Rebecca KelliherLatest NewsTrailblazing Dean Emeritus of University of Arkansas School of Law Keeps Giving BackCynthia Nance, dean emeritus at the University of Arkansas School of Law, has been named chair of the American Bar Foundation Fellows.August 6, 2021News RoundupNorth Central College Names First Chief Diversity OfficerNorth Central College in Naperville, Illinois appointed Dr. Rebecca Gordon as the institution’s inaugural chief diversity officer to serve in the president’s cabinet. “My overarching goal is to address systemic barriers experienced by Black and other minoritized students, faculty and staff through systemic and cultural changes,” said Gordon, who identifies as nonbinary and uses the […]August 5, 2021HomeStudy: Imposter Feelings More Pronounced in Women and Early-Career Academics in Fields Valuing ‘Brilliance’Despite their evident success, many high-achieving women in academia say they often feel professionally inadequate, a well-known pattern called the imposter phenomenon. Yet research on this has typically centered on the individual, not the environment. A new study might help turn that trend on its head, spurring cultural changes in higher education.August 4, 2021News RoundupWoods Hole Appoints First Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion OfficerThe Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), a nonprofit research organization dedicated to marine science and engineering, appointed Dr. Natalie Nevárez as its first Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer. She will report directly to Dr. Peter de Menocal, president and director of WHOI. “Natalie brings deep professional and personal experience to this role, as well […]August 4, 2021Latest NewsWest Virginia State University President Resigns Amid ControversyAfter less than a year in office, Dr. Nicole Pride, the first female president of West Virginia State University (WVSU) resigned from her post effective immediately. More than half of Pride’s cabinet members recently called on WVSU’s Board of Governors to fire her amid allegations of a hostile work environment under her leadership.August 1, 2021News RoundupU.S. Department of Education Will Expand Second Chance Pell Experiment for 2022-2023The U.S. Department of Education will expand the Second Chance Pell experiment for the 2022-2023 award year. This experiment has given educational opportunities to thousands of justice-involved people who have been unable to access need-based financial aid. Thanks to the expansion, up to 200 colleges and universities (compared to the 131 currently participating) will be […]July 30, 2021Faculty & StaffFaculty Institutional Decision-Making Power Drops, Yet Departmental Power RisesIn recent decades, faculty influence increased over departmental and programmatic choices, yet their authority dropped in institutional-level matters like the overall budget. This mixed finding comes from the 2021 Shared Governance Survey by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), its first national snapshot on faculty authority in two decades.July 29, 2021HomeMeet the Undergraduate Working to Keep Students in Haiti in SchoolA rising senior at Earlham College is trying to keep Haitians in high school amid violence in the country. The college student, Ted Jacquet, recently received a grant to develop digital resources for high schoolers in Haiti who cannot be in their classrooms due to safety concerns. The project is estimated to reach 10,000 students at 80 schools.July 28, 2021News RoundupU.S. Department of Education Releases $600 Million to Support Homeless StudentsUnder the American Rescue Plan Act’s Homeless Children and Youth (ARP-HCY) program, the U.S. Department of Education has released nearly $600 million in funding to support students experiencing homelessness.July 28, 2021News RoundupNew Grants for University-Community Partnerships Prepare Students for WorkforceThe Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and the Coalition of Urban Serving Universities (USU) awarded their inaugural Collaborative Opportunity Grants to the University of New Orleans, the University of Memphis, and Cal State LA. The grants support partnerships between these public universities and local community organizations or businesses that equip students for career […]July 27, 2021Page 1 of 2Next Page