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Michigan State University Sued Over Sexual Assault Claims
EAST LANSING, Mich. ― Four Michigan State University students filed a civil rights lawsuit Wednesday accusing the school and its leadership of a slow and inadequate response to their sexual assault complaints. The women said university administrators acted with “deliberate indifference” by failing to properly investigate and by violating school policies meant to prohibit harassment […]
November 18, 2015
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Kansas Student Leaders Say They’re not ‘mimicking Mizzou’
by Associated Press LAWRENCE, Kan. — Protest leaders at the University of Kansas said Monday that they’re pushing for changes that ensure problems faced by minority and other “marginalized” students are addressed swiftly and effectively, rather than “mimicking Mizzou” by seeking the ouster of administrators. Leaders of the Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk group in Kansas […]
November 18, 2015
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Dartmouth Fraternity Being Investigated for Hazing
by Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. — A Dartmouth College fraternity put on probation three years ago for expecting pledges to drink saltwater and enter a kiddie pool filled with condiments is under investigation again for hazing. The national Sigma Alpha Epsilon organization released no details, including what the supposed hazing was or when it happened, […]
November 16, 2015
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Brown Vowing Action After Officer Detains Dartmouth Student
by Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I.  – Brown University’s president is promising a full investigation and regular meetings on racial issues after a campus police officer handcuffed a student from another Ivy League school, an encounter officials called “heated and physical.” President Christina Paxson apologized in an email Saturday to the campus community for the “fear […]
November 15, 2015
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Campus Marches Over Student Debt Held Coast-to-Coast
BERKELEY, Calif. ― Students at the University of California, Berkeley and more than a hundred other colleges and universities staged marches Thursday in support of free tuition, a $15 minimum wage for campus workers and the cancellation of debt from student loans. Known as the Million Student March, the demonstrations at schools from Massachusetts to […]
November 13, 2015
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Southern California College Dean Resigns Amid Racial Issues
CLAREMONT, Calif. ― The dean of students at a small Southern California college resigned Thursday after protests linked to racial concerns on campus. Mary Spellman, who held the position at Claremont McKenna College since 2010, announced her resignation in an email to students. “I believe it is the best way to gain closure of a […]
November 13, 2015
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In Case You Missed It…
Where Are All the Black College Faculty? R.I.P.: The Tired Myth of the Apathetic Black Student Controversy Surrounds Push for Albany, Darton Merger At Mizzou, and Across the Country, It’s All About the Bottom Line
November 12, 2015
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Four National Groups to Oppose Laws Allowing Guns on Campuses
IOWA CITY, Iowa ― Four national groups representing college educators and trustees said Thursday they would fight a growing push in state legislatures to allow people to carry concealed guns on campuses. The groups also called for the repeal of measures in several states that already allow for so-called campus carry, arguing that academic institutions […]
November 12, 2015
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Howard University Warns of Online Threat to School, Students
WASHINGTON ― Authorities are investigating an online threat against Howard University and its students. In a message to the university community Thursday, President Wayne A. I. Frederick said school officials are aware of the threat and are working with local and federal law enforcement on the “serious matter.” He says the school has increased security […]
November 12, 2015
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Online Threats Against Blacks Net Arrest at Missouri Campus
A White college student suspected of posting online threats to shoot Black students and faculty at the University of Missouri was arrested Wednesday, adding to the racial tension at the heart of the protests that led two top administrators to resign earlier this week.
November 11, 2015
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Regents Approve Albany State, Darton State Merger
The University System of Georgia Board of Regents voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the merger of Albany State University and Darton State College, a move pushed forward by system Chancellor Henry “Hank” M. Huckaby. Huckaby, who presides over 30 public colleges and universities across the state and oversees an $8.1 billion annual budget, says that […]
November 11, 2015
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Report Shows High School Dropout Rates Declining
The report found that the number of students who did not graduate from high school dropped from more than 1 million in 2008 to less than 750,000 in 2012.
November 11, 2015
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R.I.P.: The Tired Myth of the Apathetic Black Student
We should all be finally noticing the new — really the old — Black student activism and it’s been a long time coming.
November 11, 2015
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Yale Students March Over Concerns About Racial Sensitivity
Hundreds of Yale students and supporters marched across campus Monday to protest what they see as racial insensitivity at the elite Ivy League school
November 9, 2015
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Fraternity Files $25M Defamation Suit Against Rolling Stone
The fraternity that was the focus of a debunked Rolling Stone article about a gang rape filed a $25 million lawsuit against the magazine Monday, saying the piece made the frat and its members “the object of an avalanche of condemnation worldwide.”
November 9, 2015
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Colorado County Bullish on Pot Starts New Weed Scholarship
A Colorado county that boasts the world’s largest outdoor marijuana farm and has been actively courting the new pot industry has approved the world’s first marijuana-funded college scholarship.
November 4, 2015
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‘Institution Builder’ Professor Terry Kershaw Dies
Dr. Terry Kershaw, a prolific professor of Africana Studies and longtime board member of the National Council of Black Studies, died last Wednesday. He was 63.
November 2, 2015
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In Case You Missed It…
Legal Experts Advocate Change in Mindset Toward Policing, Incarceration Filipino History? Ethnic Studies? Ignorance Isn’t Bliss Back to Basics: How Higher Ed Can Best Assist Veteran Students College Athletic Departments Dropping Ball on LGBT Inclusion
October 29, 2015
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