Tag: Dr. Ebony O. McGee

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Report: Universities With More Racial Segregation by Major Graduate Fewer Black Students Into High-Paying Fields

While campuses are growing more diverse, minorities tend to be concentrated within certain majors rather than integrated across fields of study, according to a report by the Urban Institute, a public policy think tank.

December 11, 2020

COVID-19

Universities Are Freezing Tenure Clocks. What Will That Mean for Junior Faculty of Color?

Over 240 universities are offering junior faculty extensions on their tenure clocks to ease the pressure as the coronavirus upends their research and routines. But for some faculty, gratitude is mixed with concerns about whether tenure track extensions are enough, if they sufficiently account for academia’s disparities or even risk exacerbating them without other supports.

May 9, 2020

Latinx

Pew Study: Faculty-Student Diversity Divide Persists

Faculty are slowly becoming more racially and ethnically diverse – but not nearly as diverse as their students, a Pew Research Center study found.

August 14, 2019

STEM

Endless Exodus: Faculty of Color Leave the Academy in Search of Fulfillment

Dr. Andre M. Perry is one of many academics of color who determined that the campus environment was no longer where they wanted to be. Although no agency appears to track the number of college faculty, particularly those of color, who exit the ivory tower, the transitions over time are significant because the disproportionately low numbers of faculty of color are stagnant or declining while students of color are increasing as a proportion of the nation’s colleges and universities.

July 25, 2019

African-American

Report: Stereotypes in College STEM Classes Harm Black and Asian Students

A recent study funded by the National Science Foundation found that Black and Asian undergraduate college students are negatively affected by stereotypes and labels within their science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) academic environments.

January 16, 2019

African-American

Black Faculty Expected to Entertain When Presenting

Black faculty members are expected to be “entertaining” when presenting their academic research to their mostly White peers, according to a new study.

August 23, 2015