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African-American
Roughly 20 Black Faculty, Staff Say They Feel Undervalued at UNC-Chapel Hill
About 20 Black faculty and staff at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill say they feel undervalued and are considering leaving, particularly after the school denied immediate tenure to journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, reports The News & Observer. About 30 members of the Carolina Black Caucus â made up of about 250 faculty, staff graduate students [âŚ]
June 18, 2021
African-American
University of West Florida Students Create Black Lives Matter Public Mural
The Kugelman Honors Program at the University of West Florida (UWF) selected fifteen students to create a public mural as a collective response to the Black Lives Matter movement. The mural is displayed in the John C. Pace Library. The program sponsored the project as part of its Equity and Diversity Initiative. âUWF has a [âŚ]
June 18, 2021
African-American
Jacqueline Jones Named Dean of Morgan State Universityâs School of Global Journalism and Communication
Jacqueline Jones has been appointed dean of the School of Global Journalism and Communication at Morgan State University, effective Aug. 1. Jones currently serves as the assistant dean for programs and chair of the department of multimedia journalism. She has worked at several newsrooms including the Baltimore Evening Sun, Detroit Free Press, New York Newsday, [âŚ]
June 18, 2021
COVID-19
Northeastern University Partners and Saves Mills College from Closing
Northeastern University is partnering with Mills College, saving the dwindling womenâs liberal arts college from no longer operating. The announcement came in a letter from Northeastern President Dr. Joseph E. Aoun. âWe recognize and share a mutual commitment to maintaining the excellence Mills has achieved in its educational programs,â Aoun wrote. âThrough our proposed alliance, we [âŚ]
June 18, 2021
COVID-19
University of Kansas Chooses Not to Implement Dismissal Policy
University of Kansas will not use a criticized policy that would have made it easier to suspend tenure protections, according to the Associated Press. Chancellor Douglas Girod told the Kansas Board of Regents he was confident the school will not have to suspend tenure in response to financial concerns. Last week, he said that the [âŚ]
June 18, 2021
African-American
Textbooks Will Be Free For Two Years at North Carolina A&T Through B&N Partnership
Free textbooks will be available to undergraduates at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University for the 2021-22 and 2022-23 school years, through a partnership with Barnes & Noble College and its âBNC First Day Completeâ program. The program provides âan innovative course material delivery modelâ that ensures students have all the materials they need [âŚ]
June 18, 2021
Home
How This Minneapolis Man Is Healing Collective Trauma Through Creative Counseling and Mentoring
Jamil Stamschror-Lott is a mental health provider running his own therapy practice, Creative Kuponya, which he and his wife Sara founded together in 2017. The practice â named after the Swahili word for âhealingâ â is based in Minneapolis, the city he moved to as a child in the â90s.
June 17, 2021
Latest News
U.S. Education Department Announces Loan Forgiveness for 18,000 Cases Related to ITT
Students whose financial and academic trajectories may have been jeopardized by the abrupt 2016 closing of controversial for-profit ITT Technical Institute will be getting some relief from the federal government. The U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced approval of 18,000 borrower defense to repayment claims for people who attended the school.
June 17, 2021
Opinion
Common DEI Pitfalls
Over recent months, I have had multiple conversations with colleagues about their distrust of diversity, equity, and inclusion offices. This distrust stems from previous interactions with these offices and observations of the status quo. Colleagues share these experiences and challenges with me to gain insights and support as they have knowledge of the work I perform in the JEDI space. Below are three composite examples of common DEI pitfalls colleagues have shared and my response to each situation.
June 17, 2021
STEM
Four HBCUs Receive $5 Million, Three-Year Grants from Apple for Tech Education
Apple is giving $5 million, three-year grants to four historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), USA Today reported. The four schools are Alabama A&M University, Howard University, Morgan State University, and Prairie View A&M University. The grants â part of Appleâs New Silicon Initiative preparing students for hardware tech and silicon chip design careers â will support [âŚ]
June 17, 2021
News Roundup
$1.5M Grant To Train Next Generation of Equity in Education Researchers
A $1.5 million âPathways to Trainingâ grant from the Institute for Education Sciences (IES) is striving to mold students into education researchers who could improve the âschooling experiences and academic attainmentâ of Black and Latino students from pre-K all the way through university. âThis program is designed to prepare the next generation of critical education [âŚ]
June 17, 2021
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Announcing 7 qualifying institutions for the DOIT certification program
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ralph Newell Phone: 703.385.2419 Email: Ralph@DiverseEducation.com  Fairfax, Va.â After review of the third survey results on Institutional Climate (Pillar III), Coop Di Leu (formerly CoopLew) and Diverse: Issues In Higher Education are pleased to announce seven qualifying institutions for the DOIT certification program. DOIT (Diverse Organizational Impact and Transformation) is a research mechanism that certifies an institutionâs progress [âŚ]
June 17, 2021
LGBTQ+
Discrimination Causes Disproportionate Harm on LGBTQ People of Color, Research Finds
Discrimination causes disproportionate harm on LGBTQ people of color, according to a research brief by the What We Know Project at Cornell University. âThis research brief makes clear the tangible harms that discrimination inflicts on LGBTQ people of color, and the urgent need for public policy that reflects what the research tells us about how [âŚ]
June 17, 2021
Latinx
Excelencia in Education Receives $10 Million Gift from Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott
Excelencia in Education has received $10 million from philanthropists MacKenzie Scott and husband Dan Jewett, the largest gift in the organizationâs history. âExcelencia is Ensuring Americaâs Future and engaging institutions whose leaders are ready to transform to intentionally SERVE Latino students,â said Sarita Brown, Excelencia co-founder and president. âWe are energized to receive a gift [âŚ]
June 17, 2021
News Roundup
Teresa Ramey Appointed Inaugural Vice President of Community, Diversity and Inclusion at Roanoke College
Teresa Ramey has been appointed Roanoke Collegeâs inaugural vice president of community, diversity and inclusion, a cabinet-level position, effective Aug. 2. Ramey was vice president for regional and community programs at Francis Marion University. She also served as vice president for student affairs and dean of students at Francis Marion and interim dean of students [âŚ]
June 16, 2021
African-American
A New Pipeline â A Fellowship Opportunity for Black MBA Students Will Connect Them Directly with Jobs
In September, a global cohort of Black MBA students will begin an eight-month long fellowship that ends with direct work placement at Marsh McLennan, a risk, insurance, and consulting company. The fellowship, called Racial Injustice and Social Equity (RISE), is a first-of-its-kind program developed in a partnership between Marsh McLennan, Fisk University, and the National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA).
June 16, 2021
Home
âGet Close to Injusticeâ and âExpect the Unexpectedâ: Advice From This Yearâs Education Summit
Two major hurdles face the future of higher education â an unpredictable workforce and racial injustice â according to historian Yuval Noah Harari and legal expert and civil rights attorney Bryan Stevenson, both of whom presented at the ninth annual Education Summit hosted by Salesforce.
June 16, 2021
COVID-19
We Need More Black Doctors
As a Black female physician who teaches medical and health profession students and residents, I specialize in the areas of health disparities in racial/ethnic minorities often fueled by a lack of cultural competency and humility in health care providers.
June 16, 2021
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