Higher Education News and Jobs

by Jamal Eric Watson

Dr. Robert J. Jones, the president of the State University of New York at Albany has been selected to become the next chancellor of the University at Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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by Catherine Morris

California’s K-12 students will be learning more about the contributions of the LGBT community in the public school curriculum, as early as this fall.

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by Jamal E. Mazyck

Eloy Oakley becomes the first Latino to lead the California Community Colleges, the nation’s largest and most diverse system of public higher education.

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by Catherine Morris

The National Institutes of Health, motivated by a shift in research literature looking at health issues faced by people not then represented in LGBT language, created an office dedicated specifically to SGM health issues.

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by Catherine Morris

For Sera Kwon, Dr. Aimee Bahng’s situation raises larger questions about the viability of a career in academe, particularly in ethnic studies.

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by Jamal Eric Watson

Portland State’s Equity Lens panels and Diversity Action Council regularly assess the university’s four-year strategic plan.

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UC Berkeley Responds as Student Among Dead in Attack in Nice

UC Berkeley Responds as Student Among Dead in Attack in Nice

by Emil Guillermo

In a new world where terror has become commonplace, what will happen to the appetite to study abroad?

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A Walk to Remember

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After Brexit Vote and the DACA Block: Can We Really Reverse Diversity?

After Brexit Vote and the DACA Block: Can We Really Reverse Diversity?

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On the week of the disappointing coincidence of the Brexit vote and the Supreme Court decision to block DACA, I happened to be performing my one-man show on Asian American history in New York City.

Some Pastors, Politicians and Others Have Assisted in Promoting Intolerance

Some Pastors, Politicians and Others Have Assisted in Promoting Intolerance

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The fact is that Donald Trump was hardly alone in his racist and xenophobic rhetoric.

Happy Father’s Day to My Dad and Men Everywhere

Happy Father’s Day to My Dad and Men Everywhere

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I have not been able to say Happy Father’s Day to my dad because he passed away and went to heaven more than 30 years ago. So I dedicate this column to him and to all men who lovingly have this role.

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GRAND ISLAND, Neb. ― A North Carolina community college board has chosen a Nebraska educator to become the college’s next president. Thomas Walker Jr. is expected to be confirmed by the State Board of Community Colleges July 26 as president of Wayne Community College in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Walker has been president of Central Community […]

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by Jamal E. Mazyck

Eloy Oakley becomes the first Latino to lead the California Community Colleges, the nation’s largest and most diverse system of public higher education.

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by Emil Guillermo

The Dallas County Community College District hopes to be open for Monday after finals were canceled Friday due to a sniper.

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by Jamaal Abdul-Alim

As the concept of free community college continues to take root throughout the country, policymakers need to give more thought to the role that such plans can play in the lives of adult learners.

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by Catherine Morris

California Community Colleges and 21 historically Black colleges and universities now have an agreement that potentially will increase the number of community college students going to HBCUs.

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Black Issues

by Jamal Eric Watson

Dr. Robert J. Jones, the president of the State University of New York at Albany has been selected to become the next chancellor of the University at Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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by Associated Press

NEW HAVEN, Conn. ― Yale University and a former dining services worker who smashed a stained-glass window depicting slaves are discussing whether he can have his old job back, his attorney said Monday. Corey Menafee resigned last month after taking a broomstick to the window inside the dining hall at Calhoun College. Menafee, who is […]

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by Jamaal Abdul-Alim

Access to footage from police body-worn cameras is among contentious issues that touch on matters of community trust, transparency and privacy.

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Latino Issues

Eloy Oakley Named Chancellor of California Community Colleges System
by Jamal E. Mazyck

Eloy Oakley becomes the first Latino to lead the California Community Colleges, the nation’s largest and most diverse system of public higher education.

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by Thomas J. Haas

In August, about 80 Latino students and their families will be welcomed at Grand Valley State University for the third annual Laker Familia, an orientation specific to Latino/a students.

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by Russell Contreras, Associated Press

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. ― Facing a growing Latino student population and pressure to increase its graduation rates, the University of New Mexico is launching an online degree program in Chicana and Chicano Studies beginning this fall just as ethnic studies programs are facing challenges in neighboring Arizona. Officials say the online classes will allow nontraditional students […]

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Asian American Issues

by Catherine Morris

Muhlenberg College hires 10 diverse tenure-track faculty in an effort to become more inclusive.

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by Jamal Eric Watson

Dr. Santa J. Ono, one of a handful of Asian-American college presidents in the nation, is leaving the University of Cincinnati to become president at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.

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by Catherine Morris

A new college guidebook examines the college admissions process from the Asian American perspective.

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American Indian Issues

by Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell

Inequities in funding continue to persist for different cultural spaces at universities.

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by Catherine Morris

Muhlenberg College hires 10 diverse tenure-track faculty in an effort to become more inclusive.

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by Joe Reedy, Associated Press

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. ― Florida State University’s student government has passed a resolution discouraging Seminoles fans from wearing Native American headdresses at games. The Student Government Association approved the nonbinding, formal opinion by a 27-4 vote on April 20 asking the university’s administration to consider adding the wearing of headdresses as a violation of the student […]

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Engaging Latino Students for Transfer and Completion

by Evelyn Waiwaiole, Jillian Kinzie and Sarita Brown

Both community colleges and bachelor’s degree-granting institutions across the country are responding to a chorus of calls for dramatic improvements in student success and college completion.

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