Tag: Dr. Amy Gutmann

International

Biden Nominates UPenn President Amy Gutmann As Germany Ambassador

President Biden nominated University of Pennsylvania President  Dr. Amy Gutmann to be ambassador to Germany, The New York Times reported. In doing so, Biden is giving an important post to someone who hired him for a lucrative university position after he left the Obama administration. Gutmann – well-versed in constitutional democracy and human rights – […]

July 6, 2021

HBCUs

Marybeth Gasman to Join Rutgers Faculty

Dr. Marybeth Gasman, who has established herself as one of the nation’s most prominent scholars of historically Black colleges in particular and minority-serving institutions in general, is leaving the University and Pennsylvania to join the faculty at the Graduate School of Education (GSE) at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, in the Fall.

December 6, 2018

Students

How Should College Leaders Respond to Campus Protests?

The way university presidents and their administrations respond to student protesters have come under scrutiny as college campuses increasingly become the venues of choice for demanding action on ire-raising topics.

November 1, 2018

Latest News

Academics React to UPenn’s Ties to Slavery

The University of Pennsylvania has become the latest in a series of institutions of higher learning that have dug into their past, unearthed significant ties to slavery and begun trying to figure out how to address repercussions of the historical injustice.

July 2, 2018