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Khaya Njumbe.On May 8, Khaya Njumbe walked across the commencement stage at Indiana University (IU) Northwest. At 15 years old, he is one of Indiana’s youngest ever bachelor’s degree recipients. Two weeks later, he will walk across the stage to receive his high school diploma, adding one last credential to the collection he’s been building…
Christopher Edley Jr., a prominent legal and public policy scholar who co-founded the Harvard Civil Rights Project with Dr. Gary Orfield, died over the weekend. He was 71.Christopher Edley Jr. “Chris Edley was a smart, caring, determined advocate for justice who could move easily and powerfully through the mazes of top levels of law, politics,…
Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Two Purdue University Fort Wayne professors filed a lawsuit this week seeking to block a new state law that ties tenure at Indiana’s public universities to whether instructors encourage intellectual diversity. Under the statute, university…
Dr. Julie V. Philley has been named president of the University of Texas at Tyler. Philley, who succeeds Dr. Kirk A. Calhoun, serves as the university’s executive vice president for health affairs and vice provost and is a board-certified physician in pulmonary and critical care medicine. Dr. Julie V. Philley“I am grateful for so many…
A quickly evolving college admissions landscape is casting uncertainty on the looming application cycle. Current high school seniors witnessed the end of race-conscious admissions last year after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the law allowing institutions to consider race as one of many factors in making admissions decisions. Dr. Anthony Abraham JackNow students of…
Florida A&M University has paused moving forward with the $237.75 million donation in support of student success initiatives and athletics. Dr. Larry RobinsonPresident Dr. Larry Robinson announced the decision at an emergency meeting Thursday of FAMU’s fundraising foundation. Board members expressed grave reservations about the donation, which drew national attention as one of the largest ever…
Ambassador Linda Thomas-GreenfieldXavier University of Louisiana, an historically Black college in New Orleans, has cancelled the United Nations Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield’s May 11 commencement address amid student antiwar protests. “Everyone’s goal is to have a commencement ceremony that appropriately honors the graduates and their achievements,” said Xavier President Dr. C. Reynold Verret. “The vast majority…
Published: 5/10/2024 Reading Time: 4 minutes Learning by doing is a highly effective and proven strategy for knowledge retention. But sometimes, learning about others who have “done”—using case studies, for example—can be an excellent addition to or replacement for hands-on learning. Case studies―a vital tool in the problem-based learning toolkit—can turbocharge lessons in any subject,…
Job seekers looking for higher ed executive positions often come to this publication looking for opportunities. If that were me, I dare say after the last few months, one question I’d be prepared to answer is this one: “When do you call the cops, when it comes to campus protests?” Emil GuillermoThe best answer may…
More than 800 members of the University of California, Los Angeles, faculty and staff are calling for the resignation of Chancellor Dr. Gene D. Block. The call is one of three demands the group made of the administration, during a May 9 rally amid antiwar protests. Dr. Gene D. Block.The group claimed that, on April…