Arrman KyawAfrican-AmericanUniversity of Richmond Receives Backlash Over Decision to Keep Building Names of School Leaders Connected to Slavery and SegregationThe University of Richmond is being criticized by some students, faculty and staff over its decision to keep the names of former school leaders, who have connections to slavery and segregation, on two campus buildings, WTVR reported. The two buildings in question are Ryland Hall and Freeman Hall. Former rector Douglas Southall Freeman was a […]March 25, 2021HealthDr. Pamela Jeffries Named Dean of Vanderbilt School of NursingDr. Pamela R. Jeffries will become dean of the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, effective July 1. Jeffries is a professor and dean of the George Washington University School of Nursing. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, the NLN’s Academy of Nursing Education and the Society of Simulation in Healthcare. In the […]March 25, 2021News RoundupLauren Robel to Step Down from Executive Positions, Returning to FacultyLauren Robel will step down as Indiana University Bloomington provost and IU executive vice president, effective June 30. She will return to the faculty. Robel played a key role in the changes at IU Bloomington. She was involved in the creation of five new schools at Bloomington and also oversaw the 2018 establishment of the […]March 25, 2021Latest News2021 Rising Graduate Scholars: Meet Felipe BlancoAcademia is where Felipe Blanco, a third-year public administration Ph.D. student at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO), feels he is meant to be.March 25, 2021StudentsCalifornia Higher Ed Leaders to Host California Community College Black Student Success Week April 26-30California higher ed leaders are hosting California Community College Black Student Success Week from April 26 to 30, an event dedicated to Black and African American student success at California community colleges. A daily webinar series – called “The Black Hour” – will be held throughout the week from 12 to 1 p.m. and open […]March 24, 2021Community CollegesMaine Community Colleges to Offer Free Class to Maine High School Students and Incoming First-Year College StudentsMaine community colleges will be offering one free class this summer to Maine high school students and incoming first-year college students, WGME reported. And some high school students may be eligible for more discounted classes. According to the Maine community college system, all tuition and fees will be waived for one class.March 24, 2021Faculty & StaffSurvey Shows Faculty More Positive About Online Learning Now Than Before PandemicA survey has shown that 51% of faculty are more positive about online learning today than before the COVID-19 pandemic. About 71% of faculty said their teaching in Fall 2020 was different and 47% expect those changes to remain after the pandemic. The data comes from the third edition of the Digital Learning Pulse Survey. […]March 24, 2021Faculty & StaffHarvard Faculty, Local Officials Support Legal Complaint Against Harvard Fossil Fuel InvestmentMore than 115 Harvard University faculty members and nine local elected officials have backed a legal complaint filed last week that is challenging the legality of Harvard’s fossil fuels investment, The Harvard Crimson reported. The March 15 complaint – filed by student group Fossil Fuel Divest Harvard with the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office – is […]March 24, 2021News RoundupDr. Darrick Hamilton Appointed to NYC Racial Justice CommissionDr. Darrick Hamilton, the Henry Cohen Professor of Economics and Urban Policy at The New School, has been appointed to New York City’s Racial Justice Commission, the objective of which is to dismantle structural and institutional racism in the city. Hamilton is also the founding director of the Institute on Race and Political Economy at […]March 24, 2021News RoundupOregon State University President Dr. F. King Alexander ResignsOregon State University President Dr. F. King Alexander has resigned from his post, effective April 1. Alexander has been the subject of criticism recently after the release of a report – known as the Husch Blackwell report – alleged that while he was president of Louisiana State University, he mishandled Title IX matters. Board of […]March 23, 2021Previous PagePage 182 of 225Next Page
