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LGBTQ+
LGBTQ Yeshiva U Students File Discrimination Complaint Against School
A group of seven LGBTQ Yeshiva University (YU) students has filed a discrimination complaint against the New York school over its refusal to allow a gay rights group on campus, reported the New York Post. The students filed âan initial reportâ with the city Human Rights Commission on Feb. 14, said The YU Alliance, a [âŠ]
African-American
Summit Empowers Black, Latino Men in College
Hundreds of students, educators and policymakers flocked to a three-day summit in Tampa, Fla., over the weekend to focus on how best to empower Black and Latino men in college.
Women
Gender Inequity Persists in Research Authorship, Report Finds
Despite an increase in the number of women in research, gender disparity still remains, according to Elsevierâs new research. The report, âThe Researcher Journey Through a Gender Lens,â analyzed research participation and career progression across the European Union and 15 countries including Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Canada, United States, United Kingdom, Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Australia and Japan.
African-American
Scholar Illustrates How to Include Women of Color in Teaching the History of the Suffrage Movement
As we approach the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, African American studies specialist Dr. Marilyn Sanders Mobley says itâs time academia recognized the contribution of women of color in the Suffrage Movement. This week, Mobley returned to her undergraduate alma mater, Barnard College, to present the lecture, âThe Difference Intersectionality Makes: Teaching the Suffrage [âŠ]
LGBTQ+
Brigham Young University Says LGBTQ+ Behavior Remains Banned
Brigham Young University (BYU) administrators have asserted that âhomosexual behaviorâ remains banned on campus after recent changes to the honor code had suggested that same-sex relationships would now be tolerated by the school, reported The Hill. In late February, the Mormon university had updated its Church Educational System Honor Code by removing âhomosexual feelingsâ under [âŠ]
African-American
Students Petition UC Irvine After Campus Police Arrest a Black Alumna
Shikera Chamndany, a Black alumnus in biomedical engineering at UC Irvine, went to campus to collect her transcripts on Feb. 20. She ended up spending the night in Orange County Womenâs Jail.
Latinx
Ethnic Studies Faculty Embrace Academic Twitter
When Harvard University denied tenure to renowned Latinx scholar Dr. Lorgia GarcĂa Peña, a small group of faculty took GarcĂa Peñaâs plight to perhaps the largest academic forum of them all â academic Twitter.
Students
Ed Department Urged to Help Erase Debt of Borrowers With Disabilities
Two letters sent to the U.S. Department of Education Tuesday urge Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to help erase the student debt owed by borrowers with disabilities, reported NPR. While these borrowers qualify to have their federal student loans erased, the process to do so is cumbersome, said one letter that was signed by more than [âŠ]
Native Americans
U of Illinois Offers Buyback of âRacistâ Mascot Gear
The University of Illinois student government is dedicating $5,250 to host its annual ât-shirt buybackâ event, in which it buys âoutdated and racistâ T-shirts featuring the schoolâs old âChiefâ mascot so they are removed from circulation on campus, reported Campus Reform. In a Facebook post last week, the student body wrote, âHelp remove outdated and [âŠ]
LGBTQ+
An NYU Professor Ups the Ante on LGBTQ Nursing Research
Although an estimated 11 million people in the U.S. identify as LGBTQ, nursing research and scholarship on the communityâs health needs has historically lagged that of other demographics. New Yorkâs Dr. Caroline Dorsen is changing that.
African-American
Despite Passage of FUTURE Act, HBCUs Still âWoefully Underfunded,â Says UNCF President
One could argue itâs been a victorious year for historically Black colleges and universities. The FUTURE Act â legislation sustaining federal funding for minority serving institutions â made a fraught, winding journey to President Donald J. Trumpâs desk, where it was signed into law in December. But on Tuesday, Dr. Michael Lomax, president and CEO of the United Negro College Fund, discouraged unbridled optimism at the organizationâs second annual âState of the HBCU Addressâ where HBCU leaders and allies gathered in Washington D.C.
African-American
DOJ Files Amicus Brief Saying Harvardâs Admissions Policy Violates Civil Rights Law
The U.S. Department of Justice, in an amicus brief filed on Tuesday to a federal appeals court, is arguing against a ruling from last October, which defended Harvardâs use of affirmative action in its admission process.
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