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Before Election Day, Harvard Takes a Stand Against Sexist Locker Room Talk

After discovering a salacious scouting report where men’s soccer team members rated women’s team members, Harvard has canceled the team’s remaining season.

November 6, 2016

Passion Pushes Princess Williams to Guide Urban Youth

Kindergarten teacher Princess Williams received the Outstanding Urban Teacher Award at the International Conference on Urban Education last week.

November 6, 2016

Emporia State University Student Government Opposes Guns on Campus

EMPORIA, Kan. ― Student government at Emporia State University is expressing its opposition to guns on campus after lawmakers approved a measure that will allow guns in campus buildings starting in July. The Associated Student Government released a resolution against guns on campus. The group’s president, Elijah Williams, said a recent survey showed that 72 […]

November 6, 2016

Last University Furls Mississippi’s Confederate-themed Flag

JACKSON, Miss. ― The last of Mississippi’’s eight public universities has stopped displaying the state flag that prominently features the Confederate battle emblem. Delta State University President Bill LaForge announced the decision Thursday. He said the university acted because state government hasn’t moved to change the flag. The university called for a different state banner […]

November 6, 2016

Vandals Deface University of Minnesota’s Muslim Students Association Sign

MINNEAPOLIS ― Vandals defaced a sign promoting the University of Minnesota’s Muslim Students Association. Someone scrawled “ISIS” over a hand-painted mural on a bridge connecting the east and west banks of the Twin Cities campus. The acronym is a reference to the Islamic State group. The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations is […]

November 6, 2016

Rutgers University: Former Student Stabs 3 people, Including Himself

PISCATAWAY, N.J. ― A former student at Rutgers University returned to its business school and stabbed a faculty member, another student and then himself on Friday, officials said. The university sent out an alert just before 3 p.m. saying there had been a stabbing at the business school and telling people to avoid the area […]

November 6, 2016

For Rolling Stone, ‘Worst Nightmare’ Continues

RICHMOND, Va. ― Days after Rolling Stone magazine published a shocking 9,000-word story about a brutal gang rape at the University of Virginia in November 2014, the magazine’s editors received an email just before 2 a.m. with “Our worst nightmare” in the subject line. They needed to run a retraction, the reporter said. Instead, Rolling […]

November 6, 2016

Expert Advocates Using Technology to Engage Students

With the right methodologies, technology and analytics, it is possible to mass-personalize support in a cost-effective manner.

November 3, 2016

Scholar: Urban Education Issues Not Confined to U.S.

The issues and challenges that impact urban education aren’t particular to the United States, says Dr. Chance W. Lewis at a three-day international conference.

November 3, 2016

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Parent Sues UMass Over Son’s Fatal Drug Overdose

NORTHAMPTON, Mass. ― The mother of a University of Massachusetts Amherst student who died of a heroin overdose has filed a $6 million lawsuit against the school and another student charged with selling her son the drugs. Francesca Sinacori’s suit seeks $5 million from the university for breach of contract, and $1 million from the […]

November 3, 2016

Citing Finances, Heritage College Closes 10 Vocational Sites

COLUMBUS, Ohio ― The for-profit Heritage College with 10 vocational campuses across eight states has closed abruptly, citing financial problems and decreased demand for its services. Heritage College’s website said its campuses were permanently closed as of Tuesday. The business was established in 1986 and advertised training for careers in medical, dental and veterinary assistance; […]

November 3, 2016

Diversity Ensures Today’s Campuses Not Your Grandparents’ Universities

Maybe the demographics of our universities have changed so dramatically that students and the colleges they attend are ill-prepared to cope with diversity.

November 2, 2016

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Eastern Michigan Students Protest After More Anti-Black Graffiti Found

YPSILANTI, Mich. ― Students at Eastern Michigan University protested with a rally and sit-in on Wednesday after more racist graffiti was discovered on campus this week. Students marched late Tuesday and gathered at the EMU Student Center on the school’s Ypsilanti campus, with some participating in a sit-in early Wednesday. Participants said they dispersed after […]

November 2, 2016

Ex-Baylor Official Says She was Told to not Put Anything in Writing

WACO, Texas ― The former Title IX coordinator at Baylor University says that a top school official told her to never put anything in writing after she sent him a 16-page memo detailing her concerns that her authority and support were still being compromised even as the university had indicated it was trying to make […]

November 2, 2016

Arkansas School of Law Dean Ever Mindful of Native American Heritage, Mentoring

When Stacy Leeds accepted the position of dean at the University of Arkansas School of Law, she made history. Since 2011, she’s served as the only known Native American woman to lead a law school in the country.

November 1, 2016

Stacy Leeds says that accepting the offer to renew her position as dean at the University of Arkansas School of Law seemed like a good fit. (Photo courtesy of University of Arkansas School of Law)

University of Alaska Fairbanks Students Call for Better Handling of Sex Assault Cases

FAIRBANKS, Alaska ― Students at the University of Alaska Fairbanks are questioning how school officials have responded to reports of sexual assault. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports that they voiced their concerns Sunday at a forum hosted by interim Chancellor Dana Thomas. Students criticized university policies that allow those accused of sexual assault to return […]

November 1, 2016

Sheriff: Texas State University Student’s Death Appears Accidental

MARTINDALE, Texas ― Officials say it appears the death of a Texas State University student found under a shuttle bus at an off-campus site where a fraternity party had been held was an accident. Guadalupe County Sheriff Arnold Zwicke said Monday that an autopsy showed Jordin Taylor’s cause of death to be consistent with being […]

November 1, 2016

Diverse Docket: Judge Allows Retaliatory Firing Suit Against Wichita State to Go Forward

The former chief information officer at Wichita State University can pursue a retaliatory firing claim after he complained about a colleague’s allegedly offensive gender and race-related comments, a federal judge in Kansas has ruled.

October 31, 2016

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