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Vanderbilt University Names New Chancellor

Following an eight-month search, Vanderbilt University, one of Nashville’s most prominent institutions, has appointed Dr. Daniel Diermeier as its ninth chancellor. Originally from West Berlin, Germany, Diermeier was a first-generation college student who came to the U.S. to pursue his doctorate in the 1990s. He most recently served as provost at the University of Chicago […]

December 5, 2019

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Stockton University Receives $8 Million from New Jersey Native

Stockton University (SU) in New Jersey recently received the largest donation in its history at $8 million from telecommunications pioneer John F. Scarpa. Most of the money will support two initiatives: expansion of the school’s academic programming in Atlantic City and of its health sciences program on its mainland campus. In honor of the donation, […]

December 5, 2019

Syracuse University Increases Security In Response to Racist Incidents

Syracuse University has added security patrols and cameras after a series of more than a dozen racist and anti-Semitic incidents on campus in November, USA Today reported. While police decided the incident didn’t pose a threat to students, the enhanced security followed another “suspicious communication directed to a Syracuse University student organization” reported on Nov. […]

December 5, 2019

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Two International Students Become Rhodes Scholars at Earlham College

Earlham College – a small liberal arts school in Richmond, Indiana – cultivated two Rhodes Scholars. Both plan to study and work with refugees and were once refugees themselves.

December 4, 2019

Strategic Plans? Why They Matter for the Promise of Inclusive Excellence

Church folks know the phrase, “No plan, no promise.” For academic faculty and staff at colleges and universities across the country, however, the call for a strategic plan can be more than a little wearying.

December 4, 2019

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KRISTEN BROADY

KRISTEN BROADY has been appointed dean of the College of Business at Dillard University in New Orleans. She was previously a lecturer in economics at Howard University. Broady holds a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Alcorn State University in Mississippi as well as a master’s and Ph.D. in business and economics from Jackson State University.

December 4, 2019

GEORJ LEWIS

GEORJ LEWIS has been named president of Atlanta Metropolitan State College (AMSC). Lewis currently serves as interim president of AMSC. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business and accounting as well as a master’s degree in counseling and student personnel from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. He has a Ph.D. in education from Georgia Southern University.

December 4, 2019

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Stop Using Asian Americans to Defend Against Disparities, Then Rejecting Them as Non-Diverse

Asian Americans are ambiguous in civil rights. Perhaps Asian Americans themselves are ambivalent as well. Neither Black nor White, Asian Americans challenge the standard understanding of racial justice. Whether they are integrating into the majority or if they will be “people of color,” 　they should have autonomy and not be used to advance the ulterior motives of others who may not have their best interests at heart.

December 4, 2019

Rep. James Clyburn to Speak at Morgan State’s Fall Commencement Ceremony

U.S. Rep. James E. Clybrun (D-S.C.) will be the keynote speaker at Morgan State University’s (MSU) Fall commencement ceremony on Dec. 13. Held in MSU’s Talmadge Hill Field House, Clyburn, who is the majority whip in the U.S. House of Representatives, will address a diverse group of more than 500 doctoral, master’s degree and […]

December 4, 2019

Senators Introduce a Bipartisan Plan to Renew HBCU Funding

After months of political wrangling, U.S. senators introduced a bipartisan plan to renew long-term funding for minority serving institutions, including historically Black colleges and universities. The original funding expired on Sept. 30 when the FUTURE Act stalled in the Senate. The revised version of the FUTURE Act will reauthorize $255 million in annual funding for […]

December 4, 2019

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Hampshire College Hopes to Raise $60 Million by 2024

Hampshire College recently kicked off its five-year “Change in the Making” campaign to raise $60 million by 2024, as part of its upcoming 50th anniversary in 2020. So far, Hampshire has raised $11.2 million in gifts and seeks to secure an additional $3 million by the end of 2019. “Our goal is to foster a […]

December 4, 2019

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Tensions Continue at Syracuse University as Students Return to Campus

At Syracuse University, at least 12 racist and anti-Semitic incidents happened on campus in the last month, all within a two-week period, alarming students, parents, alumni and staff. As students return to campus to prepare for finals, tensions continue.

December 3, 2019

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ROWENA M. TOMANENG

ROWENA M. TOMANENG has been appointed president of San Jose City College. Since 2016, she has served as president of Berkeley City College. Tomaneng holds a bachelor’s degree in English from University of California, Irvine; a master’s degree in English from University of California, Santa Barbara; and a doctorate in international/multicultural education from the University of San Francisco.

December 3, 2019

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ADRIEN BENNINGS

ADRIEN BENNINGS has been named both the first female and Black president of Kellogg Community College. She is currently vice president for finance and administration at Clovis Community College. Bennings holds a bachelor’s degree in agricultural development from Texas A&M University, a master’s degree in business administration from Wayland Baptist University and a Ph.D. in higher education administration from Texas Tech University.

December 3, 2019

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Study Focuses on Millennial’s Perceptions of their College Education

Dr. Larry Chiagouris, a professor of marketing at Pace University, recently unveiled his research on how millennials perceive their college education in terms of overall satisfaction and career preparedness.

December 3, 2019

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Trump Backs Protesting Students….In China

The protests that delayed this year’s Harvard-Yale game were enough to break some news the weekend before Thanksgiving. Climate change is a big deal. And if the nation’s top schools with a combined endowment worth $70 billion did something about it, maybe higher ed could set an example for the country, if not the world.

December 3, 2019

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Sweet Briar College Will Invest Recent $3 Million Gift in Curriculum

Sweet Briar College (SBC), an all-women’s school in Virginia, received donations totaling $3 million which it plans to put toward its “leadership core curriculum.” SBC’s leadership core curriculum consists of ten courses intended to help students develop the skills required for democratic and collaborative research. The program is designed to improve its students’ abilities in […]

December 3, 2019

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College Autism Network Partners with NASPA to Expand Reach

The College Autism Network (CAN), a nonprofit founded by a Florida State University associate professor, will soon partner with the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA), hoping to expand its reach and support more college students with autism. Associate professor of higher education Dr. Bradley Cox founded the nonprofit in 2016 to address the […]

December 3, 2019