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DARRICK HAMILTON

DARRICK HAMILTON has been appointed the Henry Cohen Professor of Economics and Urban Policy and founding director of the Institute for the Study of Race, Stratification and Political Economy at The New School. Hamilton has served as professor of economics and urban policy at The New School’s Milano School of Policy, Management, and Environment as well as the New School for Social Research in the past. He is a graduate of Oberlin College and holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

July 8, 2020

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FRANKLIN A. TUITT

FRANKLIN A. TUITT has been named vice president and chief diversity officer at the University of Connecticut. A faculty member at the University of Denver and chief diversity officer there from 2015 to 2019, Tuitt holds a bachelor’s in human relations from Connecticut College in New London, a master’s in administration, planning and social policy and an educational Ph.D. from Harvard University.

July 8, 2020

STUART ROBINSON

STUART ROBINSON has been appointed assistant vice president and director of athletics at New York University. Director of athletics, wellness and recreation at the State University of New York at New Paltz, Robinson holds a bachelor’s degree from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts and a master’s degree in English from Middlebury College in Vermont.

July 8, 2020

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Faculty & Staff

Minoritized Senior Faculty in Higher Education, Please Stand Up

Recently, the tenure denials of faculty such as Sibrina Collins at the College of Wooster, Lorgia García-Peña at Harvard University, Paul Harris and Tolu Odumosu at the University of Virginia, and Ashley Woodson at the University of Missouri at Columbia, have reignited a conversation about the role of bias in tenure and promotion processes. But also, the role of tenured senior faculty of color in not only mentoring their junior colleagues, but also working to disrupt and revise these processes. Reimagining these processes in a way that is grounded in equity and justice, we offer a few recommendations.

July 8, 2020

On Slave Patrols, a Pandemic, the NBA, and HBCUs: The Birth of an Historic Alliance?

People from all walks of life, including numerous professional athletes, have been protesting ever since, doing whatever they can to try to affect change. Most notably, several NBA players, whose season has been suspended since March 11, formed a coalition and declared that “Enough is enough.”

July 8, 2020

Dr. Michael Drake Named University of California System President

The University of California Board of Regents announced on Tuesday the appointment of Dr. Michael Drake as president of the 10-campus University of California system. Drake will be the first African American to serve in the role.

July 7, 2020

Achieving Diversity in STEM Faculty Requires Systemic Change, Says Report

In 2001, Judith Ramaley, a director at the National Science Foundation, coined the acronym STEM for education disciplines in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Since then, NSF and other public and private entities have provided numerous grants and incentives to support initiatives for STEM diversity in education. However, almost two decades later, diversity among STEM faculty remains inadequate. Only 10.1% of STEM faculty is from underrepresented minorities, according to an NSF-funded report from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities.

July 7, 2020

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Report: Pandemic-Related Fundraising Woes Likely to Increase

A new report shows that more than 40% of colleges and universities are expecting to see significant decreases in fundraising in the months and years ahead due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

July 7, 2020

Black Footballer Who Left ‘Racially Insensitive’ Liberty U Joins HBCU

Tayvion Land, a Black footballer who decided to transfer out of Liberty University saying its leadership is racially insensitive, has decided to join Norfolk State University, a historically Black institution. “Thanks to all the colleges and coaches that were interested in accepting me into their school,” tweeted Land. “My choice is to be surrounded by […]

July 7, 2020

Incoming Black Footballer Decommits From U of Cincinnati to Join an HBCU

Daniel Ingram, a Black footballer who was set to join the University of Cincinnati, has decided to decommit from the institution and instead join the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, a historically Black institution. “I Am Now Decommitted From The University Of Cincinnati And Committed To The University Of Arkansas Pine Bluff,” Ingram tweeted. […]

July 7, 2020

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Marshall University to Remove Name of Confederate General From Building

Marshall University’s board on Tuesday unanimously voted to remove the name of a Confederate general from a building on its Huntington campus. Jenkins Hall, which was named after Confederate Albert Gallatin Jenkins, will be called the Education Building for the time being. A petition to remove Jenkins’ name has been signed by close to 4,000 […]

July 7, 2020

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Faculty & Staff

Princeton U Faculty: Acknowledge That Racism Thrives on Campus

More than 200 Princeton University faculty members have sent a letter to the institution’s leadership asking it to acknowledge “the way that anti-Black racism, and racism of any stripe, continue to thrive on its campus.” In a July 4 letter to university president Christopher Eisgruber and other leaders, the faculty members said racism is visible […]

July 7, 2020

Belhaven U Renames Hall That Petition Says Is Named After a Segregationist

Mississippi’s Belhaven University, a private Christian institution, has changed the name of a hall that a petition said was named after a segregationist. The university didn’t give a reason for the name change. Guy T. Gillespie Hall was named after a former president of Belhaven. It will now be called Lakeview Hall. Additionally, a gathering […]

July 7, 2020

Leadership & Policy

‘Dramatic Change Will Require Leadership.’ A Message to the Next Generation of Leaders

This summer we have all been living and learning through an unprecedented crisis: literally the greatest disruption to daily life in the United States since at least World War II, a rapid economic collapse that is approaching and may exceed the scale of the Great Depression, deeply inequitable impacts from the crisis mapped into pre-existing inequalities of race and class, and a death count conservatively estimated at more than 500,000 and rising.

July 7, 2020

Rutgers’ First Black President Announces the Institution Will Keep Its Name Despite Slavery Connection

Rutgers University’s first Black president, Dr. Jonathan Holloway, announced that he doesn’t plan to change the university’s name, which commemorates slave owner and Revolutionary War veteran Henry Rutgers, NJ.com reported. “The reason we’re not going to change the name is that names have value that exceed someone’s existence,” Holloway said at his first press conference […]

July 6, 2020

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Some Princeton Grad Students Say Name Change Isn’t Enough to Address Racism

While Princeton University’s decision to remove Woodrow Wilson’s name from its school of public policy roughly a week ago came as good news to many, the school’s graduate students continue to stress that “changing the name, though long overdue, cannot and will not be enough” to address systematic racism. In a letter written before the […]

July 6, 2020

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Howard Cancels Its Homecoming Citing COVID-19 Concerns

Howard University’s Howard Homecoming — an historic and annual event which typically attracts tens of thousands of people to the institution — has been cancelled for 2020, reports ABC 7 WJLA news. Due to the large crowds Howard Homecoming draws, the event would be too difficult to conduct safely in the age of COVID-19, said […]

July 6, 2020

Ex-Syracuse Athlete Group Launches Anti-Racism Social Media Campaign

Black Oranges, a group of former Syracuse University (SU) student athletes of color, launched the social media campaign #GetOffTheBench on July 4th to encourage others to act against systemic racism. After Ahmaud Arbery was murdered in February, former SU football player Brian Tarrant wanted to organize with others who were “angry.” He sent a Facebook […]

July 6, 2020

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