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Mique’l Dangeli Puts Indigenous Art on Center Stage
Dr. Mique’l Dangeli, selected by Diverse as a member of the 2017 Class of Emerging Scholars, is not only a dedicated scholar of Northwest Coast culture and art; she also is an avid practitioner.
February 15, 2017
Students
Experts: Private Lenders Could Complicate Student Loan Program
If private lenders are allowed back into the federal student loan program — a program from which they were removed during the Obama administration — it would preclude “universal access to student loans at universal terms,” a new paper released Wednesday states.
February 15, 2017
Students
Students Push Ivy League to Drop Fee for Needy Applicants
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Ivy League students are asking their schools to automatically waive the application fee for applicants who are low-income or the first in their family to attend college. A letter to the Ivies was penned by Brown University senior Viet Nguyen. Nguyen leads the undergraduate student government at Brown and asked student government […]
February 15, 2017
Students
Harvard Students Protest Ex-pharma Exec Shkreli’s Talk
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Harvard students are protesting a campus appearance by indicted former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli. The former CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals is slated to talk about investing at a Wednesday night event organized by the Harvard Financial Analysts Club. Another student group, the Harvard College Global Health and AIDS Coalition, says the appearance […]
February 15, 2017
Students
Colorado State Suspends Grant Program after Lawsuit from Student Group
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Colorado State University has temporarily suspended a grant program that helps student organizations plan educational and cultural events in the wake of a lawsuit brought by an anti-abortion student group. The Coloradoan reported Tuesday that the Diversity Grant awards up to $600 per semester to student groups and academic departments for […]
February 15, 2017
Students
Alabama House Votes to Block Money to ‘Sanctuary Campuses’
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama House of Representatives voted Tuesday to block state funds to colleges and universities that declare themselves so-called sanctuary campuses for immigrants in the country illegally. House members voted 72-28 for the bill to authorize the attorney general to block state funds to colleges that do not follow state and federal […]
February 15, 2017
Students
Supreme Court Nominee’s Students Find Him Demanding and Fair
When Erik Gerding, associate dean for academic affairs and professor at the University of Colorado Law School, found out that one of his colleagues at the school had been nominated for the Supreme Court of the United States, the first thing he did was call him to discuss security and advise him that journalists were […]
February 14, 2017
Students
Northwestern University Frat Suspended After Reports of Sexual Assaults
EVANSTON, Ill. — The Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter at Northwestern University has been suspended by its national headquarters following allegations of sexual assault at the local fraternity house. The Chicago Tribune reports that the suspension was confirmed Friday. Sigma Alpha Epsilon spokesman Brandon Weghorst says the chapter has to “cease and desist all operations,” meaning […]
February 14, 2017
Students
Universities Tell Judge Travel Ban Hurts Schools, Students
NEW YORK — President Donald Trump’s travel ban already has harmed some of the nation’s top universities, stranding students, faculty and scholars abroad and making foreign schools more attractive to some of the world’s brightest students, lawyers for the learning institutions told a federal judge. The schools said in papers filed Monday in Brooklyn federal […]
February 14, 2017
Students
We Have Your Back: How Educators Can Support Undocumented Students
We have found seven ways that educators can support undocumented college students.
February 13, 2017
Students
College Students Finding Their Roots
Colleges and universities are using AfricanAncestry.com to connect students with their background and heritage.
February 13, 2017
Students
Elon University President to Step Down When Successor Picked
ELON, N.C. — The president of Elon University plans to leave the post when a replacement is found. The school said in a news release Monday that Leo Lambert has decided to step down and will take a year off. He will serve as president emeritus and a professor after the sabbatical. Lambert has been […]
February 13, 2017
Students
Iowa State University Loses Appeal in Marijuana T-shirt Case
DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa State University has lost an appeal in a federal free speech lawsuit that affirms student rights regardless of political viewpoint. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Monday that ISU administrators including President Steven Leath violated First Amendment rights of two students who were top officers of the ISU […]
February 13, 2017
Students
The Continued Undermining of Black History
President Trump in his awkward and ill-informed efforts to salute the accomplishments of Black Americans actually managed to marginalize and obscure the important contributions that were made by these individuals and their contemporaries.
February 12, 2017
Students
Yale Removes Slave Proponent’s Name from Residence Hall
After a wave of student protests, Yale University announced over the weekend that it would remove the name of John C. Calhoun—a Yale alumnus—who was a proponent of slavery, from an undergraduate residence hall.
February 12, 2017
Students
Guillermo: Under Trump, Education Loses Out to Distractions
After just three weeks, you’ve got to hand it to Trump 45. He’s terrorized us all and shaken up politics in America.
February 12, 2017
Students
Appellate Court Overturns College Tuition-payment Order
CAMDEN, N.J. — A divorced couple cannot be forced to pay college tuition for their estranged daughter, a state appellate court ruled. Caitlyn Ricci has argued that her parents should pay portions of the costs she incurred while attending the former Gloucester County College and later, Temple University, where she enrolled without her parents’ blessings. […]
February 12, 2017
Students
Central Michigan U. Says Hitler Card Wasn’t Made by Student
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. — Central Michigan University says a Valentine’s Day card that mocked Jews who died in the Holocaust was created by a woman who doesn’t attend the school. The university released a statement Friday saying the woman apparently knew members of the College Republicans, which unwittingly distributed the valentine in a gift bag […]
February 12, 2017
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