professor of law at Villanova University in Pennsylvania and an immigration lawyer for nearly 30 years, has founded the first university-based online certificate program that trains immigrant advocates to serve migrants and refugees. Six out of 10 migrants confront the immigration system without a lawyer, according to experts and immigration research cited […]
November 11, 2020
African-American
Universal Music Group Partners With Thurgood Marshall College Fund to Launch HBCU Internship Program
Universal Music Group’s Task Force for Meaningful Change (UMG TFMC) is partnering with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) to launch an internship program for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The UMG HBCU Internship Program will offer paid summer internships – starting June 1, 2021 – to up to 50 currently enrolled college sophomores, […]
November 11, 2020
African-American
Morris Brown College Accreditation Application Approved
Morris Brown College’s accreditation application with the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools (TRACS) has been approved, according to college officials. The next step toward full accreditation is for TRACS representatives to visit campus in January 2021 for a final evaluation before candidacy consideration in April 2021. “The institution now has national visibility and […]
November 11, 2020
News Roundup
Gerald L. Hector: UCF’s New Senior Vice President for Admin and Finance
The University of Central Florida (UCF) has selected Gerald L. Hector as its new senior vice president for administration and finance. Hector held leadership roles at Cornell University, Ithaca College, and Johnson C. Smith University. Currently, he holds the role of executive vice president and chief business officer at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, where […]
November 11, 2020
News Roundup
Belmont University President Bob Fisher Retiring After More Than 20 Years
After more than two decades, Belmont University president Dr. Bob Fisher will retire at the end of the 2020-21 academic year, reported The Tennessean. Throughout his tenure, Fisher was able to increase the school’s presence nationally, including hosting the second presidential debate this year, double its undergraduate enrollment, add graduate schools in pharmacy and law, […]
November 11, 2020
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Making the Grade: DOIT Certificate Program Gives ‘B’ Grades to 12 Institutions
In this roundup, we profile 10 of the 12 institutions that received a grade of B on Pillar IV (Institutional Representation/Composition) of CoopLew’s analysis, as part of the DOIT (Diverse Organizational Impact and Transformation) program.
November 11, 2020
Opinion
Democracy, Diversity Back on Track
A Trump concession? Don’t expect to see one, unless it’s a hot dog cart on Fifth Ave. The soon-to-be-former commander-in-chief is showing no grace, saying “I won this election by a lot,” in tweets flagged by Twitter for accuracy. His lawyer, Rudolph Giuliani, one-time American hero, now disgraced star of the new Borat movie, talks about election theft.
November 11, 2020
Students
Institutions Participate in National First-Generation College Celebrations
Within the higher education sector, Nov. 8 marked the annual celebration for first-generation students earning their postsecondary degrees.
November 10, 2020
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APLU Conference Explores What a Biden Presidency Means For Higher Education Reform
In the aftermath of a presidential election, higher education policy concerns dominated the second day of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) annual conference, which again gathered university leaders online for a packed afternoon on Tuesday.
November 10, 2020
Campus Climate
Female Student Sues Lycoming College For Tolerating Sexual Misconduct
Lycoming College is being sued for creating a climate tolerant and encouraging of sexual misconduct of female students, Penn Live reported. The plaintiff – a female student identified just as Jane Doe and has since transferred schools – claims she “was sexually assaulted by a men’s basketball player in his dorm room two years ago,” […]
November 10, 2020
African-American
Fitness Company Peloton and Beyoncé Partner HBCUs to Give Students Free Memberships
Fitness company Peloton and award-winning musician Beyoncé are partnering with 10 historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to provide memberships to students so that they can use the Peloton app to learn yoga, meditate and exercise at home while listening to inspirational music. “I’m proud to celebrate the students at HBCUs with this donation, to […]
November 10, 2020
African-American
Southern University to Preserve and Restore Oldest Building on Baton Rouge Campus with Nearly $500k Grant
Southern University and A&M College received a grant of nearly $500k from The National Park Service to preserve and protect a 180-year-old building on the Baton Rouge campus, according to WBRZ-TV. The grant, one of 18 awarded to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), is to protect and restore Southern’s oldest building — the Archives […]
November 10, 2020
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