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Swastika, Racist Messages Reported at Drake University

DES MOINES, Iowa — Administrators say a swastika was carved into an elevator on campus at Drake University in Des Moines and a racist message left outside an African-American student’s dorm room in a cowardly attack. The Des Moines Register reports that the message was left on a whiteboard on the door of a first-year […]

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UC Irvine Chancellor Apologizes After School Rescinds Admission Offers

SAN DIEGO — The chancellor of the University of California, Irvine, says the school has readmitted most of the 500 students whose admission offers were rescinded last month. Chancellor Howard Gillman apologized Wednesday for the “unacceptable distress” caused to students after the campus abruptly pulled the offers for the current fall semester. The Los Angeles […]

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Haddon Helps Rutgers-Camden Bring Out the Best Across the Board

With a family history that ties her to four generations of educators and lawyers, Rutgers University–Camden Chancellor Phoebe A. Haddon exemplifies what it means to bring access to higher education to historically underserved students.

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UVA Removes Black Shroud from Jefferson Statue After Protest

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The University of Virginia has removed a black shroud protesters used to cover up a statue of Thomas Jefferson during a demonstration on campus. UVA President Teresa Sullivan sent a statement to the university community Wednesday about the protest the night before. She says one person was arrested for public intoxication. The […]

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UVA Dean Explores Meaning of Nontraditional Leadership

Scott Beardsley’s book seeks to quantify how many of today’s college presidents are considered nontraditional and what that means for some of the most essential aspects of higher education, such as fund-raising and enrollment.

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Howard University Moves Up in 2018 Best College Rankings

US News & World Report’s annual rankings of the nation’s colleges and universities shows that Howard University, a historically Black college in Washington, D.C., has risen 14 slots since last year to 110th in the National Universities category. “The things that we’ve been doing at the university are really aimed at academic excellence and ensuring […]

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Kalamazoo Valley Community College President Plans to Retire

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The longtime president of Kalamazoo Valley Community College plans to retire. The Kalamazoo Gazette reports that Marilyn Schlack, who has held the post since 1982, submitted a letter of retirement at the school’s board of trustees meeting Tuesday. Schlack, 81, says in an email to faculty and staff that “innovation and the […]

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Napolitano Welcomes Other Schools and Universities to Join DACA Lawsuit

As the head of the Department of Homeland Security in the Obama administration, UC President Janet Napolitano knows all about Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.

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White House Says HBCU Summit Still On Despite Reports

WASHINGTON — A mid-September conference on historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) remains on track, the White House said Wednesday, despite reports that it has been postponed. Omarosa Manigault Newman, an assistant to President Donald Trump and communications director for the White House Office of Public Liaison, said the summit has been moved to the […]

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Sweet Briar Preparing for Fresh Start

Sweet Briar College, an all-women’s school located in the Virginia foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, is poised to begin yet another chapter of its existence for the 2018-19 academic year.

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Former Winthrop President Drops Lawsuit Against School

ROCK HILL, S.C. — A former university president in South Carolina has dropped her lawsuit against the school where she was fired after less than a year on the job. The Herald of Rock Hill reported the Winthrop University Board of Trustees issued a statement Monday saying former President Jamie Comstock Williamson dropped her lawsuit. […]

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Baylor Settles Suit That Alleged Rape ‘Culture of Violence’

AUSTIN, Texas — Baylor University has settled a federal lawsuit filed by a former student who said she was gang raped by two football players and alleged the program at the nation’s largest Baptist school fostered a “culture of violence.” The settlement is one of several in recent weeks as Baylor moves to close out […]

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