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George Mason University Names First African American President

After an eight-month search, George Mason University just announced its first African American president, Dr. Gregory Washington, the dean of the University of California Irvine’s engineering school.

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Supporting Black Students When They are Further Traumatized in School

There is no question that student trauma is on the rise and some school professionals are part of the problem.

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Howard University Ups Its Minimum Wage in a Push For Employee Financial Wellness

Howard University has been making a concerted push for financial wellness on campus – not just for students but for faculty and staff. The university upped its minimum wage to $16.82 per hour, almost three dollars more than Washington D.C.’s minimum wage, which is among the highest in the country at $14.00.

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Salisbury U Campus Police Working With FBI to Investigate Multiple Racist Threats

Officials at Maryland’s Salisbury University said college police are working with the FBI and other law enforcement agencies to investigate multiple racist threats found on campus Wednesday afternoon, reported WUSA9. Following the threats, the college closed on Thursday, “to provide a day of healing.” However, the Counseling Center, Office of Diversity and Inclusion and Multicultural […]

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Achieving the Dream Conference Spotlights Tribal Colleges and Universities

This year, the Achieving the Dream conference focused on tribal colleges and universities. How can higher education leaders boost student success at these institutions?

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UAlbany Asian Students Call for Investigation of Coronavirus-Themed Party

Asian students and members of the University of Albany Asian American Alliance are requesting that the Dean of Student Office “investigates” a coronavirus-themed party hosted by students at the University of Albany over the weekend. In a statement posted to Instagram, the Asian American Alliance wrote, “As members of the Asian community on campus, your […]

Report: Diminishing Financial Aid for Low-Income Students

A new report says that as universities chase high rankings and future donors, financial aid money is all too often allocated to students who don’t really need it.

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Asian Students Face Discrimination as the Coronavirus Spreads

Since a case of the coronavirus was confirmed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison last week, Cynthia Liu, a senior, said she’s seeing an increase in discrimination against Asian students on campus. But this isn’t just a University of Wisconsin problem.

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Two History Professors Chronicle the Lives of the First Black Scholars Hired at PWIs

Dr. David Canton, associate professor of history at Connecticut College, is working on a biography of Dr. Lawrence D. Reddick, which will focus on the mid-20th century when an increasing number of African Americans earned doctorates and entered the faculties at predominantly White colleges and universities (PWIs).

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How Dr. Hasan Jeffries is Rethinking the Way We Teach Black History

As a teenager in 1980s Brooklyn, Dr. Hasan Jeffries tried piecing together two different stories: the history he was learning in school and the events he was witnessing on the train to and from school. But they didn’t fit.

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UNCF and H.E.L.F. Partner to Build HBCU Leadership Pipeline

With the average tenure of a college president steadily decreasing and a “mounting void within HBCU leadership,” the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) and the Higher Education Leadership Foundation (H.E.L.F.) have announced a three-year partnership in which they will work together to educate and prepare a pipeline of individuals who wish to serve in leadership […]

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“Just Mercy” is a Realistic Portrayal of the Problems in the Criminal Justice System, Say Scholars

In an early scene in the film, “Just Mercy,” death row inmate Walter “Johnny D.” McMillian, wearing a white jumpsuit, sits across the table from his lawyer Bryan Stevenson, with the sterile bars of an Alabama prison in the background.

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