I’ve never heard of a high ranking college administrator outing a department because of it’s reputation and image of racism and bigotry. I’ve never heard of a high ranking college administrator risking job and career and reputation like that. The allegations, nonetheless, are on the money. Colleagues in the Department…

I wish Acting Provost Valadia Dent had just straight out assailed the department for its racism and bigotry and smacked it with a barrage of sanctions. …

The email notice below was emailed several days ago to the following Powers That Be at Hunter College: (1) Associate Professor Amy M. Robbins, President, Hunter Faculty Delegate Assembly (FDA); (2) Professor Laura Keating, Chair of the Hunter College Senate [Hunter College Senate. Faculty Delegate Assembly.] This writer is not holding his breath for a response. Hi, So: Regarding Hunter-L Postings Acting Provost Dr. Valeda Dent reprimanded my department about its mistreatment and abuse of Black faculty and staff — and that it needs to get its act together. …

The rebuke was delivered at a ZOOM Faculty Meeting — not by the acting provost but by Department Chair Kelly Anderson. There was no outrage expressed in response to the rebuke. Instead there was weirdly operatic kaffeeklatsching discourse about “mentoring.” There were were phony apologies, pretentious mea culpas and testimonials…

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Ethnic and community media are critical lifelines of information for tens of thousands of people in New Jersey. Immigrants and people of…

I’m fwd-ing this article written by Cassandra Etienne and Oni Advincula, Center for Cooperative Media, Montclair State University Screenshot from the Center’s press briefing with Gov. Phil Murphy on Wed. Oct. 6, 2021. It was a small elephant in the room and an open question in the chat box when…