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Community Colleges
Dr. Mordecai Brownlee Named President of Community College of Aurora
Dr. Mordecai Brownlee has been appointed president of Community College of Aurora (CCA). Previously holding leadership positions at Blinn College District, the University of Charleston and Houston Baptist University, he currently serves as vice president for student success at St. Philip’s College. In his current role, Brownlee has seen enrollment rates increase at the institution. […]
May 5, 2021
News Roundup
University of Hawaii Graduate Assistants Sue for Right to Unionize
University of Hawaii grad assistants are suing to be considered public employees with the right to unionize and bargain, Star Advertiser reported. Academic Labor United and three grad assistants filed suit Saturday in Circuit Court in Honolulu against the Board of Regents, the Hawaii Labor Relations Board and the state of Hawaii. Although the state […]
May 5, 2021
Students
One Year After the Shutdown: Education Lessons from COVID-19
A year ago, K-12 classrooms and college campuses across the country shuttered; many still remain closed. As the panic of the pandemic spread, students and teachers stayed home and shifted to “emergency” mode – delivering curriculum in whatever ways they could. This was not online learning; this was emergency remote teaching.
May 5, 2021
Community Colleges
Report: Provosts Support More Data Collection About Students’ Basic Needs
A new report from Ithaka S+R has found that while community college provosts want to collect more data about students’ basic needs, factors such as limited resources and infrastructure restrict their ability to do so.
May 4, 2021
Latest News
Report Finds Workload Inequities Based on Faculty Members’ Race and Gender
New research on faculty member workloads at colleges and universities across the country, indicate glaring inequities based on gender and race.
May 4, 2021
African-American
Dr. Renée T. White Appointed Provost and Executive VP for Academic Affairs at The New School
Dr. Renée T. White has been appointed provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at The New School. Since 2016, White has served as professor of sociology and provost at Wheaton College in Massachusetts. White has also held other leadership positions at Simmons University, Fairfield University and Purdue University. In her new role, beginning […]
May 4, 2021
News Roundup
15 New Racial Healing Centers To Come to Campuses, Following Gifts to AAC&U
The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) will establish fifteen new Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) Campus Centers across the country after receiving a total of $777,339 in funding from various foundations in support of the centers. Twenty-nine colleges and universities currently host TRHT centers which, according to the AAC&U, are “community-integrated, campus-based […]
May 4, 2021
News Roundup
Richard Cordray Selected Chief Operating Officer of Federal Student Aid
Richard Cordray, former director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and former Attorney General of Ohio, has been selected chief operating officer of Federal Student Aid. For six years, Cordray was the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Cordray was also Ohio Treasurer and the state’s first Solicitor General.
May 4, 2021
African-American
New Petition Calling for Removal of “The Eyes of Texas” as U Texas Alma Mater Song Circulates
A new petition demanding that “The Eyes of Texas” no longer be University of Texas’s alma mater song is circulating, and has now been signed by hundreds of UT faculty, CBS Austin reported. The petition alleges that the song does not create unity. More than 140 new signatures have been added to the latest petition, […]
May 4, 2021
African-American
Department of Energy Announces $17.3 Million for STEM Internships and Research
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $17.3 million for college internships, research opportunities, and research projects that connect science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) students and faculty with resources at DOE’s National Laboratories, according to DOE officials. Awardees represent a diverse group of institutions including historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and other Minority […]
May 4, 2021
African-American
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State Raises $181.4 Million in Capital Campaign
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NCA&T) has raised the largest campaign ever put together by a public historically Black university, WXII 12 reported. The school launched the campaign in 2012 with the initial goal of $85 million and a stretch goal of $100 million. The eight-year capital campaign raised $181.4 million. Ken Sigmon, […]
May 4, 2021
Sports
Elevating Everybody Around Him: Meet 2021’s Arthur Ashe Jr. Male Sports Scholar
Over the course of his college football career, University of Miami quarterback D’Eriq King has overcome injury, transferring and the sudden death of his father. Despite adversity, his sense of purpose has not wavered. King is intent on being a leader on the field, excelling in the classroom and speaking up about social justice issues. King is the 2021 Arthur Ashe Jr. Male Sports Scholar.
May 4, 2021
HBCUs
Huston-Tillotson University Partners With Apple to Increase Black Male Teachers
With the goal of diversifying the K-12 teaching pipeline, Huston-Tillotson University (HT) has collaborated with Apple to launch a new program. In the United States, only 2% of teachers are Black men.
May 3, 2021
Health
Report Outlines How Institutions Can Support the Mental Health of Graduate Students
Today’s graduate students are facing multiple stressors that require thoughtful and comprehensive attention. Those are the findings from a new report from the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) and The Jed Foundation (JED), which provides a framework for individual and collective action to support the mental health and well-being of master’s and doctoral students.
May 3, 2021
News Roundup
Nikole Hannah-Jones to Teach at UNC’s Hussman School of Journalism and Media
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Journalism and Media has hired Nikole Hannah-Jones, a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times investigative journalist, as a faculty member the News and Observer reported. As the Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism, she will work with students to develop investigative projects, provide industry […]
May 3, 2021
African-American
CCGA’s Program Honors Highest Achieving Black Students
To honor the region’s highest achieving Black high school juniors and seniors, the College of Coastal Georgia (CCGA) established the Black Scholars Program. About 76 students from 18 high schools were recognized during the inaugural ceremony that featured a keynote address from Dr. Syvilia Averett, an assistant mathematics professor at CCGA, The Brunswick News reported. […]
May 3, 2021
News Roundup
Dr. Grace C. Huang Named Dean for Faculty Affairs at Harvard Medical School
Dr. Grace C. Huang, an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS), has been named the school’s new dean for faculty affairs. In addition to her faculty role, Huang also serves as vice chair for career development and mentoring in the Department of Medicine, director of the Office of Academic Careers and Faculty […]
May 3, 2021
Sports
Meet the 2021 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Female Finalists
The Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar award is a part of Diverse’s quarter-century legacy of recognizing outstanding minority young men and women who have distinguished themselves in their academic and athletic pursuits. Meet this year’s female finalists.
May 3, 2021
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