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Leadership & Policy
Southern Board to Meet Again to Vote on Chancellor’s Job
The Southern University System Board of Supervisors will convene in a special meeting to reconsider the fate of ousted chancellor of Southern University-Baton Rouge, James Llorens.
February 12, 2014
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Students
Police Investigate Racist, Sexist Fliers Found at USC, UCLA
Campus police are investigating fliers with profane, racist and sexist language that have been distributed at the University of Southern California and the University of California, Los Angeles.
February 11, 2014
Latinx
Farm Bill Gives Central State Land-Grant Status; New Grant Program for HSIs
The Agricultural Act of 2014 will authorize a new program for Hispanic-serving institutions to work with agricultural workers and designate Ohio’s Central State with land-grant status.
February 11, 2014
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Latinx
Earnings Gap for College Grads Widest in 48 Years
The earnings gap between young adults with and without bachelor’s degrees has stretched to its widest level in nearly half a century, a sign of the growing value of a college education despite rising tuition costs, according to an analysis of census data released Tuesday.
February 11, 2014
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Faculty & Staff
Diverse Conversations: Alternate Pathways to College Presidency
In the past, college presidents from other schools and college vice presidents have most often ascended the ranks to fill empty presidential seats.
February 11, 2014
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African-American
University of Utah Study Seeks Faith’s Effects on Brain
University of Utah researchers studying religion’s effects on the brain are gearing up to study the minds of Mormons who have come back from recent missions.
February 9, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Is ‘Saturday Night Live’ the Answer to Our Diversity Ills?
Lorne Michaels in an interview in the latest New York Magazine acknowledges his program has a diversity problem.
February 9, 2014
African-American
Hearings Planned on Connecticut College Sexual Assault Bill
The proposed legislation attempts to strengthen sexual assault policies on Connecticut college campuses and the way schools report sex assaults.
February 9, 2014
Campus
Leadership & Policy
Chancellor’s Contract Terminated at Southern University-Baton Rouge
Southern University System’s board of supervisors voted not to renew Baton Rouge chancellor James Llorens’ contract when it expires June 30.
February 9, 2014
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Faculty & Staff
Hampton University President Harvey Giving $1M-Plus to Talladega College
Dr. William R. Harvey and his wife, Norma, have given the money to help establish a museum that will be home to the renowned Hale Woodruff Amistad Murals.
February 5, 2014
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Faculty & Staff
Male Rape and Sexual Assault Too Often Ignored
People tend to relegate the sexual violation of men as a deviant sort of activity that takes place behind prison walls or as aberrations that happen so infrequently as to be miniscule.
February 4, 2014
Sports
Super Bowl Halftime Show Picture of Diversity
Bruno Mars, with a Puerto Rican-Hungarian and Filipino background, shows entertainment’s growing diversity as well as his status as a world-class entertainer.
February 3, 2014
African-American
President Hall Aims to Raise University of Virgin Islands’ Profile
Dr. David Hall’s leadership at the University of the Virgin Islands, the only university outside of the U.S. to be designated an HBCU, has focused on quality and alumni giving.
February 3, 2014
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Students
Tape of King Speech at Arizona State University Found
Mary Scanlon had no idea a $3 purchase from a Goodwill store in Phoenix would turn out to be a rare link to the civil rights movement’s most revered leader.
February 2, 2014
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African-American
National Black History Museum to Include Baylor University Gospel Music Collection
Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture will feature Baylor’s Black Gospel Music Restoration Project’s digital collection when the museum opens in 2015.
February 2, 2014
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African-American
Community College News Now Aggregate List 1/29/201
Community College News Now Aggregate List 1/29/2014 State of the Union: Obama asks Congress to reverse economic inequality http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/politicsnow/la-pn-state-of-the-union-obama-2014-20140128,0,2195484.story#ixzz2rntqPptb Low-key state of the union for education – Is the Pell shortfall back? – Connecticut backs off value-added teacher evals http://www.politico.com/morningeducation/0114/morningeducation12853.html How Cody Anderson went from a community college outfielder to one of the Indians’ top […]
January 31, 2014
African-American
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Stanford Keeps Bill Walsh’s Diversity Legacy a Priority SiriusXM Radio Channel Broadcasts the HBCU Experience Prepared to Be a Professor, Not a Pioneer Latino Consortium Looks to Evolve for Growing Latino Community
January 31, 2014
Students
Rutgers to Offer Course on Beyoncé
Beyoncé is one of the world’s most scrutinized pop stars, and now that study is moving to academia.
January 30, 2014
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