COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Researchers at three universities in Maryland will study why there are so few women and people of color in leadership roles at universities.
They’re also hoping to bring more diversity to those top jobs. The Washington Post reports that the research will be conducted by faculty from the University of Maryland in College Park, the University of Maryland Baltimore County and Morgan State University. The researchers are getting the support of a $3 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Phillip Brian Harper, the foundation’s program director for higher learning, noted that each of the three schools has a Black president.”
American universities have been growing more diverse. But the people in charge have remained overwhelmingly White and male.
BALTIMORE (AP) — Lamar Jackson provided one brilliant highlight during an otherwise subpar performance and his 13-yard touchdown pass to Mark Andrews in the third quarter was enough to lift the Baltimore Ravens to a 16-10 victory over the Cleveland Browns. Jackson threw a career-high four interceptions but the only Baltimore touchdown was a memorable one. Jackson scrambled all the way back to about the 35-yard line before lofting a […]
