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Audit of Gallaudet University Shows Significant Administrative Salary Increases Amid Stagnant Academic Spending and Faculty Salaries

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A new audit of Gallaudet University has shown that administrative salary rose by 107% ($11.3 million) since 2019. The evidence is clear that Gallaudet has very high and increasing administrative costs,” Bunsis writes about the private university that educates the deaf and hard of hearing.

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Honoring Excellence in Urban Teaching

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jhaneil Thompson After graduating from high school, Thompson enrolled in a community college and when it was time for her to continue her education at a four-year-institution, it was Florida A&M University (FAMU) that welcomed her right from the start, even before she officially enrolled in fall of 2019.

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An Inclusive Approach to Increasing Access to Student Mental Health Services

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Removing barriers for students to use mental health services is one of the most important goals of college administrations today particularly for students of color and diverse backgrounds. Our partnership with TimelyCare is another extension of this integrated model.

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What Dr. Ibram Kendi’s Appointment to Howard Means for HBCUs—and Black Scholarship

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It was at least a decade later before Fisk's John Lewis Center for Social Justice was established in 2019 to carry on a similar mantle. Its quiet closure sometime in the 2000s signaled that even the most decorated HBCU research centers are not assured longevity or the perpetual institutional support needed to sustain them.

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Staying Woke for A Cause

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2019, he became the recipient of both an honorary doctorate in social work and a Distinguished Alumnus award for his decades of commitment and service to racial equality, the highest honor awarded by the University of Tennessee Alumni Board. Robinson later returned to the University of Tennessee, initially as a political science lecturer.

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Staying Woke for A Cause

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2019, he became the recipient of both an honorary doctorate in social work and a Distinguished Alumnus award for his decades of commitment and service to racial equality, the highest honor awarded by the University of Tennessee Alumni Board. Robinson later returned to the University of Tennessee, initially as a political science lecturer.

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Dr. Marlene Tromp Named University of Vermont's 28th President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Her administrative experience includes serving as campus provost and executive vice chancellor at the University of California at Santa Cruz and vice provost and dean at Arizona State University. She will succeed Dr. Suresh Garimella, who led UVM from 2019 until October 2024 when he became president of the University of Arizona.