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Syracuse U Students Continue Sit-in But Agree to Negotiate With Administration

#NotAgainSU, a body of students protesting racism and prejudice on campus, hopes to soon hold negotiations with Syracuse University (SU), following an evening of protests yesterday, reported Syracuse.com. In response to more than 20 hate-related incidents last semester, roughly 30-50 of the group’s protesters have continued to occupy an administrative building for 11 days in […]

Towson U Students: Rename Buildings Named After Slave Owners

A student group from Maryland’s Towson University is demanding that the institution’s officials change the names of two buildings on campus that are named after slave owners, reported Capital Gazette. Two student housing buildings, Paca House and Carroll Hall, are named for Marylanders William Paca and Charles Carroll, respectively. Both signed the Declaration of Independence […]

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N.J. Could Expand Free College to State’s Public Universities For Eligible Students

New Jersey could expand free college for qualifying in-state students at the state’s public universities, reported NorthJersey.com. In his budget plan announced this week, N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy proposed giving $50 million to public colleges and universities so they could offer two years of free tuition to students with household incomes of less than $65,000. […]

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Wharton’s New Dean is First Woman, African American to Lead the Business School

The University of Pennsylvania on Wednesday announced a new dean for its famed business school Wharton. Erika H. James will be the first woman dean and the first African American to lead the business school, reported The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Business Journal, respectively. She will assume her new role July 1. James currently […]

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U of Oklahoma Responds After Second Professor Uses Racial Slur in Class

Less than two weeks after a University of Oklahoma journalism professor used the N-word in class, one of the school’s history professors also used the racial slur in one of his lectures, reported KFOR news. According to a letter sent out by interim president Joseph Harroz, the unnamed professor read from a historical document that […]

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50 Years Later, U of Mississippi Awards Diplomas, Apologizes to Arrested Students

This week, fifty years ago, 89 African American students were arrested on the University of Mississippi’s campus while taking part in a peaceful demonstration to protest inequality at the institution. Yesterday, some of those former students returned to the campus to receive a formal apology — and their diplomas — from the university, which is […]

2020 Diverse Emerging Scholar Dr. Donald ‘DJ’ Mitchell, Jr. Named Bellarmine U’s Diversity Chief

2020 Diverse Emerging Scholar Dr. Donald ‘DJ’ Mitchell, Jr. has been appointed Bellarmine University’s first chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer, the institution said. He will assume his new role on June 1. Mitchell will also continue in his faculty appointment as professor of higher education leadership and chair of Bellarmine’s master’s in Higher Education […]

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Online Western Governors U to Offer $125,000 in Scholarships to Displaced Concordia U-Portland Students

The online institution Western Governors University (WGU) announced it will offer $125,000 in scholarship funds to students who will be displaced by the closure of Concordia University-Portland this coming spring. WGU will launch the WGU Finish Strong Scholarship, a new initiative specifically for Concordia-Portland students. The program will award as many as 50 scholarships, valued up […]

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Education Department Upgrades Website to Better Explain Student Loan Information

The U.S. Education Department has upgraded its student aid website, studentaid.gov, with several new features. According to a press release, the site now offers an “Aid Summary” which provides students with detailed information regarding grants and loans they have received; a “Loan Simulator” which suggests and compares personalized loan repayment plans; and a “Make a […]

UGA to Name College of Education After its First Black Graduate

The University of Georgia (UGA) will name its College of Education after its first Black graduate Mary Frances Early this week, reported Jackson Progress-Argus. Early earned her master’s degree in music education in 1962 and her specialist in education degree in 1967. In 2013, she was presented with an honorary doctorate from the university. The […]

University Choir Performance Sparks Questions About Who Can Sing Black Spirituals

A mostly White choir performance at Western Michigan University (WHU) has sparked debate about whether it is appropriate for White people to sing Black spirituals, including songs slaves once used to escape to freedom, reported The Hill. The performance, “Spirituals: From Ship to Shore,” featured songs sung by black slaves in the 18th and 19th […]

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Pioneering Black NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson Dies

Pioneering Black NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson died on Monday. She was 101, reported the Associated Press. Johnson was one of the “computers” who solved equations by hand during NASA’s early years and those of its precursor organization, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. She calculated rocket trajectories and earth orbits for NASA’s early space missions. […]

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