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Tim’s Tips: Do Search Firms Help With Diversity Efforts?
June 9, 2013 The Chronicle of Higher Education Do Search Firms Help With Diversity Efforts? By Stacey Patton Executive-search firms that typically help fill high-ranking administrative jobs at Ivy League institutions aim for a diverse slate of candidates. But that doesn’t necessarily translate into more diversity in the top ranks…. (Note: May require subscription.) http://chronicle.com/article/Do-Search-Firms-Help-With/139657/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
Tim’s Tips: At the Ivies, It’s Still White at the Top
June 9, 2013 The Chronicle of Higher Education At the Ivies, It’s Still White at the Top By Stacey Patton The Ivy League’s senior leadership is overwhelmingly white and heavily male, data from the Education Department and from the eight colleges themselves show. Despite decades of antidiscrimination policies and affirmations of equality, there’s still little [...]
Tim’s Tips: In Ominous Letter, a Trustee Blasts Howard U.’s President and Board Chair
June 7, 2013 The Chronicle of Higher Education In Ominous Letter, a Trustee Blasts Howard U.’s President and Board Chair By Jack Stripling Diminished resources and poor leadership have brought Howard University to the brink of an existential crisis, according to a letter the vice chairwoman of the university’s Board of Trustees sent to her [...]
Tim’s Tips: House Votes to defund ‘Deferred Action’ for DREAM Students
House Votes to Defund ‘Deferred Action’ for DREAM Students Inside Higher Education June 7, 2013 WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives voted 224-201 on Thursday to end the Department of Homeland Security’s “deferred action” program, which allows young immigrants who came to the U.S. illegally to avoid deportation and get work authorization. The provision, an [...]
Tim’s Tips: The Deceptive Data on Asians
The Deceptive Data on Asians Inside Higher Education June 7, 2013 By Scott Jaschik When Harvard University issued a news release last month about the freshman class it had just admitted, the announcement included information about the racial and ethnic make-up of the newly admitted students. Asian-Americans, the release said, would make up 20.9 percent [...]
Tim’s Tips: Study Sees Impact of Coach-Style College Counseling
Study Sees Impact of Coach-Style College Counseling Inside Higher Education June 6, 2013 Using a coaching-style of college counseling — in which the advisors work intensely with high school students to help them navigate the application process — can result in more students opting for four-year colleges rather than two-year colleges, a new study in [...]
Tim’s Tips: Celebrations of Identity Complement Official Commencements
June 3, 2013 The Chronicle of Higher Education Celebrations of Identity Complement Official Commencements By Ann Schnoebelen The cap and gown, the formal procession, the flipping of the tassel—they’re “what you go to school for,” says Shirley Diaz, who graduated from the University of Nevada at Reno last year. But the traditional commencement can be [...]
Tim’s Tips: High Coaching Turnover Highlights Racial Inequalities
High Coaching Turnover Highlights Racial Inequalities June 3, 2013, 9:10 am The Chronicle of Higher Education By Brad Wolverton Turnover has always been a part of major-college basketball, but the pressure to win—and win now—has only intensified in recent years. That pressure has led to increasing fallout among coaches, I found as I researched this [...]
Tim’s Tips: Stanford Sees Progress Recruiting Minority Professors
Stanford Sees Progress Recruiting Minority Professors Inside Higher Education May 31, 2013 Stanford University reported this week that it has made progress in diversifying its faculty. Between 2008 and 2013, the number of underrepresented minority faculty members (black, Latino and American Indian/Alaska Native) increased by 43 percent, to 146. During the same period, the overall [...]
Tim’s Tips: Appeals Court Rejects Tribal Group’s Bid to Save ‘Fighting Sioux’ Nickname
May 29, 2013 by Nick DeSantis The Chronicle of Higher Education Appeals Court Rejects Tribal Group’s Bid to Save ‘Fighting Sioux’ Nickname The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Wednesday upheld a lower court’s judgment against the Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe in its bid to save the University of North Dakota’s Fighting [...]
