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Texas University President Fired after Controversial Remarks

SAN ANTONIO ― A Texas university has fired its president after he had been placed on medical leave because of “uncharacteristic behavior and comments.” The San Antonio Express-News reports the University of the Incarnate Word’s governing board on Monday announced it had voted to remove Louis Agnese Jr. as president. The newspaper says Agnese’s firing […]

Another University furls Confederate-themed Mississippi Flag

JACKSON, Miss. ― Another Mississippi university has stopped flying the state flag that prominently features the Confederate battle emblem. Mississippi State University becomes the sixth of the state’s eight public universities to do so. University spokesman Sid Salter said Tuesday that President Mark Keenum approved deans’ plans to remove the flag from four locations […]

Campus Pride Releases New List of Anti-LGBTQ College Campuses

Campus Pride, a Charlotte-based LGBT advocacy group, released a new “Shame List” of college campuses that hold anti-LGBTQ policies.

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Delaware State Using Data Science to Improve Retention

Delaware State University uses data science to not only improve retention rates among students but the overall success of the school.

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Binghamton University Responds to Criticism over #StopWhitePeople2K16

A public university in New York says the #StopWhitePeople2K16 used as the title of a recent training session was chosen for its irony and the session ― about diversity ― wasn’t anti-White. A Binghamton University administrator issued an explanation Wednesday as the title and criticism of it made the rounds on social media. The optional, […]

NLRB Rules Student Assistants at Private Colleges Allowed to Unionize

Student assistants working at private colleges and universities are statutory employees covered by the National Labor Relations Act, and, as such, they are entitled to collective bargaining, the National Labor Relations Board ruled Tuesday.

LGBTQ Inclusion Summit Series Kicks off at Virginia State University

Leading LGBTQ education organization Campus Pride launches its first HBCU Sports Inclusion Summit series this week at Virginia State University.

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University of Hawaii Opens All-gender Restrooms

HONOLULU ― The University of Hawaii has opened nine more all-gender restrooms on its Manoa campus. Each all-gender bathroom is a lockable, single-stall room similar to the “family restrooms” found in malls and airports. Camaron Miyamoto who leads an LGBTQ center at UH says all-gender restrooms can be essential for students who don’t feel comfortable […]

Missouri Grad Assistants Worry About Social Media Monitoring

COLUMBIA, Mo. ― Graduate assistants at the University of Missouri suspect the university is monitoring their private social media conversations as the students attempt to organize. Among hundreds of pages of university emails related to campus unrest last fall, including the resignations of President Tim Wolfe and Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin, the university’s News Bureau […]

Vanderbilt Pays $1.2M to Remove ‘Confederate’ from Dorm Name

NASHVILLE, Tenn. ― Vanderbilt University announced Monday that it will pay more than a million dollars to remove an inscription containing the word “Confederate” from one of its campus dorms. The private university has referred to the Confederate Memorial Hall simply as “Memorial Hall” since 2002, but was blocked in court from changing the name […]

California Federation of Teachers Calls for ED to Delist ACCJC as Accreditor

A coalition of two California unions and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) filed a new complaint against the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC).

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Hundreds Set to Gather for Urban Education Conference

Hundreds of individuals who are concerned about the educational plight of youth in urban schools, will gather in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in November for the 2nd Biennial International Conference on Urban Education.

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