Tag: Minorities on Campus: Page 12

Faculty & Staff

Professor Durden’s Firing Highlights Adjuncts’ Shaky Footing

Lisa Durden never thought a fiery exchange on a Fox News show would have any impact on her employment as an adjunct professor at Essex County College, an open-access, two-year community college headquartered in Newark, New Jersey.

June 26, 2017

News Roundup

Iowa Program Aims to Inspire Minority Teachers

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa  — A diverse group of high school students have spent a week living on a college campus in Iowa to learn what it’s like to be an educator. Fifteen students participated in the week-long Minority Educators for Today and Tomorrow academy hosted by the University of Northern Iowa, the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier […]

June 26, 2017

Students

Mystery of Missing Chinese Scholar Shakes Up University of Illinois

CHICAGO — Yingying Zhang, the daughter of a working-class factory driver from China, took the same career path as many other young Chinese academics before her: She travelled to a university in the U.S. with dreams of one day landing a professorship and being able to help her parents financially. But just weeks after arriving […]

June 26, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Researchers Look to Census Data for Keys to Improving Educational Outcomes

A new report examines racial inequity in education and offers recommendations based off of research which touches on structural barriers that need to be overcome in order to improve educational outcomes for racial groups.

June 25, 2017

Faculty & Staff

N.J. College: Professor Fired for Racially Insensitive Remarks

NEWARK, N.J. — A New Jersey community college has fired an adjunct professor after officials say she made racially insensitive comments on Fox News. Essex County College’s president announced the decision Friday, two weeks after Lisa Durden’s appeared on “Tucker Carlson Tonight.” College officials said they received complaints about Durden’s interview with Carlson. Durden, who […]

June 25, 2017

Sports

Brienne Minor: Michigan’s Tennis Hidden Figure

Brienne Minor is a tennis player at the University of Michigan where she recently won the NCAA Division I women’s singles championship. By the way, she is Black.

June 22, 2017

Campus Climate

Wisconsin Assembly Passes Bill on Campus Free Speech

MADISON, Wis. — University of Wisconsin students who repeatedly disrupt campus speakers or presentations could be suspended or expelled under a Republican-backed bill the state Assembly passed Wednesday. The measure, approved on a 61-36 vote Wednesday night with no Democrats in support, is the latest salvo in the national push among some conservatives to crack […]

June 22, 2017

Students

Faust Laid Foundation of Inclusion at Harvard

In the wake of Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust’s recent announcement that she will retire in the spring of 2018, many have stepped forward to praise her leadership.

June 21, 2017

African-American

Essex County College Professor Questions Suspension Following TV Appearance

NEWARK, N.J. — An adjunct professor at a New Jersey community college is questioning why she was suspended after appearing on Fox News. Lisa Durden says she learned about the suspension June 8 when she arrived to teach a class at Essex County College. Durden, who is Black, had appeared two days earlier on “Tucker […]

June 21, 2017

Students

UCLA Conference Emphasizes Importance of Partnerships in Education

About 135 teachers, professors and partners from the University of California, Los Angeles community and tie-in schools gathered this week at UCLA to exchange strategies and best practices at the first “Learning Together: Practitioners and Scholars in Partnership” conference. The idea of partnerships was the theme of the conference, whether between practitioners and scholars, or […]

June 21, 2017

Campus Climate

Rapper Parody Costs 3 Their Jobs at Grace College & Seminary

Three employees from Grace College & Seminary were fired after a photo of them posing as “rappers” with a fake album cover background went viral earlier this month amid allegations of White privilege and cultural appropriation.

June 20, 2017

Students

On Hill, Both Sides Hold Ground on Campus Free Speech Issue

Colleges and universities have a responsibility to protect freedom of expression on their campuses — but also to prevent speech that might incite violence and unrest.

June 20, 2017