Tag: Rutgers University

Latinx

Proctor Institute Report Examines Mexican American Studies Implementation in Texas Public Schools

A new report from Rutgers University’s Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity, & Justice is highlighting and advocating for efforts to integrate Mexican American Studies (MAS) into the Texas K-12 education system.

April 28, 2021

COVID-19

Rutgers University Requires Students to Get COVID-19 Vaccine for Fall On-Campus Classes

Rutgers University students taking on-campus classes in the fall will have to be vaccinated for COVID-19 and faculty and staff are strongly urged to get vaccinated as well, USA Today reported. This is the first mandate of its kind in the U.S. Students may request an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Students enrolled in […]

March 26, 2021

News Roundup

Rutgers University to Divest from Fossil Fuels

Rutgers University is divesting from fossil fuel investments. This comes after a recommendation from a committee of faculty, students and staff to address student group Endowment Justice Collective’s divestment request. This move will mean that Rutgers will stop any new fossil fuel investments, divest from passive index funds with fossil fuel investments in a year, […]

March 10, 2021

African-American

Rutgers U, UPenn Work to Educate Public About Institutions’ Historical Slavery Ties

Rutgers University and the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) are attempting to educate the public about their campuses’ ties to slavery, The Press of Atlantic City reported. Rutgers plans to place four historical plaques on its New Brunswick campus in the spring. These markers will show how school figures — such as Rutgers’ first president, Jacob […]

February 24, 2021

African-American

Three New Jersey Universities Suffer Racist Attacks at Black History Month Events

Rutgers University, Rider University and the New Jersey Institute of Technology have reported racist incidents during virtual Black History Month events, CNN reported. The three New Jersey schools have said they are investigating. Rutgers faced a “Zoom-bombing” during its Black History Month programs. Also at the school, another attack took place at the Feb. 11 […]

February 19, 2021

News Roundup

Rutgers University Names Residence Hall after Late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Rutgers University will name a residence hall at Rutgers-Newark after the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who was also on the Rutgers law faculty, according to a Rutgers press release. 15 Washington Street – a 17-story building in Newark – will be renamed Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hall. Ginsburg was a professor at […]

December 22, 2020

Campus Climate

Dr. Enobong “Anna” Branch Appointed Vice President of Equity at Rutgers

Rutgers University appointed Dr. Enobong “Anna” Branch as its first vice president of equity in September, NJ.com reported. One goal the school has, with Branch leading the effort, is to increase inclusivity and connection across campus life. “We are a diverse community of students. But diversity isn’t the goal, right?” Branch said. “It’s to have […]

December 7, 2020

Home

African American Male Presidents at PWIs Start Tenures Amid Black Lives Matter Flashpoint

Drs. Darryll J. Pines, Jonathan Holloway and Gregory Washington, three Black leaders in higher education, now face the challenge of beginning their presidencies at predominantly White institutions (PWIs) during a time of two crises: the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and protests over racial injustice in the United States.

August 19, 2020

Sports

COVID-19 Cases Rise in Rutgers Football, Northwestern Pauses Football Workouts

COVID-19 cases in people associated with the Rutgers University football team have risen from 15 to 28, reported NJ.com. Players as well as multiple staff members have tested positive, with some showing symptoms and some asymptomatic. Several players had fever, headaches and a sore throat, sources who wished to remain unnamed told NJ.com The university’s […]

August 5, 2020

Faculty & Staff

Minoritized Senior Faculty in Higher Education, Please Stand Up

Recently, the tenure denials of faculty such as Sibrina Collins at the College of Wooster, Lorgia García-Peña at Harvard University, Paul Harris and Tolu Odumosu at the University of Virginia, and Ashley Woodson at the University of Missouri at Columbia, have reignited a conversation about the role of bias in tenure and promotion processes. But also, the role of tenured senior faculty of color in not only mentoring their junior colleagues, but also working to disrupt and revise these processes. Reimagining these processes in a way that is grounded in equity and justice, we offer a few recommendations.

July 8, 2020

News Roundup

Rutgers’ First Black President Announces the Institution Will Keep Its Name Despite Slavery Connection

Rutgers University’s first Black president, Dr. Jonathan Holloway, announced that he doesn’t plan to change the university’s name, which commemorates slave owner and Revolutionary War veteran Henry Rutgers, NJ.com reported. “The reason we’re not going to change the name is that names have value that exceed someone’s existence,” Holloway said at his first press conference […]

July 6, 2020

News Roundup

AAC&U Report Highlights Results of Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation Campus Centers Effort

As part of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation’s Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation (TRHT) Campus Centers effort, 10 colleges and universities used TRHT’s framework to address campus racism. Now, in a new report from the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), each of the 10 institutions describe the changes they made to address racial […]

July 2, 2020