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Tag: University of California Berkeley (UC Berkeley)
News Roundup
Segregation Climbs for Latinx Elementary School Students
Latinx elementary school students, especially the children of immigrant parents, are increasingly segregated, according to a new study.
July 30, 2019
Leadership & Policy
UC Berkeley’s Executive Leadership Academy Welcomes Largest Cohort
Information-packed sessions on attributes and skills essential for successfully navigating higher education as a top administrator filled the first day of the Executive Leadership Academy at the University of California at Berkeley.
July 9, 2019
News Roundup
UC Berkeley President Announces New Undergraduate Student Diversity Project
University of California (UC) at Berkeley chancellor Dr. Carol Christ has announced the creation of the Undergraduate Student Diversity Project that’s focused on expanding and furthering diversity on campus. The goals of the project include expanding the enrollment of underrepresented, low- and middle-income and first-generation college students, increasing campus diversity and qualifying as a Hispanic-Serving […]
December 11, 2018
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Executive Leadership Academy Fellows Prepped for Top Campus Roles
At first, Krystal Lyons thought she was headed to another one of those conferences where you frequently check your cell phone under the table because you’ve heard it all before. But she was delighted to find that assumption wrong within the first few hours of the Executive Leadership Academy (ELA) at the University of California – Berkeley.
October 9, 2018
Asian American Pacific Islander
Remembering Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien, Champion of Affirmative Action
This past week, I was moved by the memorial for the late Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien. The first Asian American to head a major research university, University of California Berkeley, which he led from 1990 to 1997, he was remembered again on the tenth anniversary of the naming of an East Asian Library in his honor.
October 9, 2018
Sports
The Minority Coach Roundup Week 5
This weekend was another exciting one for 13 of the 18 minority head coaches in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).
October 2, 2018
Latest News
Skepticism in Higher Ed of Gainful Employment Rescission
Count Dr. Charlie Eaton among the skeptics. A sociologist who studies inequality, he recently presented a paper about for-profit colleges at The National Bureau of Economic Research and says the federal education department’s plan to rescind Gainful Employment regulations will leave low-income and African-American students particularly vulnerable – again.
August 13, 2018
Opinion
Debunking Mismatch and the Color-Blind Remedy to Affirmative Action
The affirmative action op-eds are starting to appear. Both the pro and the con. And there’s this sense of déjà vu. Yes, as that pre-hiphop group Crosby, Stills and Nash once sang, “We have all been here before.”
July 24, 2018
Leadership & Policy
Academy Preps Leaders for Top Campus Roles
BERKELEY, Calif. – Dr. Abdelharim Deifalla was almost too late. After being nominated to attend the Executive Leadership Academy at the University of California at Berkeley after the deadline and less than a week before the event, he was granted acceptance and a few days later made the 18-hour journey from Bahrain, Saudi Arabia to this renowned Northern California college town.
July 10, 2018
Community Colleges
McPhail Rallies Around College Access
Dr. Christine Johnson McPhail, who became a pioneer in the community college world in 1998 and has gone on to blaze more trails in higher education, is the 2018 Diverse Champions winner.
April 16, 2018
Latinx
Pathways Program Seeks to Diversify the Academy
PHILADELPHIA – After graduating from college in 2002, Johanna Lopez spent a decade working in the banking industry before enrolling in community college. Now, she’s a fellow in a program created to increase the number of Latino professors working in the humanities at colleges and universities across the nation.
March 4, 2018
Students
Guillermo: National Free Speech Center Too Academic for Words
When faced with a real-life issue on campus like protecting free speech, the largest public research university system has come up with the only thing it knows how to do. Let’s study it!
October 30, 2017
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