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Mapping the Legacy of RPI's First African American Woman Leader

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Following her retirement as president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in July 2022, Jackson continued to have an impact on academia, industry, and public service. A dean at MIT suggested she look at some industrial research labs. Jackson has also been an advocate for gender equity.

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Have you seen these 10 Terrible Tenure Decision Making Patterns?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Narrow, self-serving yardsticks for assessing impact of scholarship, teaching, and service. If a faculty member is assigned more teaching and/or more service, and has less time available for scholarship, they should be evaluated accordingly. The criteria should be read aloud, prior to evaluating that dimension.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity HEED Award Recipients

Insight Into Diversity

It serves as an advocate and provides a safe space for members of trans, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming communities and their allies. . Building Pathways to Academia — Columbia University in the City of New York. to offer scholarships to DACA students. Elevating Stories of the Unrecognized — Agnes Scott College.

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2022: Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Enrollment remained down at every level from community colleges to graduate schools, but much of academia showed its persistence and resilience. Sports Scholars of the Year In the spring, Diverse named Nakobe Dean and Sophie Jaques the Male and Female Arthur Ashe Jr. It has been a year of navigating the new normal on many fronts.