May 2021

May 4, 2021 | : Dr. Renée T. White Dr. Renée T. White has been appointed provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at The New School. Since 2016, White has served as professor of sociology and provost at Wheaton College in Massachusetts. White has also held other leadership positions at Simmons University, Fairfield […]

May 4, 2021 | : The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) will establish fifteen new Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) Campus Centers across the country after receiving a total of $777,339 in funding from various foundations in support of the centers. Twenty-nine colleges and universities currently host TRHT centers which, according to

May 4, 2021 | : Richard Cordray, former director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and former Attorney General of Ohio, has been selected chief operating officer of Federal Student Aid. Richard Cordray For six years, Cordray was the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Cordray was also Ohio Treasurer and the state’s

May 4, 2021 | : A new petition demanding that “The Eyes of Texas” no longer be University of Texas’s alma mater song is circulating, and has now been signed by hundreds of UT faculty, CBS Austin reported. The petition alleges that the song does not create unity. More than 140 new signatures have been

May 4, 2021 | : The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $17.3 million for college internships, research opportunities, and research projects that connect science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) students and faculty with resources at DOE’s National Laboratories, according to DOE officials. Awardees represent a diverse group of institutions including historically Black colleges and