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40 Years After Students Sparked Apartheid’s End, a New Anger

JOHANNESBURG ― The day was a key moment in the long campaign to end South Africa’s harsh apartheid system of White-minority rule. Forty years ago, black students in Johannesburg’s Soweto township marched in protest and some were gunned down by police, appalling the world. South Africa has changed dramatically since June 16, 1976 , when […]

Leadership & Policy

Paul Quinn Addresses Issues in Black Community With New Institute

In an effort to address a litany of economic, educational, public policy and leadership development issues, Paul Quinn College recently announced the creation of the African American Leadership Institute.

Brooks Gives Unique Perspective on Two Worlds at Cal State Fullerton

Dr. Siobhan Brooks has created the first class of its kind at Cal State Fulerton chronicling the Black LGBT experience.

PwC’s $1.35M Gift to Bryant University May Spur Greater Investment in Diversity

A recent $1.35 million gift to Bryant University from PwC, the world’s largest accounting firm, to support diversity initiatives focused on student scholarships and leadership development, has redefined philanthropic giving.

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Proposed University of California System Tuition Hike Ignites Firestorm

The State Assembly voted to significantly raise tuition costs for out-of-state students at UC schools and cap the enrollment number of those students at 10 percent in a bid to expand access to low-income California students.

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Vanderbilt Adds Transgender Surgeries to Student Insurance

NASHVILLE, Tenn. ― Vanderbilt University officials say the school’s student insurance will start covering transgender-related surgeries in order to make the campus a more inclusive environment for students who previously had gone without necessary care. Vanderbilt Vice Provost for Learning and Residential Affairs Cynthia Cyrus tells The Tennessean that the change was made after a […]

Judge Dismisses Fordham Suit Over Mental Health Records

ALBANY, N.Y. ― A federal judge has dismissed a graduate student’s discrimination lawsuit against Fordham University over demands for mental health records before she could be readmitted following a medical leave. Judge Jesse Furman says Emily Pierce’s complaint fails to show she was treated differently than other students due to her disability. Pierce, who was […]

Former Yale Basketball Captain Sues School Over Expulsion

NEW HAVEN, Conn. ― Former Yale basketball captain Jack Montague filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing the Ivy League university of wrongfully expelling him over a sexual assault allegation. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Connecticut, says Montague was punished over what he believes was consensual sex. It says Montague had a relationship with the […]

African-American

Scholars: Turning Potential into Participation Key after Restoration of Ex-felons’ Voting Rights

Political observers say that the state of Virginia likely will play a major role in November’s presidential election, particularly after Gov. Terry McAuliffe restored voting rights to more than 200,000 of the state’s convicted felons.

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U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Leading Charge to Diversify K-12 Schools

U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King lamented the fact that, despite being more than 60 years removed from Brown v. Board of Education, America’s students today are more racially and socioeconomically isolated than they were 10 or 20 years ago.

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Stanford Put on Defensive Over Assault Prevention Efforts

SAN FRANCISCO ― Campus policies put in place to prevent and respond to sexual assaults worked about as well as Stanford University officials expected, after a member of the school’s swimming team was spotted by a garbage bin on top of an unconscious woman. Two graduate students passing by on bicycles interrupted the attack, chased […]

As a Black Female College Professor in Texas, Should I Get a Gun?

I’m unsettled by the notion of entire university communities being motivated by fear to take up arms. I also wonder how people will react to Black students, staff and faculty who choose to arm themselves.

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