Tag: Age Discrimination

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Former NSU Associate VP for Human Resources Sues School for Age and Sex-Based Discrimination

The city of Richmond’s interim director of human resources is suing Norfolk State University for age and sex-based discrimination and demanding a jury trial, The Virginian-Pilot reported. The Nov. 12 district court lawsuit was filed on behalf of Mona Adkins-Easley, 65, former NSU associate vice president for human resources, who became Richmond’s interim director in […]

December 18, 2020

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Tenure Denial, Work Climate Spark Growing Bias Complaints By Women and Minority Faculty

Associate professor Dr. Patricia Young is trying to resuscitate an academic career that she said has flatlined at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, and she has filed a discrimination complaint against the school alleging a pattern of being denied resources, promotion and career mobility on the basis of her race and gender.

November 19, 2018

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American U. Professor Wins $1.3M in Age-Discrimination Case

A District of Columbia Superior Court ruled in favor of former American University professor Dr. Loubna Skalli Hanna on Monday following the jury’s unanimous decision that the university denied her tenure and promotion due to her age. Hanna – who was 52 at the time of her tenure application in 2013 – received internal and […]

October 17, 2018

Students

CHERYL HOLCOMB-MCCOY

CHERYL HOLCOMB-MCCOY has been named dean of the School of Education at American University, effective July 1. She is vice provost for faculty affairs and a professor of counseling and human development in the School of Education at Johns Hopkins University. Holcomb-McCoy earned a bachelor’s and a master’s from the University of Virginia, and a doctorate from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

April 20, 2016

Leadership & Policy

KAREN L. MILLER

KAREN L. MILLER was appointed vice president for human resources and risk at Middlebury College in Vermont, effective in April. She is special advisor to the president at Morehouse College. Miller earned a bachelor’s from Emory University and a juris doctor from Harvard University.

March 7, 2016

Leadership & Policy

LESTER ARNOLD

LESTER ARNOLD has been named associate vice chancellor for human resources at Winston-Salem State University. He most recently served as senior vice president of human resources for FOCUS Brands Inc. Arnold earned a bachelor’s from Norfolk State University and an MBA from the University of Hartford.

September 9, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Student Activists in Thailand Seen Before Military Court

BANGKOK ― A military court in Thailand freed 14 student activists from detention Tuesday ahead of their trial but said they still face sedition charges ― and up to seven years in prison ― for defying the junta’s ban on political gatherings.

July 7, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Lorain County Community College

Lorain County Community College Chief Executive Officer Elyria, Ohio Dr. Roy A. Church Founded in 1963 President www.lorainccc.edu In 1963, Lorain County Community College (LCCC) was granted a charter to serve the higher education needs for Lorain County, Ohio. With a $1.25-million levy provided by the citizens of Lorain County, LCCC held its first classes […]

May 21, 2015

Faculty & Staff

MIT Professor Bhatia Among Heinz Awards Winners

A Massachusetts Institute of Technology researcher who has developed artificial human “microlivers” that can safely test the toxicity of drugs without endangering lives is one of six people chosen to receive Heinz Awards.

April 23, 2015

African-American

The Double-Edged Sword of Stereotypes

Stereotyping is the act of making judgments and assumptions about people without knowing them and it is often the worst form of patronizing behavior.

January 21, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Cornell University ‘National Treasure’ Points to Poverty as Root of World’s Turbulence

As an international authority on African legal systems, human rights and development, Muna Ndulo has keen insight into some of the conflicts and turbulent events that have dominated world news in recent months.

June 19, 2014

Students

Dr. Donna Shalala – President, University of Miami

Shalala became professor of political science and president of the University of Miami in June 2001 after eight years as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. Shalala has more than 30 years of experience as a scholar, teacher and administrator. In 2011, she was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in Seneca […]

April 28, 2014