cmaadmin (EDU)Hi this is my profile and bio information.SportsReport: Liberty U Has Spent Millions on Sports but Its Black Student-Athletes Are LeavingLiberty University has spent close to $150 million on sports in the last four years, but its Black student-athletes are now leaving, upset at the racial climate on campus, reported Slate.com. The university’s president Jerry Falwell Jr. has come under fire for his racist-tinged tweets and comments in the last few months. But the publication […]August 4, 2020SportsGroup of Pac-12 Football Players Threaten Boycott if Demands Aren’t MetMore than a dozen Pac-12 football players have issued a list of demands which include health and safety protection during the COVID-19 pandemic, racial justice, and economic equity. The student-athletes have threatened to boycott practice and games if their demands are not met. The players’ statement and demands were published in The Players’ Tribune and […]August 3, 2020SportsPac-12 Approves 10-Game, Conference-Only Schedule for Fall FootballThe Pac-12 has approved a 10-game, conference-only fall schedule for football, with the season beginning Sept. 26, and “the flexibility if necessary to commence on a later date if the situation warrants.” Each team will play five home and five road games with the Pac-12 Football Championship Game slated for Dec. 18 or 19. The […]August 3, 2020SportsWest Coast Conference Adopts ‘Russell Rule,’ a Hiring Diversity InitiativeThe West Coast Conference, or WCC, said on Monday it has created and adopted the “Russell Rule,” a diversity hiring initiative. The “Russell Rule” is named after WCC and NBA legend Bill Russell, who the WCC described as a life-long advocate for social justice. The rule requires each member institution to include a member of […]August 3, 2020African-AmericanU of Lynchburg Alumni: Remove Name of Jerry Falwell Sr. From BuildingAlumni of the University of Lynchburg are asking the institution to remove the name of Jerry Falwell Sr. from a building on campus, saying his “rhetoric represented that of racism, bigotry, placism and sexism until the last day,” reported the Danville Register & Bee. These alumni also want the university to cut ties with Lynchburg-based […]August 3, 2020African-AmericanHoward University Gets $1 Million Gift From HBOHoward University has received a $1 million gift from HBO to establish an endowed fund to benefit students pursuing careers in the arts and entertainment industries. The donation was announced in conjunction with an HBO event, ‘Between the World and Me,’ which is based on a book by Ta-Nehisi Coates, a Howard alumnus. Coates will […]August 3, 2020African-AmericanStudents from 8 Chicago Higher Ed Institutions Come Together to Advocate for Police-Free CampusesStudents from eight Chicago colleges and universities came together on Saturday to advocate for police-free campuses, reported The Columbia Chronicle. College students gathered together at a block party hosted by Solidarity Street, a student-led community organization. Institutions represented included Columbia College Chicago, the University of Chicago, DePaul University, The University of Illinois at Chicago, Northwestern […]August 3, 2020StudentsOnline Anti-Oppressive Orientation During COVID-19With the COVID-19 pandemic shutting down physical college campuses in the spring, many institutions are planning to continue their fall semester in an online setting. In May 2020, we restructured a previously in-person program to an asynchronous and synchronous anti-oppressive orientation program entitled, Power, Privilege and Positionality (PPP) to address recent national uprisings at the intersection of COVID-19.August 3, 2020StudentsClosing University Child Care Centers Hurts Both Student Parents and Future EducatorsAcross the country, early childhood care and education programs have been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Most closed in March, and though some are reopening as they are allowed by states, it’s expected that many will never reopen. These programs were financially precarious before the pandemic, and after months of closures and now with new regulations around cleaning and social distancing, it’s tough to make the numbers add up.July 31, 2020African-AmericanSegregation Forever? Research Finds Black, Latinx Students Still Excluded From Selective Public InstitutionsAs communities and institutions seek solutions to the nation’s racial inequities in the aftermath of protests surrounding George Floyd’s death in police custody, the Education Trust recently cited “continued and systematic exclusion of Black and Latinx students from the most selective public colleges and universities in the country” in an incisive report published on its […]July 31, 2020Previous PagePage 78 of 3226Next Page
