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Tuskegee University President Dr. Lily McNair Will Not Return After Medical Leave
Tuskegee University President Dr. Lily McNair – on medical leave – will not return to the school, Alabama Political Reporter reported. She is the university’s first woman president. The board of trustees did not give a reason for McNair’s departure. McNair has been on medical leave since Oct. 30, 2020. She also took temporary medical […]
March 29, 2021
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Pitt and Carnegie Mellon University Partner to Create Extremist Hate Research Center
In response to the anti-Semitic shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in 2018, Carnegie Melon University (CMU) President Emeritus Jared Cohon and University of Pittsburgh Chancellor Emeritus Mark Nordenberg looked to prevent similar attacks. After a year of discussions with faculty members at both institutions, the idea for the Collaboratory Against Hate Research and Action Center was established.
March 29, 2021
African-American
Dr. Sydney Freeman, Jr. Becomes Historic First at University of Idaho
Dr. Sydney Freeman, Jr. has been promoted to full professor at University of Idaho, making him the first African American man, descended from slaves, in the rank at the school, The Idaho News reported. Freeman, 36, earned the rank in five years and seven months on tenure track, he said. For most faculty, it […]
March 29, 2021
Asian American Pacific Islander
Higher Ed’s Diversity Gave First Filipino Attorney General In California A Boost
Asian American college students were protesting in San Francisco about the rise in Asian American hate over the weekend. #StopAsianHate, #StopAsianAmericanHate, hashtag it whatever you will. But the answer to their prayers—at least in California—may have come earlier in the week when Rob Bonta was nominated to be the state’s attorney general, the top law enforcement official in the nation’s most as Asian American state.
March 29, 2021
Latest News
Dr. Maxine Roberts Takes the Helm of Strong Start to Finish
Dr. Maxine Roberts started as the director of Strong Start to Finish this March. She’s ready to take a deep dive into why developmental education reforms aren’t working for all students.
March 29, 2021
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2021 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 2021 Most Promising Places to Work in Community Colleges (MPPWCC). The findings will be published in the May 27, 2021 edition of the magazine. With a focus on workplace diversity, staffing practices and […]
March 26, 2021
Latest News
Report Details COVID-19’s Massive Impact on Student Food Insecurity
Five urban public universities participated in research to identify the impact of food insecurity and present viable solutions.
March 26, 2021
HBCUs
Report Highlights Industry Partnerships Established by HBCU Presidents
A new report reveals how some presidents of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are building business and industry partnerships to improve the stability of their institutions.
March 26, 2021
News Roundup
Former University of Phoenix Students Will Receive Nearly $50 Million in University of Phoenix Deceptive Advertising Settlement
The Federal Trade Commission is sending approximately $50 million to former University of Phoenix students following a settlement over deceptive advertising accusations for UP, NBC News reported. This comes as part of a 2019 $191 million settlement over allegations the university ran advertisements falsely claiming relationships with companies such as AT&T, Yahoo!, Microsoft and Twitter. […]
March 26, 2021
COVID-19
Rutgers University Requires Students to Get COVID-19 Vaccine for Fall On-Campus Classes
Rutgers University students taking on-campus classes in the fall will have to be vaccinated for COVID-19 and faculty and staff are strongly urged to get vaccinated as well, USA Today reported. This is the first mandate of its kind in the U.S. Students may request an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Students enrolled in […]
March 26, 2021
African-American
African American and African Studies Department at The Ohio State University Call for More Support
Although The Ohio State University’s Department of African American and African Studies has seen slight increase in enrollment in the past five years, total credit hours taken has fallen almost 30% and instructional staff is less than half of before, The Lantern reported. Now, the department faculty are calling for more support. In the 2016-2017 […]
March 26, 2021
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Boise State University to Immediately Resume Diversity Course Suspended After Complaint
Boise State University will immediately resume a diversity course that was recently suspended after “a possibly recorded incident of at least one student being ‘degraded’ for the student’s beliefs in one of the courses,” Idaho Statesman reported. The 52 sections of the required course, UF 200: Foundations of Ethics and Diversity, will resume, but now […]
March 26, 2021
African-American
PSEG Foundation to Give $1 Million in Grant Funding to HBCUs
The PSEG Foundation will give $1 million in grant funding to three historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), which will go to supporting STEM students. The three schools are Hampton University, Howard University and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Hampton University will use its grant for the PSEG STEM Scholars Program for high […]
March 26, 2021
Other News
U.S. Army Plans to Consider Men and Women Fitness Test Results Separately for Promotions
The U.S. Army is planning to consider the fitness test performance of men and women separately for promotions, The Washington Post reported. “We will look at the application of a gender-neutral score to a personnel system as appropriate . . . to make sure that we acknowledge that there is a biological difference, a gender difference between […]
March 26, 2021
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Retired Army Brig. Gen. Scott Brower Appointed Director of Vanderbilt University Bass Military Scholars Program
Retired U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Scott E. Brower has been appointed director of Vanderbilt University’s Bass Military Scholars Program. The 1989 West Point graduate was appointed by Gov. Bill Lee in March 2020 to be chief of staff for the Unified Command Group, working on Tennessee’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. He has been serving as […]
March 26, 2021
Other News
U.S. Air Force Gives Small Business Innovation Research Grant to University of Rochester Students for Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment
The U.S. Air Force has given a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant to two University of Rochester students developing technology to prevent the spread of traumatic brain injuries. The two students, Bradley Smith and Andrew Kaseman, run biotechnology firm WetWare Biosystems – created in 2018 – which puts new medical technology in existing protective equipment. […]
March 26, 2021
Other News
Study Theorizes Male Troops Unwillingness to Use Unisex Bathrooms Has to Do With Preserving Masculine Status Quo in Special Operations
A study has found that 33% of men said they would never use unisex bathrooms but 61% of women said they were fine with them. And although male troops cited risk, hygiene and privacy as reasons, the authors theorized the opposition has to do with men wanting to preserve status quo in the predominantly masculine […]
March 26, 2021
Asian American Pacific Islander
What Can Universities Do to Combat Anti-Asian Racism?
After a series of shootings at Asian spas killed eight people in Atlanta – six of them Asian women – the country is undergoing a reckoning with anti-Asian racism. Asian American faculty and staff say campuses have a role to play in this moment.
March 26, 2021
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