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Former Yale Basketball Captain Sues School Over Expulsion
NEW HAVEN, Conn. ― Former Yale basketball captain Jack Montague filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing the Ivy League university of wrongfully expelling him over a sexual assault allegation. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Connecticut, says Montague was punished over what he believes was consensual sex. It says Montague had a relationship with the […]
June 9, 2016
Students
U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Leading Charge to Diversify K-12 Schools
U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King lamented the fact that, despite being more than 60 years removed from Brown v. Board of Education, America’s students today are more racially and socioeconomically isolated than they were 10 or 20 years ago.
June 8, 2016
Students
Post-traditional Higher Ed Landscape Requires a New Three-Way Partnership
Traditional students are no longer the majority in higher education. Today’s student body is older and busier. Meeting their needs will require increased collaboration between often disparate departments.
June 8, 2016
Students
As a Black Female College Professor in Texas, Should I Get a Gun?
I’m unsettled by the notion of entire university communities being motivated by fear to take up arms. I also wonder how people will react to Black students, staff and faculty who choose to arm themselves.
June 7, 2016
Students
Dartmouth Taking Comprehensive Approach to Achieving Inclusion
The Ivy League college in New Hampshire is making efforts to increase diversity and inclusion on its campus.
June 7, 2016
Students
Magic Johnson Helping S.C. State Raise $2.5M
ORANGEBURG, S.C. ― NBA great Earvin “Magic” Johnson will work with South Carolina State University to raise $2.5 million for scholarships that bear his name. The university announced in a release Monday that the Earvin “Magic” Johnson Endowed Scholarship Fund will help students seeking business degrees at the state-supported, historically Black university in Orangeburg. Johnson […]
June 7, 2016
Students
For-profit Education: 5 Steps to Improvement
For-profits educational institutions are under increased scrutiny as stiff regulation, declining enrollments, limited capital and poor post-graduation performance have overshadowed the benefits offered by the for-profit segment for America’s nontraditional students.
June 6, 2016
Students
Community College Leaders Seek to Maximize Potential Benefits from Reauthorized Higher Education Act
Community college leaders met in Washington to discuss legislative priorities for the upcoming reauthorization of the Higher Education Act.
June 6, 2016
Students
For Maine Colleges and Universities, Diversity Challenges More than a Matter of Numbers
College and universities navigate issues of racism and diversity in the Whitest state in the union.
June 6, 2016
Students
Faculty of Color Urged to Heed Call of Activism
Numerous NCORE attendees agreed that it’s imperative for faculty and staff of color to find ways to stand in solidarity with today’s underrepresented and disadvantaged students amid racial tensions, escalating tuition and national political rhetoric that is often anti-minority, anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim.
June 6, 2016
Students
Brown University Making Bold Bid to Assure Diversity and Inclusion
Brown University introduces a comprehensive new program to address issues with diversity and inclusion on the campus.
June 5, 2016
Students
Christian Groups Challenge N.C. University’s Speech Permits
RALEIGH, N.C. ― A federal judge on Thursday quizzed attorneys for North Carolina’s largest public university why constitutional free-speech protections allow the school to require students who want to engage others in extended debate or proselytizing to secure a permit. Lawyers for North Carolina State University argued in court that the rules are in place […]
June 2, 2016
Students
Fraternity Returns to Tennessee After Ban Over Alcohol
KNOXVILLE ― A fraternity suspended from a Tennessee university after a student was hospitalized from what police said was an alcohol enema is returning this fall. The Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity said in a statement Thursday that it will be back on the University of Tennessee campus for the fall semester after a four-year absence. […]
June 2, 2016
Students
UCLA Shooter’s ‘Kill List’ had Dead Minnesota Woman, 2 Professors
LOS ANGELES ― A former UCLA graduate student killed a woman in Minnesota before carrying two semi-automatic pistols and a grudge back to the Los Angeles campus, where he fatally shot a young professor he once called a mentor then killed himself, police said Thursday. The attack came after Mainak Sarkar, 38, had composed a […]
June 2, 2016
Students
College Graduate Says She Went From ‘Rejection’ to Interning at White House
A recent college graduate wrote in a now-viral Facebook post that after skipping her high school graduation because her parents couldn’t attend, she’s proud to graduate from college, especially after interning at the White House with first lady Michelle Obama. Sequoia Baker, a first-generation college student from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, thought about also skipping her college […]
June 2, 2016
Students
NCORE Director Kathleen Wong(Lau): Path to Inclusion Must Be Carefully Mapped Out
Dr. Kathleen Wong(Lau), who has launched faculty training institutes and administrator training on management and leadership on diversity and innovation, says the curriculum should address participants “from where they are and the theoretical premise of where you want them to go.”
June 2, 2016
Students
Utah Police Reviewing BYU’s Handling of Sexual Assault Cases
SALT LAKE CITY ― Utah’s Department of Public Safety has launched an investigation into whether Brigham Young University’s police department is appropriately sharing sexual assault case information. BYU’s police department asked for the investigation so that an external party could examine whether it is correctly sharing these reports with other departments in the school and […]
June 1, 2016
Students
Only Solution for Baylor University—Dump “Big-Time” Sports
The best way for Baylor University to rectify a scandal over its failure to implement Title IX standards throughout the university is to get rid of “big-time” sports.
May 30, 2016
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