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Fewer Black Men Are Enrolling in Community Colleges This Semester Due to COVID-19

Fewer Black men are enrolled in community college this semester due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Fox 13 reported. Black male enrollment at community colleges has declined 14%, according to some national education reports. There has been an overall average decline of 12.6% from fall 2019 to fall 2020 in the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) […]

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Hampshire College Receives $2 Million Gift from Retired NASA Scientist Alumna

Hampshire College received $2 million from alumna and retired NASA scientist Dr. Lucy McFadden, its second seven-figure donation in the last week, the Daily Hampshire Gazette reported. Paula H. and James S. Crown – James was a member of one of Hampshire’s first graduating classes – gifted $5 million gift last week, the largest single […]

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Benedict College Named One of Eight Sites in Reconstruction Era National Historic Network

Benedict College has been announced has one of the first eight community sites in the new Reconstruction Era National Historic Network, according to college officials. The announcement came from The National Park Service. The network – launched March 2020 – will connect sites giving education, interpretation and research for the Reconstruction Era (1861-1900), an often-misunderstood […]

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TMCF, Honda, Omaze Partner to Offer Chance to Win Limited Edition Honda Civic Type R

Honda has partnered with online fundraising platform Omaze and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) to offer the potential prize of the very first 2021 Honda Civic Type R Limited Edition for the U.S. The winner will also receive a driving experience on the track with Honda IndyCar driver, Colton Herta. Donations will support TMCF, […]

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John Tyler Community College Task Force Recommends Name Changes

A task force created by John Tyler Community College says the school should change its name because its namesake, the 10th U.S. president, was a slave owner and supporter of the Confederacy, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported. The task force’s 10 voting members – consisting of students, faculty, staff, alumni and other stakeholders – unanimously voted […]

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David N. Dinkins, First and only Black NYC Mayor, Dead at 93

David Norman Dinkins, the first and only Black mayor of New York City, who sought to improve race relations in the city, has died at age 93 in his home, CNN reported. The New Jersey native died Monday evening in his home on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, following breathing difficulties, according to the New York […]

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Columbia University Suspends MBA Students for International Travel

At least 70 MBA students have been temporarily banned from Columbia University’s campus for traveling during COVID-19. The group took a trip to Turks and Caicos, a violation of the school’s travel policy, which prohibits both domestic and international travel. “All academic- or work-related travel, domestic or international, is suspended,” the university’s website reads. The […]

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University of Nebraska–Lincoln Reviews Policies for Responding to Racial Bias Incidents

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is reviewing its policies and procedures for reporting and responding to racial bias incidents, an initiative launched by Chancellor Dr. Ronnie Green, Nebraska Today reported. “Any instance of bias is unacceptable and does not align with our values as an institution,” he said. “However, stating it is clearly unacceptable does not […]

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Earlham College Announces Scholarship for Local Students

Under Earlham College’s recently-established Heartland Region Scholarship, all accepted fall 2021 students who live within 150 miles of campus are eligible to receive $8,000 in funding over four years. This includes students living in eastern Ohio, Indiana, southern Michigan, northern Kentucky and the Chicago area, according to the college. Incoming students may also be eligible […]

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Marymount University Becomes Virginia’s First HSI

With 25.1% of its undergraduate population identifying as Hispanic, Marymount University became the first Hispanic-serving institution (HSI) in Virginia. Currently, 539 institutions qualify as an HSI, which must enroll at least 25% Hispanic students, according to the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities. Overall, among the undergraduate and graduate populations combined, Hispanic students make up […]

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Bowdoin College to Give Mandatory Online Diversity Course in Spring

Bowdoin College will sponsor a mandatory online course about diversity, equity and inclusion, The Bowdoin Orient reported. This will be Bowdoin’s first college-wide racial justice action. The announcement came  from Bowdoin senior vice president of diversity and inclusion Dr. Michael Reed. The school is partnering with DiversityEdu to deliver group-specific courses to faculty, staff, students […]

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Adrienne Davis, WashU Vice Provost for Diversity, Steps Down in May

Dr. Adrienne D. Davis, Washington University in St. Louis vice provost for faculty affairs and diversity and law professor, will be stepping down as vice provost May 31, 2021, according to a WashU press release. Davis – director of the school’s new Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity – has helped increase […]

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