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An Increasing Number of LGBTQ Coaches Are Publicly Out, But the Work for Inclusion Continues

Over the past few years, it has become more and more common for lesbian and gay coaches to include the names of spouses and partners in their bios. Dr. Pat Griffin, professor emerita of education at University of Massachusetts Amherst and longtime advocate for equality in sports, describes it as a sea change, noting that today’s athletes and coaches are coming out into a much more supportive environment than existed 20 years ago.

Oklahoma Republican Legislators Emboldened in Anti-Transgender Sports Efforts After NCAA Seems to Give Ground

Weeks after the NCAA issued an April statement that seemed to threaten to pull championships from states with anti-transgender bills, the college sports organization awarded regional softball championships to three states that had passed bans targeting transgender children in sports, emboldening Oklahoma Republicans in their legislative efforts, The Washington Post reported. The annual NCAA softball […]

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Knoxville College Receives $200,000 from City of Knoxville for Renovations

Knoxville College is getting $200,000 from the city of Knoxville to renovate a building housing the school’s workforce development program, Knox News reported. The $200,000 comes from the Community Agency Grant program for renovations to the Alumni Library. Dr. Leonard Adams, the school’s president, said administrators continue to secure funds from sources so that buildings […]

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Black Chemist Declines UNC Faculty Position, Citing Controversial Nikole Hannah-Jones Tenure Case

Dr. Lisa Jones, a prominent Black chemist, has turned down an offer to join the faculty at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill citing a decision by UNC trustees not to offer tenure to Pulitzer Prize journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, The News & Observer reported. And some faculty worry the loss of Jones – who […]

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Denmark Technical College to Give Free Tuition to 500 Students

Denmark Technical College is giving free tuition to 500 students, The State reported. The Denmark Technical College Tuition Assistance scholarship will eliminate the $2,813 tuition for fall semester for the first 500 students who apply and are enrolled for fall 2021. Returning students are eligible. Out-of-state students can receive a $2,813 credit for tuition. Denmark […]

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Journalist Roland Martin Named Fisk University Inaugural Reavis L. Mitchell Distinguished Scholar in Residence

Roland Martin, journalist and television personality, will be Fisk University’s inaugural Reavis L. Mitchell Distinguished Scholar in Residence. In the role, Martin will teach a course in current affairs. From 2013 to 2017, Martin was host of NewsOneNow, which focused on important issues to African Americans. He also spent four years as host and managing […]

Wilberforce University Forgives $375,000 in Student Debt and Fines 2020 and 2021 Graduates

Wilberforce University announced during spring graduation that it is clearing $375,000 in debt and fines owed by graduates from spring 2020 through those who graduated on Saturday, Dayton Daily News reported. The commencement ceremony was for the classes of 2020 and 2021 and 166 students graduated. “As these graduates begin their lives as responsible adults, […]

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Morehouse College to Receive $1 Million from Michael Jordan and Jordan Brand to Support Journalism and Sports-Related Studies

Morehouse College will receive $1 million from Michael Jordan and Jordan Brand, as part of the Black Community Commitment. The money will help fund scholarships, tech and educational programming for students in journalism and sports-related fields of study. The Black Community Commitment is an initiative by Michael Jordan and Jordan Brand to fight against systemic […]

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UNC Tenure Request for “1619 Project” Author Nikole Hannah-Jones Resubmitted

UNC Trustees said the request to grant tenure to Nikole Hannah-Jones has been resubmitted by the faculty committee that considers tenure. The resubmission comes amid criticism of the trustees’ refusal to grant Hannah-Jones tenure in UNC’s Hussman School of Journalism and Media. “Intentionally or not,” the chancellor’s Commission on History, Race and a Way Forward co-chairs […]

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Learn How This Woman’s Journey Has Made Her ‘a Pillar of Stanford’s Asian American Community’

As the child of Chinese immigrants, Cindy Ng wanted to fit in. She wanted to, as Andrew Yang puts it, “out-American the Americans.” That would change though as Ng entered college at the University of California, Berkeley in the early ’70s. It was there she became “sidetracked by activism.”

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“Alma Mater” Debuts As Alabama A&M’s Beer of Choice

Casey Warner put his classroom studies to use when he was tapped to spearhead an ambitious branding campaign for a new craft beer inspired by his beloved university: Alabama A&M University. On Thursday, “Alma Mater” made its official debut at a local brewery in Huntsville, thanks to Warner and two of his classmates who named the beer and launched an impressive rollout of the marketing strategy to get the beverage in the hands of beer lovers.

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Panelists Discuss the Pandemic’s Impact on Latinx Students

Education leaders from UnidosUS, LULAC, The Education Trust, Teach Plus, ALAS, Khan Academy and Leadership for Educational Equity convened virtually this week to discuss how COVID-19 has impacted Latinx students in K–12 and strategize on outcomes so tha unfinished learning doesn’t impact these students for a lifetime.

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