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News Roundup
Mark Kennedy Named President of the University of Colorado
The Board of Regents of the University of Colorado (CU) recently named Mark Kennedy as the university’s 23rd president, effective July 2019. Kennedy is currently president of the University of North Dakota and he is a former congressman from Minnesota. He will replace outgoing CU president Bruce D. Benson, who will retire in June. “CU […]
May 6, 2019
Opinion
Quashing Demonstrations Stifles Leadership Development and Change
Research shows demonstrations unite communities around important causes and help students learn how to advocate for change. It helps them find their voice and self-efficacy and to feel like leaders instead of victims as they engage in difficult conversations.
May 6, 2019
Opinion
Can We Break Our ‘Cycle of Gun Violence’?
It’s Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, but the first week in May will always and forever commemorate the death of my cousin Stephen Guillermo, a 26-year-old senior at San Francisco State University in 2014.
May 6, 2019
News Roundup
Marc H. Morial to Give Grambling Commencement Keynote Address
Marc H. Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League and president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, will be the keynote speaker at the Grambling State University commencement at the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center. Morial is well known for his work as former mayor of New Orleans, a tenure that included developing […]
May 6, 2019
News Roundup
Yale Professors Change Minds, Won’t Abandon Ethnic Studies Program
Weeks after 13 Yale University senior faculty declared that they were withdrawing their services from the Ethnicity, Race & Migration program, its chairwoman has announced that “new institutional status and permanence” granted the program will allow them to recommit to it, according to a report in the New Haven Register. In March, the tenured professors […]
May 6, 2019
Other News
Tuskegee to Commission 14 During Joint ROTC Commissioning Ceremony on May 10
During Tuskegee University’s Joint ROTC Commissioning Ceremony on Friday, May 10, 14 graduates from the Class of 2019 will receive their military commissions — five from the Air Force ROTC, seven from the Army ROTC, and two from the Navy ROTC. The ceremony is slated to begin at 1:00 p.m. in the University Chapel. All […]
May 5, 2019
Other News
Kansas Military School Moves to Keep Property From Founder
Nearly seven months before publicly announcing its plans to close, an embattled Kansas military school amended its incorporation document to remove the Episcopalian church that founded it from getting the property once the school shuts down. The revelation came when the document, signed by the school’s president last year and filed with the Kansas secretary […]
May 5, 2019
Academics
Clovis Students Who Chose Military Service Over College Honored at Annual Dinner
Clovis Unified students going on to join the armed forces after graduation were celebrated Wednesday. The third annual Patriot’s Dinner took place at the Clovis Veterans Memorial District to honor the seniors who have either enlisted to serve, are enrolled in ROTC programs or military academies. Read More
May 5, 2019
Veterans
What Do Military Service Members Think About Diversity — Especially Gender Diversity — in Their Ranks?
Following a Supreme Court decision in January, the Pentagon confirmed April 15 that it would effectively ban transgender people from attending the U.S. Naval Academy and other service academies starting in the fall of 2020. We wanted to examine what Naval Academy midshipmen think about diversity in general and about gender nonconformity in particular. Read More
May 5, 2019
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Report Targets Racial Disparities in Maternal and Infant Mortality
African-American women are dying from preventable pregnancy-related complications at three to four times the rate of non-Hispanic White women, according to a report from the Center for American Progress, which also found that the death rate for Black infants is twice that of infants born to non-Hispanic White mothers.
May 5, 2019
Leadership & Policy
Stepping Away From The Brink
It seems every time we take a look at higher education publications, we read about a college or university that is on the brink of a merger, associating with another institution, and/or facing the risk of closure. Higher education globally is facing unprecedented challenges, and universities and colleges need to figure out effective ways to reinvent themselves.
May 5, 2019
Health
Don’t Sleep on Sleep
Sleep is one of those things in life that we all need yet most of us don’t get enough of. We are generally aware of the importance of sleep in the recovery of our bodies and minds and know we should be better about getting more sleep, but rarely do.
May 5, 2019
African-American
College Funds, HACU Laud Bipartisan, Bicameral Title III Legislation
While federal lawmakers often face criticism for failure to work together across party lines, they have drawn praise for introducing legislation that would extend funding for minority serving institutions under Title III and allocate about $100 million.
May 5, 2019
News Roundup
Rutgers—New Brunswick Names New Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Inclusion and Community Engagement
This August, Dr. Enobong “Anna” Branch will become the vice chancellor for diversity, inclusion and community engagement at Rutgers University—New Brunswick. Branch comes to Rutgers—New Brunswick from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she serves as associate chancellor for equity and inclusion, chief diversity officer and associate professor of sociology. At Rutgers, she will also […]
May 4, 2019
News Roundup
Pine Manor College Recognized for Commitment to First-Gen Student Success
Pine Manor College was recently selected as a “First Forward” institution by NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education’s Center for First-generation Student Success and The Suder Foundation. The college’s “First Forward” designation recognizes its commitment to improving the experiences and outcomes of first-generation students. As part of the inaugural cohort of First Forward […]
May 4, 2019
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UIowa’s Afro House, A Safe Space for Black Students
Since 1968, the Afro-American Cultural Center at the University of Iowa has served as a welcoming and empowering space for the university’s Black students, faculty and staff to find community, engage in activism, receive support and culturally engage with others on and off campus.
May 2, 2019
STEM
PhD Student’s App Aims to Improve College Match and Completion
As a teacher at a private high school in an affluent San Francisco Bay-area community and later as a dean at a high-needs public charter school in California, Vielka Hoy noticed wide differences between the two institutions in college-attainment rates and in where students decided to matriculate.
May 2, 2019
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BETSY P. HUANG
BETSY P. HUANG has been named associate provost and dean at Clark University. Currently, she is the Andrea B. and Peter Klein ’64 Distinguished Professor and director of the Center for Gender, Race and Area Studies. Huang received a bachelor’s degree in English from SUNY Buffalo and a Ph.D. from the University of Rochester.
May 2, 2019
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