Tag: Diversity: Page 164

Faculty & Staff

Experts: Practice not an Advantage for Law Professors Seeking Tenure

The Association of Corporate Counsel conference provided tips about breaking into academia, salary expectations as an adjunct and potential pitfalls.

October 26, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Jackson State University President Carolyn Meyers Resigns

Jackson State University President Carolyn Meyers has resigned effective Nov. 1 amid criticism over the historically Black institution’s rapidly diminishing financial footing.

October 26, 2016

Students

South African Police Use Stun Grenades on Student Protesters

CAPE TOWN, South Africa ― South African police have used stun grenades to disperse student protesters outside parliament, where the finance minister was giving a budget speech. Hundreds of protesters had marched to the parliament building in Cape Town on Wednesday to call for free university education. They burned what they said was a mock […]

October 26, 2016

Students

New Online Program Matches Freshmen With Study Abroad Opportunities

In an effort to get more students to think sooner than later about studying abroad, a new pilot program enables college freshmen to set up online profiles that match them with programs of interest around the world.

October 25, 2016

Asian American Pacific Islander

UCLA Celebrates Public Access to Key Japanese-American Incarceration Collection

Now, educators and the general public can view documents and legal memoranda retrieved during Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga’s years of research and gathering evidence proving that the mass incarceration of Japanese-Americans was unnecessary.

October 25, 2016

Students

Posse Foundation Veterans Program Offers Path to Elite Colleges

The Posse Veterans Program is one of a few programs that offer structured pathways to a select group of elite colleges for veterans.

October 25, 2016

STEM

University of Washington Gets $210M from Gates Foundation

SEATTLE ― The University of Washington is getting $210 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to help build a new facility to advance efforts to improve the health and well-being of people around the world, officials said Tuesday. The donation from the largest private foundation in the world, located just miles from the […]

October 25, 2016

Students

Williston State Expanding Free Tuition Effort to Montana

BISMARCK, N.D. ― A small two-year college in northwestern North Dakota that offers free tuition to high-school graduates in the area is expanding the effort to Montana. Williston State College began the program two years ago in Williams County to increase the number of professionals such as nurses and accountants in the booming oil patch. […]

October 25, 2016

Women

College of Southern Idaho Settles VP’s Lawsuit for $650K

TWIN FALLS, Idaho ― The College of Southern Idaho has agreed to pay a former vice president $650,000 to settle a discrimination lawsuit. The Times-News reports in a story on Tuesday that the settlement with Edit Szanto was made through the college’s insurer, the Idaho Counties Risk Management Program. The college in a statement denies […]

October 25, 2016

Campus Climate

Harvard Reaches Tentative Deal with Striking Dining Workers

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. ― Harvard University says it has reached a tentative labor agreement with its striking cafeteria workers. The school announced Tuesday that it agreed to a five-year contract with the labor union representing Harvard’s 750 dining workers. University officials declined to provide details about the deal, which must be approved by members of the […]

October 25, 2016

Students

Strategic Partnerships Opening Doors to Study Abroad for Disadvantaged

In order to increase and diversify the number of American students who study abroad, K-12 educators, nonprofits and universities must pursue strategic partnerships to reach students from diverse backgrounds while they are still in high school.

October 24, 2016

Opinion

How Did the Republicans Lose Their Hope and Their Party?

The political posturing and back and forth will come to a screeching halt on Tuesday, November 8.

October 24, 2016