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XULA’s Reestablished Baseball Program Plays First Intercollegiate Game in Over 60 Years
Over the years, many historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have eliminated their baseball programs due to limited funding and accessibility issues. Currently, only 8% of Major League Baseball (MLB) players and 4% of baseball players within the National Collegiate Athletic Association are Black, The New York Times reported. However, after announcing a reestablishment of […]
February 24, 2021
African-American
Penn State Receives $3.1 Million to Expand DEI Programs
Penn State has been awarded a $3.1 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to expand its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs. The grant is directed to Penn State’s “Just Transformations: A College of the Liberal Arts Initiative Toward Building and Sustaining Diverse Communities in Higher Education” project. According to a Penn State […]
February 24, 2021
African-American
Rutgers U, UPenn Work to Educate Public About Institutions’ Historical Slavery Ties
Rutgers University and the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) are attempting to educate the public about their campuses’ ties to slavery, The Press of Atlantic City reported. Rutgers plans to place four historical plaques on its New Brunswick campus in the spring. These markers will show how school figures — such as Rutgers’ first president, Jacob […]
February 24, 2021
News Roundup
Marriott Foundation and Howard University Create New Center for Hospitality Leadership
The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation and Howard University, an historically Black institution, have created the Marriott-Sorenson Center for Hospitality Leadership, in honor of Marriott International’s late CEO Arne Sorenson, who died last week from pancreatic cancer. The foundation plans to give $20 million to launch the center. Marriott International will also establish the Arne […]
February 24, 2021
Women
Report Examines Gender Pay Disparities Among Top Earners in Higher Ed
A new report from the Women’s Power Gap Initiative at the Eos Foundation and the American Association of University Women found that while 60% of all higher ed professionals are women, 76% of top earners and 82% of number one earners are men. And women of color are “virtually nonexistent” among the top-earning positions in higher education.
February 24, 2021
HBCUs
Saint Augustine’s University Finds a Visionary Leader in Dr. Christine Johnson McPhail
Now, Dr. Christine Johnson McPhail is set to lead Saint Augustine’s forward. And the college community—students, faculty and staff—will be all the more enriched by her bold and visionary leadership.
February 24, 2021
African-American
On Labor Acknowledgements and Honoring the Sacrifice of Black Americans
I have begun to give land and labor acknowledgements to address this vital reality as a material and symbolic practice. For conferences and meetings, this practice has become essential and powerful. Not only have enslaved Africans labored on the lands where many hotels exist, but in many cities, Black Americans continue to serve as housekeepers/janitors/custodians, kitchen staff, and other service roles that often go unnoticed and uncompensated in ways they deserve.
February 24, 2021
Latinx
Smithsonian Latino Center Receives $2.1 Million Mellon Foundation Grant
Using a new $2.1 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Smithsonian Latino Center aims to establish more fellowship and internship opportunities as part of its Latino Museum Studies Program (LMSP). To do so, the Latino Center plans to collaborate with five colleges and universities, primarily Hispanic-serving institutions, and the National Gallery of […]
February 23, 2021
African-American
Doctoral Students Release Letter Denouncing Harvard’s Decision to Deny Dr. Cornel West Tenure
Earlier this week, Dr. Cornel West, professor and activist, threatened to leave Harvard University after his request to be considered for tenure was denied. Mafaz Al-Suwaidan and over 60 other doctoral students have released a letter challenging Harvard’s decision and standing in solidarity with West.
February 23, 2021
News Roundup
St. Augustine’s University Selects Dr. Christine Johnson McPhail as Next President
The St. Augustine’s University Board of Trustees announced that Dr. Christine Johnson McPhail will become the institution’s 13th president. She’ll be serving in the role occupied by her husband, Dr. Irving Pressley McPhail, who passed away from COVID-19 in October 2020, three months into his presidency. She was selected by a presidential search committee composed […]
February 23, 2021
African-American
State of Black Higher Ed Attainment in Higher Ed: New Report Highlights Work Still to Do
The Campaign for College Opportunity released a new report Tuesday detailing the state of Black higher education in California. While progress has been made in a number of areas, the report’s authors found gaps in Black students’ college preparedness and persistent disparities when it comes to college completion.
February 23, 2021
African-American
Will the Current Focus on Black Lives Matter Lead To Lasting Change?
There have been major strides and clear, sometimes violent, hostility toward America’s professed promise of equal opportunity for everyone. That reality makes it impossible to forecast how long the latest surge in race-equity initiatives will last, several scholars contend, adding that anything short of systemic change isn’t really change at all.
February 23, 2021
News Roundup
IHEP Guidebook Outlines How Lost Degrees Can Be Reclaimed Via Reverse Credit Transfers
A new guidebook from the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) addresses how institutions can create equity-centered “reverse credit transfers” — allowing the transfer of a student’s earned credits from four- or two-year institutions to a two-year institution that can award the student, if eligible, an associate degree. According to IHEP, a disproportionate number of […]
February 23, 2021
African-American
Stanford’s African and African American Studies Program Moves Closer to Department Status
Stanford University’s African and African American Studies (AAAS) program is now in the process of becoming a department, thanks to a task force recommendation accepted by Dr. Persis Drell, Stanford’s provost, and Dr. Debra Satz, dean of Stanford’s School of Humanities & Sciences, reported Stanford Today. After the murder of George Floyd last May, a […]
February 23, 2021
COVID-19
Examining the Impact of COVID-19 on Prospective College and University Student-Athletes
There may not be a group of student-athletes in the country who have been more significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic than current high school seniors who were and are aspiring to garner athletic scholarships to compete at higher educational institutions.
February 23, 2021
African-American
This San Francisco State Professor Celebrates Black Culture In and Out of the Classroom
Literature has always been prevalent in every aspect of Dr. Dorothy Tsuruta’s life.
February 22, 2021
Home
Ohio State President Announces Pledge to Hire 50 Scholars Focused on Race, Equity Issues
In her first state of the university address, Dr. Kristina M. Johnson, president of The Ohio State University, announced a new initiative called RAISE: race, inclusion and social equity, which includes a pledge to hire 50 scholars who address social equity and racial disparities in their work as well as 100 faculty members from underrepresented backgrounds across all fields. All new openings will be tenure-track positions.
February 22, 2021
African-American
AMA and Satcher Health Leadership Institute Launch Health Equity Fellowship Program
The American Medical Association (AMA) and the Satcher Health Leadership Institute (SHLI) at Morehouse School of Medicine have established a new post-doctoral fellowship program that aims to prepare physicians to address health inequities. Each year, the Medical Justice in Advocacy Fellowship program will train 10 physicians on tackling root causes of inequity and racism, aiming […]
February 22, 2021
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