Tag: Diversity: Page 30

Students

Fresno State President Takes Pride in Identifying With Students

Like many of the students he currently serves at Fresno State, President Joseph I. Castro was the first in his family to go to college.

September 28, 2017

Students

Southern Cal Celebrates Quality of Its Freshman Class

About a month into the school year, the University of Southern California touts its freshman class as its brightest, most engaged and most diverse ever.

September 28, 2017

Campus Climate

Committee Probing U. of Rochester Sexual Harassment Claim Expanded

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A committee investigating complaints that the University of Rochester mishandled sexual harassment allegations against a professor is expanding. The university on Thursday announced that a graduate student and faculty member will be added. The committee was formed earlier this month to oversee an investigation into a federal complaint filed by several faculty […]

September 28, 2017

Faculty & Staff

10 Teachers Seek No-confidence Vote on Doane University President

LINCOLN, Neb. — Ten faculty members have called for a no-confidence vote in the leadership of the Doane University president. The Lincoln Journal Star reports that a letter submitted to the faculty council Tuesday asks Doane’s teachers for a formal vote stating they do not support President Jacques Carter. He’s in his seventh year leading […]

September 28, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Kentucky Supreme Court Rules University of Louisville Board Issue Moot

FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky Supreme Court won’t say if Republican Gov. Matt Bevin broke the law when he ousted the University of Louisville’s governing board last year, prompting the governor and his chief political rival to both claim victory. Democratic Attorney General Andy Beshear said Bevin’s order broke the law and sued him in […]

September 28, 2017

Sports

Con Man Steals Spotlight as Informant in College Hoops Probe

NEW YORK — A con man named Louis Martin “Marty” Blazer III may have failed in his scheme to make low-budget movies with money swiped from pro athletes, but he has now succeeded in stealing part of the spotlight in a scandal that has shaken college basketball to its core. Federal authorities revealed this week […]

September 28, 2017

Students

Trump Creates Chaos and Confusion

The current president of the United States of America is always in the middle of chaos and confusion.

September 27, 2017

Students

Student Loan Default Rate Rises Slightly

The portion of students defaulting on their federal student loans inched up 11.3 to 11.5 percent, data released Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Education show.

September 27, 2017

Students

Evaluation Tool Gives Writing Instructors a Helping Hand

A web-based evaluation tool is allowing writing instructors to spend more time improving student writing outcomes at their institutions.

September 27, 2017

Students

Agents of Change: Increasing the Millennial Vote at MSIs

What would the young, ethnic minority voting bloc look like if more Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) became polling sites for local and national elections?

September 27, 2017

Students

Lopez Helps University of Phoenix Spread Its Cross-Cultural Wings

Saray E. Lopez, the assistant dean of community outreach & inclusion, is a driving force behind the University of Phoenix’s successful minority outreach efforts.

September 27, 2017

Faculty & Staff

University of Wyoming Sees High Amount of Resignations

LARAMIE, Wyo. — University of Wyoming officials say they have lost 86 faculty members throughout the past academic year, four times more than it would lose in a typical year. The Laramie Boomerang reports the university suspects many of those that resigned left over concerns related to budget cuts and the central leadership of the […]

September 27, 2017