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I Failed the System: Representation, Meritocracy and Changing Education from the Top Down

I couldn’t fit the “college mold”, so I just gave up. I thought I failed the system and not the other way around. And, there are many first-generation, working-class youth giving up every day because they feel the same way.

Experts: Intimidation at Heart Department of Justice Plan

The U.S. Department of Justice’s recently revealed plan to investigate and sue colleges that wrongly use race in college admissions is a scare tactic meant to dissuade colleges from using race as one of many factors, as permitted by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Leadership & Policy

Morris Brown Appoints 4 New Board Members

Morris Brown College, a historically Black college in Atlanta, has appointed four new members to its Board of Trustees. The new appointees come from diverse backgrounds in business, education and government. The new trustees are: Clarence Ogletree, a Morris Brown College alumnus and retired General Motors Corporation executive and business consultant; Dr. John Foster, a […]

Judge Dismisses Most of Title IX Lawsuit Against Haskell

LAWRENCE, Kansas — A federal judge has dismissed most of a Title IX lawsuit filed against Haskell Indian Nations University by a former student who says she was treated unfairly and ultimately expelled after she reported she was raped in a dormitory three years ago by two football players. In his decision, U.S. District Judge […]

Senators Push for Expanded Childcare Support for Low-income Students

Legislation reintroduced in the Senate on Tuesday, the Child Care Access Means Parents in Schools (CCAMPIS) Reauthorization Act, would expand an existing federal program geared at helping low-income parents pay for childcare while in college.

Sen. Patty Murray

Report: Justice Department Plans to Investigate Colleges’ Affirmative Action Admission Policies

The Trump administration plans to have the U.S. Department of Justice’s civil rights division investigate and sue colleges and universities for their affirmative action admissions policies, according to the New York Times.

Faculty & Staff

Trinity College Loses Donors, Students After Professor’s Posts

HARTFORD, Conn. — The president of a private Connecticut college says several incoming students have withdrawn and about $200,000 in donations has been lost over a Black professor’s social media posts about White supremacy. Trinity College president Joanne Berger-Sweeney said Monday that 16 incoming students and some past donors cited the scandal involving sociology professor […]

Few Speak Up On Sex Assaults, Harassment at Aussie Campuses

CANBERRA, Australia — A survey of more than 30,000 Australian university students released on Tuesday found that half the respondents had been sexually harassed and almost one in 50 had been sexually assaulted on campuses, but few made formal complaints. The Australian Human Rights Commission, which surveyed students across all 39 universities in 2015-16, concluded […]

Penn State Pre-med Sues Over Probe of Sex Misconduct Claim

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — A Penn State pre-med student claims in a federal lawsuit that his lifelong goal of being a physician was ended by what he calls an unfair investigation into allegations he sexually abused a female student. The California student identified only as John Doe says in a federal complaint filed last week […]

Guillermo: Undocumented Student Finds Her Golden Door, Hopes to Help Others

Cheska Mae Perez isn’t a Latino name. She’s 19, a Filipino immigrant, whose example speaks to the power of DACA.

Cheska Mae Perez

FAMU Basks in ‘Girls Trip’ Screen Time

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) has joined the list of historically Black colleges that have been represented on the big screen.

Queen Latifah, Regina Hall, Jada Pinkett Smith and Tiffany Haddish star in “Girls Trip.”

Music Therapy Proving to be Sound Choice for Howard Student

Maya Rogers, a graduate student focusing on music therapy at Howard University, has been named one of four student recipients of the $25,000 Beyoncé Knowles-Carter Formation Scholars Award.

Maya Rogers is a 2017 Beyoncé Knowles-Carter Formation scholar. (Photo courtesy of Emily Violet Photography)

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