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Smith Leads Swarthmore College as First Black President

Valerie Smith is focused on maintaining the success and legacy of Swarthmore College.

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Moore College Paves the Way for Female Design, Leadership

Moore College of Art & Design is paving the way for diversity in fashion, art and design while cultivating female leadership throughout the industry.

Professor Accused of Sexual Harassment to Return to UCLA

LOS ANGELES ― Students, faculty and others demonstrated at the University of California, Los Angeles, against a settlement that will allow the return of a history professor who was accused of sexual harassment. More than 75 people rallied Wednesday against the decision involving Mideast specialist Gabriel Piterberg, who was accused by two female graduate students, […]

Agency Probes Notre Dame for Possible Title IX Violations

SOUTH BEND, Ind. ― The University of Notre Dame is among more than 165 colleges under federal investigation for possible violations of Title IX, a gender-equity law, related to sexual violence on campus. As of Feb. 24, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights was investigating 208 cases for issues of sexual violence […]

University of Texas System Police Get Guidelines for Sex Assault Responses

AUSTIN, Texas ― The University of Texas System announced science-based guidelines Tuesday to help police for all 14 campuses better respond to sexual assault victims. UT System officials said in a statement that the 170-page report detailing the guidelines is a “victim-centered blueprint” to assist the system’s 600-person police force in engaging with and understanding […]

Faculty & Staff

Anti-Spellings Protests Backed by Faculty-Union Offshoot

RALEIGH, N.C. ― Opponents of incoming University of North Carolina President Margaret Spellings include an offshoot of one of the country’s largest labor unions. Spellings is set to become the statewide public university system’s leader Tuesday. Some students plan a classroom walkout and rally on the university system’s flagship Chapel Hill campus. Similar anti-Spellings demonstrations […]

Education Secretary Nominee: Curbing Student Loan Debt, Campus Assaults Among Priorities

Student loan debt and the campus sexual assault debate were two of the higher-education-related items on the agenda during the Senate education committee hearing on President Obama’s nominee for secretary of education on Thursday afternoon.

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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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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 […]

Faculty & Staff

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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University Leaders Debate Police Involvement in Campus Sexual Assaults

In order to combat sexual violence on campus, university leaders must broaden the conversation and take a more active role in shaping the policies that are being implemented to deal with the problem.

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Leadership & Policy

University of Arizona Dean Picked to Lead St. Mary’s College

SOUTH BEND, Ind. ― A University of Arizona administrator has been selected as the new president of St. Mary’s College in northern Indiana. Janice Cervelli grew up in South Bend, where she will become leader of the Roman Catholic liberal arts school in June. The South Bend Tribune reports students and employees applauded and cheered […]

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