David PluvioseHomeTerminology Aside, Directors Focused on Raising Diversity AwarenessHigher education diversity officers outline key guideposts in developing diversity and inclusion programming.March 30, 2017African-AmericanProfessor Creates App to Take Fear Out of Police Traffic StopsDr. Juan Gilbert and his team at the University of Florida have developed the Traffic Stop app, which aims to allow both police officer and driver to stay in their vehicles for routine traffic stops, injecting a level of safety for both parties.March 2, 2017Faculty & StaffSEIU Accuses Duke of Erecting Unionization BlockadesThe Service Employees International Union is criticizing Duke University’s administration, following a vote to unionize Duke graduate students on Friday, alleging obstruction by Duke.February 27, 2017African-American‘The Obama Years: The Power of Words’ Premieres TonightTonight at 8 p.m. Eastern, the Smithsonian Channel premieres “The Obama Years: The Power of Words,” with historians assessing the impact of Obama’s rhetoric in light of history.February 27, 2017StudentsProject Funded to Promote Civility in Classroom DiscourseThe University of Connecticut awarded a $215,000 grant to Essential Partners to “shift classroom cultures toward more open, curious, and intellectually humble modes of dialogue.”February 22, 2017StudentsLeadership Encouraged HBCUs a Part of National ConversationAt an executive leadership forum, HBCU leaders across the HBCU spectrum gave their take on digital media, veteran students, student success and retention, and other topics of interest for HBCUs.February 19, 2017StudentsSides Not Close in Maryland HBCU Remedy TrialThe plaintiffs and those representing the state of Maryland are still apparently far apart when it comes to how to remedy a segregated higher ed system that has disadvantaged Maryland’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU). In the ongoing remedial bench trial in Baltimore, testimony on behalf of the state has put the price tag […]February 9, 2017StudentsJohn King to Succeed Kati Haycock as Education Trust CEOThe announcement that former U.S. Secretary of Education John King has been named Ed Trust president and CEO is winning plaudits from many.February 2, 2017Faculty & StaffCornel West: We’re All Responsible for ‘Gangster’ TrumpIn his lecture at Harvard, Dr. Cornel West waxed introspective about the courage he believes is necessary to speak truth to power during Donald Trump’s presidency.January 25, 2017StudentsFlorida Community College Students Experience Washington Politics Up CloseFor the past two weeks, a group of Miami Dade College students and faculty advisors has joined students at a number of select institutions participating in The Washington Center’s 2017 Presidential Inauguration Academic Seminar.January 19, 2017Previous PagePage 3 of 19Next Page
