Tag: Gender: Page 15

Faculty & Staff

Dr. Deborah Tannen – University Professor, Georgetown University

Author of more than 20 books, Tannen is a university professor and professor of linguistics at Georgetown University. She has been a McGraw Distinguished Lecturer at Princeton University and a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, following a term in residence at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J. […]

April 28, 2014

Students

Dr. Muriel A. Howard – President, American Association of State Colleges and Universities

Howard, president of AASCU since 2009, is the first African-American to lead one of the six presidentially based higher education associations in Washington, D.C. She is also AASCU’s first female president. She is the former president of Buffalo State College, State University of New York and the vice president for public service and urban affairs […]

April 25, 2014

African-American

Dr. Marybeth Gasman – Professor of Higher Education, University of Pennsylvania

Gasman, a professor of higher education in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania, holds secondary appointments in history, Africana studies, and the School of Social Policy and Practice. She also directs the Center for Minority-Serving Institutions at Penn. Gasman has written or edited 15 books, including Envisioning Black Colleges: A History […]

April 25, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Dr. France A. Cordova – President Emeritus, Purdue University

Cordova became Purdue University’s 11th and first female president in 2007, leading it to record levels of research funding while expanding its role as a top research institution on the global stage. A professor of physics and astronomy, she has published more than 200 scientific and public policy journal articles and conference abstracts. She was […]

April 25, 2014

African-American

In Case You Missed It…

Higher Ed Diversity Advocates Focus on Bigger Picture After Supreme Court Setback Iona College’s Billi Godsey Inspires Young Women On and Off the Court Momentum Continues to Build for Posse Foundation’s STEM Program Understanding the Political, Social Attitudes of AAPI Communities

April 24, 2014

Students

Author Janet Mock Propels Transgender Conversations in Academia

Janet Mock’s memoir inspires academic exploration of transgender issues and helps shape the evolution of women’s, gender and sexuality studies.

April 24, 2014

Leadership & Policy

University of North Carolina Reading Specialist Says She’s Resigning

The reading specialist who questioned the literacy level of athletes who were admitted to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill says she’s resigning at the end of the semester.

April 22, 2014

Sports

9 Pennsylvania Colleges Target of Gender Complaint

A women’s legal organization has filed discrimination complaints against nine universities in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, alleging the schools have repeatedly failed to provide equal athletic opportunities for female students over several decades.

April 17, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Harris-Perry Leaving Tulane for Wake Forest

MSNBC television host is leaving her teaching job at Tulane University to become a presidential chair at her alma mater.

April 13, 2014

African-American

In Case You Missed It…

Three HBCU Presidents Announce Retirements U.S. Presidents Gather to Commemorate 50th Anniversary of Civil Rights Act Florida A&M Fears Lawmaker Trying to Turn Back Clock Researchers Discuss Role of HBCUs in Supporting School-age Black Males

April 11, 2014

Home

Gender Comments by Conservative Scholar Draw Fire

A visiting conservative scholar at the University of Colorado says educational institutions have gone overboard trying to protect people from discrimination.

April 3, 2014

Latinx

Young Millennial Republicans Harbor Divergent Views from Their GOP Elders

The Pew Research Center Study did in fact confirm that millennials are the most diverse, pluralistic group of people in American history.

April 2, 2014