Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez

Slidell, Washington, D.C.

Breaking News Editor at The Chronicle of Higher Education

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Diversity officers dig their heels in

1 month ago | chronicle.com | Beckie Supiano |Alexandra Dufresne |Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez

Diversity officers are ready to fight back. Diversity officers ready to advocate for their work, despite the risks. Diversity officers, many of whom were hired by colleges just a few years ago, have spent the last few years fielding attacks from state and federal lawmakers and trying to justify their existence. They are now seeing jobs being cut, departments being eliminated, and student-support programs ending, among other things.
Following a botched donation, Florida A&M U.'s leader wants some cabinet members out

Aug 20, 2024 | chronicle.com | Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez

After botched donation, Florida A&M University’s interim president wants senior leaders out. The fallout continues from Florida A&M University’s donation fumble. Florida A&M University’s interim president demanded the immediate resignation of multiple leaders in his cabinet, according to a copy of an email obtained by The Chronicle.
Why Howard University is silent about Kamala Harris

Aug 6, 2024 | chroni.cl | Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez

Why Howard University hasn’t spoken up about Kamala Harris’s presidential run In the two weeks since Vice President Kamala Harris became the presumed Democratic presidential nominee, her alma mater, one of the nation’s most prominent HBCUs, has remained silent.
These 49 DEI staffers were fired in one day

Jul 9, 2024 | chronicle.com | Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez

How one university cut an entire DEI division The University of Texas at Austin laid off dozens of employees in April, most working in the division of campus and community engagement. Though employees were aware that Senate Bill 17, which banned diversity training and programs that promote differential treatment on the basis of race, gender, or sexuality at public colleges in Texas, for many the news came as a shock.
Weekly Briefing: Leaving your dream job

Jul 5, 2024 | chronicle.com | Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez

When your dream job isn’t enough In 2019 he got a tenure-track position in his field. Three years later, he resigned. Michael Chen (above) accepted the job as an assistant professor of public health at what was then Nazareth College (the institution became a university last year), thinking he could spend the next three decades there. Instead, he burnt out. Our Beckie Supiano tells Chen’s story, one that’s emblematic of the lack of support for the faculty work force.
The latest weapon against DEI: bureaucracy

Jun 25, 2024 | chronicle.com | Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez

To stamp out diversity work in higher ed, lawmakers are adding oversight. Republicans believe banning DEI in higher education is not enough. In some states, lawmakers have enacted an additional oversight to monitor administrators and professors at public institutions where bans are in place. Our Maggie Hicks explains. Shaun Harper’s public profile has grown along with the surge in diversity, equity, and inclusion work at colleges.
2023: The Year in Higher Ed

Dec 20, 2023 | chronicle.com | Claire Wallace |Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez

We examined our reader data to tell the story of 2023. Your interests define your year — and ours. These topics and stories generated the most reader attention in 2023. We measured reader attention through time spent on articles, downloads of reports, and website searches, among other things. Unlike other end-of-year lists, ours isn’t curated by editors, but by you.
Hispanics Want to Enroll in College, but They Don’t Know How to Get There

Dec 7, 2023 | chronicle.com | Luna Laliberte |Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez

Hispanic Americans want to go to college. They’re more likely than their white counterparts to consider it. They’re also more likely to believe that colleges are fulfilling their promises to society. In a national poll by The Chronicle, 75 percent of Hispanic respondents with no more than a high-school diploma said they had considered college, compared with 60 percent of white respondents.
Weekly Briefing: A teaching-evaluation spat prompts conversations about grade inflation

Oct 27, 2023 | chronicle.com | Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez

This department’s overall rating for teaching fell. Why? Something was different when economics faculty members at James Madison University’s business school received their annual evaluations this past summer. Six professors who spoke with The Chronicle said their overall performance scores had dropped from the year before by at least two points on a nine-point scale. The score measures teaching, research, and service.
Weekly Briefing: What college leaders are saying, and not saying, about the Israel-Hamas war

Oct 13, 2023 | chronicle.com | Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez

What do college leaders say when it comes to hot-button issues? A small but growing number of college leaders have released statements about the Israel-Hamas war. The statements have denounced “violence, hate, and prejudice in all forms,” offered support to the campus community, and encouraged “mutual respect.” Most college administrators haven’t said anything. Some who did issue statements were accused of not grasping the severity of the conflicts.