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News Roundup
Elms College, STCC to Provide Students With Computer-Related Bachelor’s Degrees
The College of Our Lady of the Elms and Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) have signed an agreement to provide students interested in majors such as computer science, information technology and security with several new computer-related bachelor’s degrees. “Ensuring high quality, flexible, affordable undergraduate options remains as important as ever especially in key areas of […]
April 4, 2019
African-American
Resistance Strategies for Black Graduate Students in Higher Education
Being a Black woman at a predominantly White institution (PWI), I experience simultaneously racialized and gendered encounters that leave me feeling anxious and incensed. The social justice spaces that I found in graduate school help me to navigate challenging experiences and to speak truth to power. I share this brief composition as a testament to the strategies of resistance that my peers, colleagues, faculty and I use to persist in higher education.
April 4, 2019
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National Action Network Convention Explores the Complex Legacy of Frederick Douglass
Dr. David Blight, a historian at Yale University, discussed his new book on abolitionist Frederick Douglass in a conversation with the Reverend Al Sharpton and Dr. Michael Eric Dyson of Georgetown University.
April 3, 2019
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Texas Initiative for Male Students of Color Issues First Policy Brief
A major initiative in Texas to bolster the success of men of color in college continues to expand, and the inaugural report in what will be a series of policy briefs reveals some interesting data about where male Latino students in the state are performing best academically.
April 3, 2019
Students
College Admissions is a Regressive Tax on Low-Income Students
Recently, federal prosecutors charged dozens of wealthy parents with bribing college officials to ensure entry for their children into some of America’s most elite colleges and universities. As infuriating as those headlines may be, they are simply the byproduct of a college admissions industrial complex that risks cementing our social and career hierarchy based upon the accomplishments of 17-year-olds.
April 3, 2019
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Dr. Valerie Kinloch: A Committed Change Agent
Dr. Valerie Kinloch’s commitment to engaged pedagogies, community-centered work and educational equity and justice all stems back to the lessons she learned from her mother and father while growing up in the segregated south in Charleston, South Carolina.
April 3, 2019
News Roundup
Newhouse School Dean Lorraine Branham Has Died After Battle With Cancer
Lorraine Branham, dean of the Syracuse University S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, has died at the age of 66 after a battle with cancer. Branham began her role as dean of one of the most prestigious communications schools in the country in 2008. Before joining the Syracuse faculty, Branham served as dean of the […]
April 3, 2019
News Roundup
Lori Lightfoot Elected First African-American Woman, Openly Gay Mayor of Chicago
Former assistant U.S. attorney Lori Lightfoot has been elected the first African-American woman and openly gay mayor of Chicago. “We may be strangers but in this room, in this city we are all neighbors,” Lightfoot said to a cheering crowd after the results came in on Tuesday. Lightfoot was a part of a historic runoff […]
April 3, 2019
MSIs
Middlebury Institute Announces Benjamin Jealous as Spring Commencement Speaker
The Middlebury Institute of International Studies has announced that former president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Benjamin Jealous will be the commencement speaker for the 2019 Spring Commencement Ceremony. In 2008, Jealous became the youngest person to hold the title as president of the organization. Before his time at […]
April 3, 2019
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Dr. Shaun R. Harper Voted AERA President-Elect
Dr. Shaun R. Harper, a prominent education researcher whose work on race, equity and inclusion has catapulted him to the top of his field, has been voted president-elect of the American Educational Research Association (AERA).
April 2, 2019
Latinx
Experts: Collaboration Needed to Diversify Tech Workforce
America’s tech industry needs greater diversity, equity and inclusion, and achieving those goals depends in large part on the ability of educational institutions, governments, and philanthropies to work collaboratively and consistently.
April 2, 2019
Opinion
An Open Letter: America’s Real Education Scandal
Dear Secretary DeVos: I was encouraged to see that in response to the current college scandal you called for all admissions to be based on merit. However, in order for that to happen, we will have to radically restructure our system of education.
April 2, 2019
Community Colleges
Aspen Institute Recognizes 2019 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence Winners
Indian River State College (IRSC) and Miami Dade College (MDC), both in Florida, are the co-winners of this year’s 2019 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, a national recognition from the Aspen Institute highlighting their outstanding commitment to student success and equitable student outcomes amongst a pool of 1,000 community colleges across the country.
April 2, 2019
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2019 Most Promising Places to Work in Community Colleges
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ralph Newell Phone: 703.385.2419 Email: Ralph@DiverseEducation.com Fairfax, Va.— Diverse: Issues In Higher Education is pleased to announce the 2019 Most Promising Places to Work in Community Colleges. The findings will be published in the May 16, 2019 edition of the magazine. Through partnership with the National Institute for Staff and Organizational […]
April 2, 2019
News Roundup
UNC-Chapel Hill Unsung Founders Memorial Vandalized With Urine, Racist Language
A memorial at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that is dedicated to African-American workers and slaves, was recently vandalized with urine and racist language written in permanent marker, university officials said. Unsung Founders Memorial was defaced on Sunday, March 31 at around 1:30 a.m. by two individuals, one of whom has ties to […]
April 2, 2019
News Roundup
Rutgers University Faculty Union Discuss Potential Strike
Rutgers University faculty union members are preparing to participate in a potential strike to fight for salary raises, among other things. This would be the first faculty strike in Rutgers’ history. The union, Rutgers AAUP-AFT, has been in negotiations with university administrators for over a year on a new contract to create an agreement on […]
April 2, 2019
News Roundup
Temple University Take Steps to Become Tobacco-Free
Temple University president Dr. Richard Englert has announced it will begin to implement steps “in the coming months” to become a tobacco-free campus. The move follows a report from a smoke-free campus task force that provide recommendations “to address the dangers of secondhand smoke and tobacco use on campus.” “After extensive data collection and review, […]
April 2, 2019
News Roundup
Vanderbilt Chancellor Announces Plans to Step Down Amid Health Problems
Vanderbilt University has announced that its chancellor, Nicholas S. Zeppos will step down from his post in August, due to health problems. Zeppos said he plans to take a one-year leave of absence before returning to the campus as a law professor. “I truly love Vanderbilt and serving you has been a privilege,” Zeppos said […]
April 2, 2019
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