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Univ. of Missouri Fires Instructor After Student Run-ins
KANSAS CITY, Mo. ― The University of Missouri on Thursday fired an assistant professor who had been suspended after run-ins with student journalists during protests last year, including a videotaped confrontation where she called for “some muscle” to remove a videographer from the Columbia campus. Melissa Click’s actions were “not compatible with university policies and […]
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South Africa: Protesting Students Torch University Buildings
JOHANNESBURG ― Students were ordered on Thursday to abandon a South African university, leaving behind charred, smoldering buildings after protests turned violent. North-West University said protesting students burned an administration building and science center at the campus in Mahikeng (also called Mafikeng) on Wednesday night. Student protests have erupted across South Africa, often aimed at […]
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Harvard Replaces ‘House Master’ Title with ‘Faculty Dean’
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. ― Faculty dorm leaders who were previously called house masters at Harvard will now be called faculty deans. College officials announced the change on Wednesday following complaints that the title “master” had historical ties to slavery. The dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Michael Smith, said in a campus email that […]
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Charges Against NY College Students who Claimed Bias Attack
ALBANY, N.Y. ― Three 20-year-old Black female college students who claimed a group of White men and women harassed them with racial slurs aboard a city bus are being charged with assault. Officials at the University at Albany announced Thursday that two of the women, Ariel Agudio and Asha Burwell, both of Long Island, also […]
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RUQAIIJAH A. YEARBY
RUQAIIJAH A. YEARBY has been named associate dean of institutional diversity and inclusiveness at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law. She is a professor of law, associate director of the Law-Medicine Center and Oliver C. Schroeder Jr. Distinguished Research Scholar at Case Western Reserve. Yearby earned a bachelor’s from the University of Michigan, a master’s from Johns Hopkins and a juris doctor from Georgetown University.
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KATHY BRITTAIN RICHARDSON
KATHY BRITTAIN RICHARDSON has been appointed president of Westminster College, effective July 1. She is provost and a professor of communication at Berry College in Georgia. Richardson earned a bachelor’s from Shorter College, and a master’s and a doctorate from the University of Georgia.
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BRYAN TERRY
BRYAN TERRY has been appointed vice chancellor for enrollment management at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He was associate provost for enrollment management at UNC-Greensboro. Terry earned a bachelor’s from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, an MBA from Fontbonne University and a doctorate from Illinois State University.
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LISA LARSON
LISA LARSON has been appointed president of Eastern Maine Community College. She is vice president for academic and student affairs at Hennepin Technical College. Larson earned a bachelor’s from Northern State University, a master’s from Minnesota State University, Mankato and a doctorate from St. Mary’s University of Minnesota.
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Diverse Docket: Judge Squashes Bias Suit Against Howard University
U.S. District Judge Richard Leon threw out a suit by Jeannette Frett, a $150,000-a-year senior director and chief talent officer in Howard’s Office of Talent Management.
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Corporations Beginning to See Value of Supporting HBCUs
Recent headlines have shared historic announcements by many leading corporations of their new commitment to supporting greater diversity in science, technology, engineering and math.
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President Obama Nominates First African-American Librarian of Congress
President Barack Obama has nominated the longtime head of Baltimore’s library system as the next Librarian of Congress. Carla Hayden would be the 14th Librarian of Congress in the institution’s 214-year history and the first woman and the first African-American to hold the position. Obama announced her appointment on Wednesday. If confirmed by the Senate, […]
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Booker T. Washington: A Complicated Legacy
Booker T. Washington’s curriculum practice of connecting education to the social life and needs of his students in furtherance of the democratic prospect was powerfully unique and created a vision for future generations of educators.
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