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Shawna Chen '20

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A Flawed System: Professors of Color Face Hurdles in Obtaining Tenure

A Flawed System: Professors of Color Face Hurdles in Obtaining Tenure

The process of obtaining tenure in academia is somewhat shrouded in secrecy. Though tenure does not grant a professor immunity from being fired, it does prevent a college from firing a professor without due reason. Tenure has been, and remains difficult, to attain. In 1997, the National Education Association reported

A Flawed System: Professors of Color Face Hurdles in Obtaining Tenure

A Flawed System: Professors of Color Face Hurdles in Obtaining Tenure

The process of obtaining tenure in academia is somewhat shrouded in secrecy. Though tenure does not grant a professor immunity from being fired, it does prevent a college from firing a professor without due reason. Tenure has been, and remains difficult, to attain. In 1997, the National Education Association reported

Campus Undergoes Nearly Week-Long Server Outage Due to Network Disruptions

Campus Undergoes Nearly Week-Long Server Outage Due to Network Disruptions

The campus experienced nearly a week of network outages beginning on Monday, Feb. 11, as the Information Technology (IT) department worked around the clock to test the campus-wide server and address varying disruptions that had caused outages since the beginning of the semester. IT is close to identifying and resolving

Campus Undergoes Nearly Week-Long Server Outage Due to Network Disruptions

Campus Undergoes Nearly Week-Long Server Outage Due to Network Disruptions

The campus experienced nearly a week of network outages beginning on Monday, Feb. 11, as the Information Technology (IT) department worked around the clock to test the campus-wide server and address varying disruptions that had caused outages since the beginning of the semester. IT is close to identifying and resolving

A Flawed System: Navigating Racist Encounters

Last week, The Student embarked on the first of its four-part series examining the experiences of faculty of color at a predominantly white institution. Professors of color discussed extra burdens of service and emotional labor as work not acknowledged by the college, while internal reports showed that professors of color

A Flawed System: Navigating Racist Encounters

Last week, The Student embarked on the first of its four-part series examining the experiences of faculty of color at a predominantly white institution. Professors of color discussed extra burdens of service and emotional labor as work not acknowledged by the college, while internal reports showed that professors of color

A Flawed System: The Burden of Service Among Faculty of Color

A Flawed System: The Burden of Service Among Faculty of Color

Toward the earlier part of her career at Amherst, Professor of Black studies, Latinx and Latin American studies and English Rhonda Cobham-Sander typically wrote letters of recommendation for her students in the English department office. One day, as she typed, a white senior colleague came up behind her and peered