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Columbia Administration, Student Organizers Talks Fail

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Columbia University administration leaders and student organizers failed to reach agreement in negotiations that might have included the university’s divestment from Israel.

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Sonoma State President Placed on Administrative Leave

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Mike Lee California State University Sonoma President Dr. Mike Lee was placed on administrative leave after he agreed to protesters’ demands to involve them in university decision-making and pursue divestment from Israel.

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Demotion of USC Administrator Leads to Accusations of Racism

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

USC declined to make administrators available for interviews with Diverse. The USC Chan Justice Collective is calling for Anvarizadeh’s reinstatement, a public apology, and the resignation of two administrators who they say were involved in her demotion. “I really think that she’s so powerful that they felt threatened,” she said. “Dr.

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Xavier Mourns Former Administrator, Civil Rights Champion Sybil Haydel Morial

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Haydel Morial was a member of Xavier University’s class of 1952, a known champion of civil rights, and a long-serving administrator at the historically Black Catholic university in New Orleans. “She

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

Whether you are an L&D expert, an educator, or an administrator, and regardless of the school or professional demographic you're targeting, your students and trainees will see immediate benefits!

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A New Way of Looking at Administrative Burdens and Race

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

One of the reasons that many of these efforts haven’t made as much difference as they could have is the administrative burdens that they place on students—the difficulty of the steps that students and their families must go through to apply for financial aid, or even to college at all. “By

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Spartanburg Community College Faculty Criticize Administration's Governance

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Some faculty at Spartanburg Community College (SCC) are criticizing what they allege is heavy-handed governance and changes without faculty input by the school administration since new leadership in 2020, The Post and Courier reported. There have even been calls for outside oversight agencies to investigate SCC.

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