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Attack on Black Cornell University Student Under Investigation

ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell University plans to form a task force to address what its president calls “persistent problems of bigotry and intolerance” at the Ivy League school in the wake of the beating of a Black student. Authorities in Ithaca say they’re looking into whether last week’s attack against the student was racially motivated. […]

Swastika, Racist Messages Reported at Drake University

DES MOINES, Iowa — Administrators say a swastika was carved into an elevator on campus at Drake University in Des Moines and a racist message left outside an African-American student’s dorm room in a cowardly attack. The Des Moines Register reports that the message was left on a whiteboard on the door of a first-year […]

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Jesse Jackson Invokes History to Encourage Voter Participation

“Keep your eyes on the prize” was the message Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. delivered to audience members at George Mason University (GMU) in an effort to inspire social change and increase voter turnout for the upcoming Virginia elections in November. On Friday evening, Jackson spoke at GMU’s Harris Theater as a part of his […]

Conservative Professors: Where’s Our Inclusion on Campus?

In the academy, liberal or far-left professors outnumber their ideologically opposite colleagues nearly 5 to 1, based on a UCLA survey. If we promote diversity in race, gender and religion within the student body, shouldn’t diversity of thought be just as important?

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Dowell Taylor Named Interim Band Director at Jackson State

JACKSON, Miss. — Dowell Taylor has been named interim director of bands at Jackson State University. President Dr. William B. Bynum Jr. said Thursday that Taylor will officially assume the role Sept. 18. The Clarion-Ledger reports the university fired O’Neill Sanford as band director just before the football season began, saying it was “undergoing evaluations […]

Haddon Helps Rutgers-Camden Bring Out the Best Across the Board

With a family history that ties her to four generations of educators and lawyers, Rutgers University–Camden Chancellor Phoebe A. Haddon exemplifies what it means to bring access to higher education to historically underserved students.

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Survey: Millennials Divided Over Goal of Public School Education

A GenForward survey found that millennials are split on the fundamental issue of what the main goal of a public school education should be.

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Professor Aims to Honor St. Cloud State’s First African-American Alumna

Earlier this summer, Dr. Christopher Lehman, a professor and chair of the Ethnic Studies Department, had the idea to rename the 51 Building after Ruby Cora Webster, the first African-American student to have graduated from St. Cloud State University.

Dr. Christopher Lehman

Howard University Moves Up in 2018 Best College Rankings

US News & World Report’s annual rankings of the nation’s colleges and universities shows that Howard University, a historically Black college in Washington, D.C., has risen 14 slots since last year to 110th in the National Universities category. “The things that we’ve been doing at the university are really aimed at academic excellence and ensuring […]

Activist Angela Davis to speak at Ball State

MUNCIE, Ind. — Social activist Angela Davis is coming to Ball State University to discuss institutional racism in the nation’s prisons. The 73-year-old academic who’s known for her work on economic, racial and gender justice will speak Sept. 22 at Emens Auditorium in a free event open the public. Davis was a University of California, […]

Indiana University Police Hires Chief Diversity Officer

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — The Indiana University Police Department has appointed its first chief diversity officer. Wayne James became chief diversity officer Sept. 4, The Herald Times reported. University Superintendent of Public Safety Benjamin Hunter said he picked James because of his work as chief of police for the northwest campus. James will continue to serve […]

20 Years Later, Scholar Says Racism Remains Relevant Discussion in Classroom

Two decades after the release of Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria by Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum, the text continues to be used in classrooms across the nation.

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