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ODU Settles with Justice Department on Discrimination and Retaliation Investigation

The Justice Department has settled with Old Dominion University (ODU) to resolve its investigation into a complaint that the school discriminated and retaliated against a graduate student based on disability and her related request for reasonable modifications of policy, according to Justice Department officials. Findings state that the complainant was punished for requesting acknowledgement of […]

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Famed Attorney Speaks at UK’s Annual Men of Color Symposium

Encouraging individuals to have other people at the table who do not think like themselves and have different lifestyles were some of the points attorney Ben Crump made as the keynote speaker at the second annual University of Kentucky’s Men of Color Symposium on Friday.

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Morehouse College Offers Online Program for Adult Learners to Complete Degrees

Morehouse College is launching an online bachelor’s degree completion program this summer for adult learners who already have some college experience, The Washington Post reported. Morehouse Online will start with three offerings, including business administration – that will offer degrees to men with credits from other schools and former Morehouse students who left before degree completion. Partnering […]

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I Wasn’t a Good Asian Daughter… But That Got Me into College

Holistic admissions should encourage students to celebrate different components of their unique personal identities rather than conform to what they think admissions officers are looking for.

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Boston University Law Dean Given Antiracism Professorship

Boston University law school Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig, a critical race theory scholar, has been named the first Ryan Roth Gallo and Ernest J. Gallo Professor. Onwuachi-Willig is an expert in racial and gender inequality and anti-discrimination law. She founded the Lutie A. Lytle Black Women Law Faculty Workshop for women of color law faculty in […]

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Fighting Against Historic Distrust and Misinformation To Save African American Patients

A group of higher ed professionals, doctors and public health experts known as the Black Coalition Against COVID, is working to address community concerns and dispel misconceptions about COVID-19 and the vaccine and to inspire trust in the medical community around these issues to hopefully save Black lives.

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Chinese American History Professors Gave Photographer Corky Lee His Calling

My friend Corky Lee, the self-described Asian American photographer laureate, has been mentioned by much of the mainstream media this past week. He died of COVID on Jan. 27.

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North Carolina A&T State University Holds Virtual Tribute Program to Honor A&T Four

North Carolina A&T State University will be held a virtual tribute program to honor the A&T Four, four Black students who challenged segregation by sitting in at a Whites-only lunch counter in downtown Greensboro on February 1, 1960, WFMY reported. The A&T Four are Jibreel Khazan (Ezell Blair Jr.), Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil and David […]

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Women’s Rights Organizations Push for an Office of Gender Equity at the Education Department

Women’s rights organizations are making a renewed push for an Office of Gender Equity in the U.S. Department of Education under President Joe Biden.

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Seminar Focuses on Recruiting Black Males to the Teaching Profession

Growing up in rural Virginia, Rodney Robinson only had one Black male teacher. His story is not uncommon.

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Arizona State University Names Film School After Film Legend Sidney Poitier

Arizona State University has named its film school after screen legend Sidney Poitier. Poitier, 93, was the first Black winner of a lead acting Oscar – in 1964 – for his role in “Lilies of the Field.” ASU President Dr. Michael M. Crow says the school was named The Sidney Poitier New American Film School […]

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Research Shows Black Students Increasingly Choose HBCUs When Reported State-Level Hate Crimes Rise

A new paper, published by Stanford University’s Center for Education Policy Analysis, explores the relationship between Black student enrollment and state-level hate crime rates.

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