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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

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

American University Creates Sine Institute of Policy and Politics

American University President Sylvia M. Burwell has announced the launch of the Sine Institute of Policy and Politics. Capitalizing on AU’s location in the nation’s capital, the Institute will bring together experts and top scholars in the field with students in research and scholarship to work on the nation’s most pressing challenges in a way […]

September 25, 2018

Study Reveals Perceptions of the Student Voice on Campuses

WASHINGTON – Leaders of student government organizations on college campuses perceive themselves as having more impact on institutional decision-making when they have a right to speak during discussion as opposed to an ability to vote later in the process, according to a study by the National Campus Leadership Council.

September 20, 2018

Shelley Broderick: A Social Justice Lawyer

As Katherine “Shelley” Broderick prepares to step down this summer as dean of the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) David A. Clarke School of Law, she reflects on her law career that began more than 40 years ago.

July 17, 2018

Gina Adams: Power Player Who Supports Scholars

Every work day is a busy day for Gina F. Adams, which makes lunch on this particular Friday a welcomed diversion. It’s even more special because Adams is meeting for the first time with a first-year student at Howard University’s School of Law.

July 13, 2018

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Kendi Pushes Educators Not to Embrace Racist Ideologies, Policies

American University’s annual Summit Institute on Education Equity and Justice drew in dozens of community members—particularly educators—who wanted to share best practices that lead to equitable outcomes for underserved students, families and communities.

July 1, 2018

American University President Affirms Contentious Tenure Denial

American University has upheld its decision to deny tenure to former professor Carolyn Brown, a broadcast journalist who appealed after she was the latest in a number of women who claimed that they were victims of a biased evaluation by former AU Provost Dr. Scott A. Bass.

June 20, 2018

Journalism Program Explores Black Students’ Experiences

The Nation recently launched a student journalism program that provides training and mentoring opportunities for Black student journalists while giving them a platform to document the lived experiences of Black students on campus.

April 2, 2018

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Legacy of Black Scholar-Activist is Topic of Forum, New Book

Colleagues and friends discussed the legacy of scholar and civil rights activist Dr. Ronald Walters in a forum this week in connection with the recent publication of a new book about his life by Dr. Robert C. Smith.

March 29, 2018

American University Deals With Six Women’s Charges of Discrimination

Last summer, professor Carolyn Brown accused American University provost Dr. Scott A. Bass of racial and gender discrimination after he denied her tenure on contentious grounds. Brown is among six women who have accused the provost of discrimination in recent years.

March 26, 2018

Academicians Celebrated in ‘Black Scholars Matter’ Series, part 2

This is the second in a three-part Black History Month series celebrating Black academicians and their scholarship.

February 14, 2018

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