Liann HerderCommunity CollegesOnline Instruction Did Not Make Things Easier for Disabled StudentsOnline education has the guise of accessibility. When COVID-19 pushed the world of higher education online, some students, including those who work, may have found online access an easier way to put educational goals first, especially when the economy was cliff-diving and taking jobs with it. One commonly held belief is that fully online instruction increased accessibility for disabled students. But Krista Soria, the assistant director for research institutes in partnership with the Student Experience in the Research University (SERU), said that the numbers show the opposite is true.June 24, 2021African-AmericanNikole Hannah-Jones Tells UNC She Won’t Teach Without TenureLawyers for Nikole Hannah-Jones sent a letter to the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill informing university officials that the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist won’t join the faculty unless she is given tenure. The letter indicated that a particularly “powerful donor” was able to sway the board of trustees to do nothing with her request […]June 23, 2021LGBTQ+APLU Panel Explores LGBTQ+ Issues on CampusThe Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) hosted a panel on Tuesday that included LGBTQ+ leaders in faculty and student life. Four panelists gathered to speak about their queer experiences, some shared and some unique, in higher education.June 22, 2021WomenUndergraduate Enrollment is Down, But Trends are Encouraging for Women in STEMLast week, the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center released a study of Spring 2021 enrollment, which showed a dramatic decrease in total undergraduate enrollment. And there were significant loses in programs associated with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).June 21, 2021African-AmericanA New Pipeline – A Fellowship Opportunity for Black MBA Students Will Connect Them Directly with JobsIn September, a global cohort of Black MBA students will begin an eight-month long fellowship that ends with direct work placement at Marsh McLennan, a risk, insurance, and consulting company. The fellowship, called Racial Injustice and Social Equity (RISE), is a first-of-its-kind program developed in a partnership between Marsh McLennan, Fisk University, and the National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA).June 16, 2021Asian American Pacific IslanderSupreme Court Seeks Biden Administration’s Advice on Harvard CaseIn an unusual request, the United States Supreme Court has asked for the Biden administration’s opinion on whether it should take up the case of Harvard University’s use of race in undergraduate admissions.June 14, 2021African-AmericanColleges and Universities Prepare for Juneteenth, Still a Nationally Unrecognized HolidayTexas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee and a bipartisan senate commission is leading the latest push to make Juneteenth a national holiday. Renewed attention to the day came last year after the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and a nationwide galvanizing of Black Lives Matter protests.June 10, 2021StudentsKaiser Permanente Endows $1 Million to Health Sciences at Colorado Community CollegesThe Foundation for Colorado Community Colleges has received a $1 million, 15-year endowment from Kaiser Permanente. The Kaiser Permanente Colorado Equity Scholarship Fund will support students who are enrolled in a health sciences degree program and who are Black, Asian American, Pacific Islander, Latino, Hispanic, Native American, LBGTQI, have disabilities, or are US veterans. The […]June 9, 2021News RoundupPrescott College Names Dr. Barbara Morris as Next PresidentPrescott College has appointed Dr. Barbara Morris to serve as its 18th president. Morris, who is currently associate vice provost and associate vice chancellor for academic affairs at the State University of New York (SUNY), is scheduled to take the reigns at Prescott on July 15. Prescott University Board Chair Lynne Nemethe praised “Dr. Morris’s […]June 8, 2021Previous PagePage 5 of 5
