Pearl StewartLatest NewsAdvice for New Ph.D.s in Job Market: Be Open to Opportunities Outside Traditional AcademiaLeaders of higher education associations say that though it’s a difficult period for new scholars looking for jobs, it also can be a time for enhancing skills and advancing research techniques.October 28, 2020COVID-19Amid Pandemic, Virginia Tech Moved Forward With Hybrid ApproachAs Virginia Tech University approached its Aug. 24 planned hybrid opening of the fall semester, the institution’s leaders were closely monitoring COVID-19 outbreaks and responses on other campuses as well as assessing their own situation.September 21, 2020HomeGeorge Floyd’s Death Has Revived Renaming Efforts as Institutions Reckon With Legacies of RacismPervasive demands for social justice following the death of George Floyd in police custody have penetrated the halls of institutions throughout the country. In academia, dozens of high-profile universities have announced plans to rename campus buildings that bear the names of individuals associated with the country’s racist history. And a similar reckoning has come to institutions that haven’t claimed the media spotlight.August 23, 2020COVID-19Report: Higher Ed Presidents Focused on Managing COVID-19 and Confronting InjusticeCollege and university presidents preparing for the upcoming school year amid COVID-19 are focused on maintaining academic programs and current tuition levels, cutting staff and administrative positions, and addressing issues of racial injustice, according to a national survey conducted by a leading higher education organization.August 13, 2020African-AmericanHBCUs Have Benefited From Philanthropy in Wake of Black Lives Matter ProtestsWithin days after Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and his wife Patty Quillin pledged a total of $120 million to the United Negro College Fund and two of Atlanta’s historically Black colleges, another HBCU became an indirect beneficiary of that philanthropic gesture.August 6, 2020African-AmericanSegregation Forever? Research Finds Black, Latinx Students Still Excluded From Selective Public InstitutionsAs communities and institutions seek solutions to the nation’s racial inequities in the aftermath of protests surrounding George Floyd’s death in police custody, the Education Trust recently cited “continued and systematic exclusion of Black and Latinx students from the most selective public colleges and universities in the country” in an incisive report published on its […]July 31, 2020STEMBoston Partnership Connects High School Grads to High-Tech CareersHelp is on the way for a fortunate group of high school graduates in Boston who, like their peers around the country, are trying to figure out their next step in the middle of the COVID-19 crisis and the surrounding confusion about which colleges will open in the fall and how courses will be taught. […]July 28, 2020STEMAchieving Diversity in STEM Faculty Requires Systemic Change, Says ReportIn 2001, Judith Ramaley, a director at the National Science Foundation, coined the acronym STEM for education disciplines in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Since then, NSF and other public and private entities have provided numerous grants and incentives to support initiatives for STEM diversity in education. However, almost two decades later, diversity among STEM faculty remains inadequate. Only 10.1% of STEM faculty is from underrepresented minorities, according to an NSF-funded report from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities.July 7, 2020StudentsGallup Survey Finds NCAA Student-Athletes Score High in ‘Wellbeing’Former college students with bachelor’s degrees who competed in NCAA sports were more likely than non-athletes to thrive physically, socially and financially in their lives after graduation, based on a Gallup report released Wednesday.June 24, 2020StudentsDr. Constance Carroll Leaves Legacy of Student Success at San Diego Community College DistrictDuring her 16-year tenure as the longest serving chancellor in the history of the San Diego Community College District, Dr. Constance Carroll has taken her leadership to a new level. She is known in her community as “the people’s chancellor,” and her track record supports that moniker.June 24, 2020Previous PagePage 3 of 23Next Page