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JENNIFER MAY
JENNIFER MAY has been named executive director of Designmatters at the ArtCenter College of Design. She previously served in the executive director role at Designmatters on an interim basis. She holds a bachelor’s degree in theatre management and marketing from Emerson College and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Southern California.
September 4, 2019
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NARKETTA SPARKMAN-KEY
NARKETTA SPARKMAN-KEY has been named director of faculty diversity and retention in academic affairs at Old Dominion University. She previously served as human services program director at Old Dominion. She holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Madonna University, a master’s degree in liberal studies and interdisciplinary studies from the University of Michigan-Dearborn, and a doctorate in human services from Capella University.
September 4, 2019
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DJOLA BRANNER
DJOLA BRANNER has been appointed vice president of student affairs at Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass. He previously served as dean of the School for Interdisciplinary Arts at Hampshire College. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Santa Cruz, a master’s degree in creative arts and interdisciplinary studies from San Francisco State University and a master of fine arts degree in theatre from The New School for Drama.
September 4, 2019
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New Department of Education Rule Impacts Defrauded Students
The U.S. Department of Education has released its new Borrower Defense to Repayment rule, designed to give students debt relief in cases where they took out loans to pay for fraudulent schools. The new version, which goes into effect on July 1, 2020, makes it harder for federal student loan borrowers to have their debts forgiven, enforcing stricter criteria.
September 3, 2019
News Roundup
Cal Poly Pomona President Appointed Member of Future of Work Commission
California Polytechnic State University at Pomona’s (Cal Poly Ponoma) President Dr. Soraya M. Coley was appointed membership under Governor Gavin Newsom’s Future of Work Commission. The Future of Work Commission will highlight technology and innovation to promote better jobs and working conditions in order to create a more inclusive economic environment. The commission will consist […]
September 3, 2019
News Roundup
Dr. Stevie L. Lawrence Joins SREB as Vice President
Dr. Stevie L. Lawrence II is  joining the Southern Regional Education Board this week as vice president for postsecondary education. This is the second major hire at SREB recently. Last month, Dr. John Michael Lee was appointed vice president for development, policy analysis. In this role, Lawrence will lead SREB’s postsecondary programs, such as the […]
September 3, 2019
Asian American Pacific Islander
American Minorities and Our Foreign Cousins
Racial nationalists, who equate ethnicity with belonging, can co-exist with each other. Their acceptance may be begrudging, but they can be sympathetic to one another’s sense of who should be where. They will avoid conflict if they stay in the appropriate place and don’t claim the same territory. It is those whose race and nationality do not correspond, or who are cosmopolitan, who threaten an order deemed natural
September 3, 2019
Opinion
Guilt, Fear, and Anger: The Juxtaposition of Being a Mexican Immigrant Professor
As an assistant professor at a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) in Texas, I feel a moral obligation to foster a supportive and safe learning environment for all my students – especially the targeted and most vulnerable populations. I want them to know that in my classroom, they should expect to feel safe and validated regardless of what is happening in society. Yet, I have been advised by many mentors to never talk politics and to always remain neutral. But this is not about neutrality.
September 3, 2019
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UC Merced’s Leland Built a Higher Ed Legacy
Dr. Dorothy Leland describes her eight years at the University of California Merced as the most extraordinary of her career. She worked with faculty, staff and students to craft the institutional identity and announced the appointment of the school’s first chief diversity officer.
September 3, 2019
STEM
UDC Recieves Two Grants to Create Scientific Research Centers
The University of the District of Columbia (UDC) was recently awarded two grants to go towards developing multiple research centers focused on nanotechnology and advanced manufacturing. Both centers aim to increase diversity within the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) field. Under the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) $4.8 million donation, a Center for Nanotechnology Research […]
September 3, 2019
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Warrior-Scholar Project helps prepare service members for college.
September 3, 2019
STEM
Higher Ed Groups Make Urgent Call for Greater Use of Data Analytics
Representatives of three higher education associations, after gathering early this year to discuss ways to promote the use of data analytics at the nation’s colleges and universities, have issued a multi-point “collective call-to-action” that urges institutions to quickly increase use of the strategic asset.
August 30, 2019
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Debate Surrounds College Board’s Adversity Score Replacement
The College Board reversed its controversial decision to give students an adversity score, a number meant to put SAT results in the context of students’ life challenges. The score will be replaced with Landscape, a new tool that includes multiple metrics as opposed to a single value. But critics question whether it’s a better alternative.
August 30, 2019
News Roundup
Possible Whooping Cough Cases at Georgia University
Students and employees at Brenau University’s Gainesville, Ga. campus may have been exposed to pertussis, also known as whooping cough. News outlets have reported a news release on Wednesday from Brenau saying that potential cases began the week of Aug. 16, according to an Associated Press story. Georgia Department of Public Health District 2 spokesman […]
August 30, 2019
MSIs
Alabama Governor Apologizes for Blackface Incident in College
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has apologized for wearing blackface during her senior year of college at Auburn University, after the incident surfaced in an old college radio show. “I offer my heartfelt apologies for the pain and embarrassment this causes, and I will do all I can – going forward — to help show the […]
August 30, 2019
Community Colleges
Two Students Hospitalized After Dorm Fire in Iowa
Two students were injured at Ellsworth Community College in Iowa after an electric outlet shortage started a fire in a men’s dorm on campus. The students were sent to the hospital from smoke inhalation but were released on the same day, the Des Moines Register reported. The dorm, Thompson Hall, will remain closed for two weeks. […]
August 30, 2019
African-American
Blackness in the Academy: Who Owns the Truth?
Blackness, who owns it? Perhaps a better question to ponder is, can Blackness be owned? As I reflect on this complex question, I am very aware that my positionality as a Black male is always going to be an intersecting identity vector that I will never be able to erase.
August 30, 2019
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Post-Secondary Institutions Work to Address Student Anxiety, Offer Support
For Jenna Kaplan, the thought of taking a day off from university to manage her anxiety disorder only made her feel worse. The now-23-year-old graduate student remembers grappling with panic attacks and sky-high stress levels during her undergraduate degree at Concordia University while trying to shine in a highly competitive theatre program. Tests and social events — cornerstones […]
August 30, 2019
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