(New York Times) — As DePaul University seeks to improve its academic standing and raise $250 million for capital projects and scholarships, public accusations of bias and discrimination in the tenure process continue to mount. On Dec. 7, professors and students protested this year’s denial of tenure to two minorities, Quinetta Shelby, a black professor of […]
More work is needed to increase students' and schools' understanding of mutual benefits.
Student loan debts have reached crisis levels, especially for blacks.
(Wall Street Journal) — Despite New York City’s real-estate and population boom over the past decade, higher-education institutions added only about 2.5 million square feet of space in the city since 2000. Now colleges and universities are playing catch-up, according to a recent report by commercial real-estate firm Cassidy Turley. Currently, higher-education institutions control 112 […]
(Washington Post) — Howard University is concluding the broadest academic review in its 143-year history, hoping to shed weak programs and bolster strong ones to compete in the increasingly fierce contest for America’s top black scholars. Howard offers 171 academic programs, an uncommonly large number for a university of 10,500 students. The range is a […]
(Washington Examiner) — Mayor-elect Vince Gray says he will consider removing caps the District has placed on the growth of the city’s universities as part of an effort to create jobs for D.C.’s lagging economy. The universities are required to keep to long-term planning guides that have been approved by District officials, the result of […]
(Chicago Sun Times) — More than 30 DePaul University faculty and students rallied Tuesday around two professors, both women of color who were denied tenure in what their supporters claim is part of a troubling pattern at the school. Namita Goswami, a philosophy professor, and Quinetta Shelby, a chemistry professor, were two minority candidates denied […]
(The Network Journal) — Laid off at the start of the recession as the marketing director for a regional homebuilder, Leah Schedin quickly realized she lacked something essential for a new job: a university degree. Schedin had completed courses here and there at a community college, but never enough for a bachelor’s degree. Without one, […]
(Crain’s) — After the State University of New York at Albany announced plans to eliminate five departments, including French, and 160 full-time faculty positions, dozens of students demonstrated, carrying signs that read, “Don’t Kill French” and “Academics First.” When SUNY Geneseo decided to shed 54 jobs and close three departments, including communicative disorders and sciences, […]
(Washington Post) — In the past two years as president of the University of the District of Columbia, Allen Sessoms led a campaign of reform to rival the efforts of his counterpart in the D.C. Public Schools, Michelle Rhee, supporters say. The ouster of Mayor Adrian M. Fenty at the polls in September spelled the end […]
(Atlanta Journal Constitution) — Clark Atlanta University will open a new academy focused on the issues, causes and prevention of domestic violence, President Carlton E. Brown announced. The Domestic Violence Prevention Leadership Academy will be part of the school of social work and is supported by a $50,000 grant from Verizon Wireless, officials said in […]
(NY Times) — TODAY’S populist moment, with a growing anger directed at the elites who manipulate the system to their advantage, is an opportune time to examine higher education’s biggest affirmative action program — for the children of alumni. At our top universities, so-called legacy preferences affect larger numbers of students than traditional affirmative action […]