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Faculty & Staff

Tulane: $10 million in Anonymous Gifts to Recruit Faculty

NEW ORLEANS — Tulane University in New Orleans says it has received two anonymous gifts of $5 million each to recruit faculty members. The university says in a Tuesday news release that the gifts will establish two presidential chairs. Each will be filled by professors known for teaching and research that combine different fields of […]

February 22, 2017

Students

University of Tennessee President Pushes Inclusion, Acknowledges ‘Tension’

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — University of Tennessee President Joe DiPietro lauded his school’s commitment to diversity on Tuesday while acknowledging “some tension” as UT tries to be more inclusive. “Campus environments that make all students feel welcome and valued are major factors in retention and graduation,” DiPietro said during the school’s second annual State of the […]

February 22, 2017

Faculty & Staff

As the Academic World Turns, Leadership Evolves

The following trends stand out as significant and influential in terms of how colleges and universities operate.

February 22, 2017

Students

University of Wyoming to Hire Diversity Officer

CASPER, Wyo. — The University of Wyoming is looking to hire a chief diversity officer in an effort to increase and retain minority students and faculty. The Casper Star-Tribune reported Monday that UW spokesman Chad Baldwin says the university has been developing the diversity officer position for more than a year in an effort to […]

February 21, 2017

Students

Leadership Encouraged HBCUs a Part of National Conversation

At an executive leadership forum, HBCU leaders across the HBCU spectrum gave their take on digital media, veteran students, student success and retention, and other topics of interest for HBCUs.

February 19, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Scholar Lara Thompson Navigates an Unconventional Route

Step into the engineering lab of Dr. Lara A. Thompson, selected by Diverse as a member of the 2017 Class of Emerging Scholars, and you will quickly get a glimpse of why she loves what she does.

February 14, 2017

Students

Supreme Court Nominee’s Students Find Him Demanding and Fair

When Erik Gerding, associate dean for academic affairs and professor at the University of Colorado Law School, found out that one of his colleagues at the school had been nominated for the Supreme Court of the United States, the first thing he did was call him to discuss security and advise him that journalists were […]

February 14, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Diverse Docket: Judge Throws Out Discrimination Suit Against Spalding U.

A former doctoral student at Spalding University isn’t entitled to readmission or to damages after a federal judge in Kentucky threw out his discrimination suit.

February 13, 2017

Students

We Have Your Back: How Educators Can Support Undocumented Students

We have found seven ways that educators can support undocumented college students.

February 13, 2017

Faculty & Staff

University of Vermont, Professors Negotiating New Contract

BURLINGTON, Vt. — A union that represents professors at the University of Vermont is negotiating a new contract with the school. The Burlington Free Press reports that about 30 professors held signs outside the room in James M. Jeffords Hall where negotiators and union members met on Monday. The current agreement between the union and […]

February 9, 2017

Faculty & Staff

3 Clemson Professors not Eating to Protest Trump Travel Ban

CLEMSON, S.C. — Three Clemson University professors are refusing to eat for nearly a week to protest the university’s failure to demand that President Donald Trump rescind an executive order banning travel to the U.S. from seven majority Muslim countries. The professors started “The Fast Against Silence” Monday morning and plan to not eat again […]

February 8, 2017

Students

Penn Center Aims to Boost Hispanic Faculty Pipeline

Many colleges and universities across the United States have committed to recruiting more faculty of color. In some cases, they are facing pressure from students to do so. Recent student protests at institutions like the University of Missouri centered around the dearth of faculty of color on campus, among other issues. Yet, despite intentional efforts […]

February 6, 2017