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Paul Quinn Becomes 1st HBCU to Gain Work College Designation

Two years after embracing the work college model, Paul Quinn College officially will join the ranks of schools such as Berea College that have earned federal recognition as a work college.

Paul Quinn College President Michael Sorrell

Baylor Draws Record Number of Applications Despite Scandal

WACO, Texas — Baylor University has drawn a record number of freshmen applications despite a lingering sexual assault scandal that’s led to lawsuits and the departure of top administrators. The Houston Chronicle reports the Baptist university has received about 36,000 applications. Students have until May 1 to make a final admission decision. University officials attribute […]

African-American

Persistence Puts Turner on Path to Education, Politics

Her mother’s sudden death, left Turner, who was then a 22-year-old sophomore at Cuyahoga Community College, and her police officer husband Jeffery, the task of caring for her six siblings and their own child.

Nina Turner (Photo courtesy of Nina Turner)

Asian American Pacific Islander

Guillermo: Asian American Professors Speak on Suit Against U. of Michigan

What is the situation like for professors of color at major universities, particularly the ones teaching the story of ethnic diversity?

Scott Kurashige

Who’s Winning? Why HBCU Athletic Branding Strategies Matter

If you ask the question “who’s winning?” and routinely cannot answer the question, allow me to answer it. Your team is not winning.

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New Budget Proposal May Hit Hispanic-Serving Institutions Hardest

So far, President Trump’s budget proposal doesn’t come close to the “aspirational” levels of funding that HBCU advocacy organizations had been seeking.

Leadership & Policy

Emanuel Appoints New City Colleges of Chicago Chancellor

CHICAGO — City Colleges of Chicago has a new chancellor. On Friday, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced that Juan Salgado will take over from Cheryl Hyman. Salgado is now on the Chicago Park District Board of Directors and is the president and CEO of Instituto del Progreso Latino on the city’s West Side. He was also […]

UW-La Crosse Dispatcher Fired Over Trump Offered Job Back

LA CROSSE, Wis. — A University of Wisconsin-La Crosse police dispatcher who says she was fired for supporting President Donald Trump’s travel ban will get her job back. Chancellor Joe Gow says the university system’s legal counsel recommended dispatcher Kimberly Dearman be rehired. Dearman was fired on Monday following a university investigation into a complaint […]

Cuba Offers Colombia 1,000 Medical School Scholarships

HAVANA — Cuba is offering Colombia 1,000 medical school scholarships to support a peace accord in which the South American country’s largest rebel army will relinquish its weapons. The scholarships will be distributed mostly to members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and those affected by the decades-long conflict. Colombia’s Cuban ambassador Jose Luis […]

Leadership & Policy

Carol T. Christ to Become UC Berkeley’s 1st Woman Chancellor

SAN FRANCISCO — Carol T. Christ, a scholar of Victorian literature and former president of Smith College, was named the next chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley on Thursday and the first woman in the school’s 149-year history to hold the position. The UC Board of Regents, the governing board of the system’s 10 […]

Faculty & Staff

Plenty of Work Remains in Effort to Close Higher Ed Gender Pay Gap

New evidence suggests some colleges and universities are taking bold steps to even out the playing field when hiring and retaining female faculty and staff.

Dr. Jacqueline Bichsel says the overall gender pay gap at colleges and universities is “not narrowing.”

African-American

Federal Judge Rejects Bias Suit Against Portland State

A federal judge in Oregon has rejected a race and national origin discrimination suit by a student who failed a final chemistry exam after Portland State University officials determined he had sent someone else to take the test.

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