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Section: Demographics
Faculty & Staff
Keene State Professors Concerned Student Riots Becoming Accepted as the Norm
Student celebrations associated with Pumpkin Fest, which was originally founded as a family celebration, devolved into an hours-long riot between students and police on Saturday afternoon.
October 22, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Parent PLUS Loan Requirements Revisions Get Mixed Initial Reviews
Critics focus on implementation of loan counseling for those with adverse credit ratings and decry changes not going into effect until July 2015.
October 22, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Remembering the Enslaved at the University of Virginia
A symposium by the University of Virginia brought faculty and researchers together to honor the legacy that slavery has had on our nation.
October 21, 2014
LGBTQ+
College Basketball Player Derrick Gordon Still Happy About His Decision to Come Out Last Year
When Derrick Gordon decided last April to become the first openly gay player in Division I men’s college basketball to publicly come out, he wasn’t sure what kind of reaction he would receive.
October 20, 2014
African-American
HBCUs Taking Concrete Steps to Support LGBTQA Students
As times and student demographics change, HBCUs will be increasingly challenged to ensure that all students are equally protected and valued on campus.
October 19, 2014
Sports
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Conference Brings Black Doctoral Candidates Together to Focus on Path to Success Report Encourages Incentivizing States to Share in Costs of Higher Education Free College Advising to Be Offered to Students from Poor and Middle Class Families The Secret Sauce of College Admissions
October 17, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Harvard Law Professors Blast Sex Assault Policy
More than two dozen current and retired Harvard Law School professors, including Alan Dershowitz, are asking the university to abandon its new sexual misconduct policy because they say it violates the due process rights of the accused.
October 15, 2014
African-American
Pasadena City College to Pay Writer $26K for Rescinded Invitation
A California community college agreed to pay Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black $26,050 for rescinding a commencement speaking offer after a stolen sex video emerged online of the Milk writer.
October 15, 2014
Faculty & Staff
UCLA Study Offers Hope on Emergency Room Crowding
The research could offer hope to those who worry that the expansion of health coverage under the Affordable Care Act will not ease emergency room crowding as President Obama and others have predicted.
October 15, 2014
Latinx
Joseph Francisco Developed Love for Science in Nurturing Environments
Even though the University of Nebraska―Lincoln’s Dr. Joseph Francisco didn’t have a role model at home who had gone to college — his grandparents, whom he lived with, did not go further than the second and third grade — he built his foundation to be a leader in academia there.
October 15, 2014
Students
China Bans Books by Pro-Hong Kong Protest Author
Authorities in China have ordered books by Chinese-American scholar Yu Ying-shih to be removed from sale, as Beijing expresses its displeasure with writers showing support for pro-democracy movements in Hong Kong and elsewhere, bookstores and publishers said.
October 14, 2014
Latinx
Plan to Have College Enrollment Reflect Population Growth a Texas-Sized Success
The state’s Higher Education Coordinating Board is wrapping up a 15-year plan to boost Hispanic college student enrollment.
October 14, 2014
Students
Veterans Affairs Secretary Wooing Medical Students
The new secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs made an impassioned recruitment pitch to medical school and nursing students at the University of Vermont on Monday, urging them to consider careers in the VA.
October 13, 2014
Sports
Federal Appeals Court Won’t Reinstate Discrimination Suit Against Savannah State
A federal appeals court has refused to reinstate a discrimination case against Savannah State University by four White football recruits who were offered athletic scholarships by a White head coach but didn’t receive them from the coach’s Black replacement.
October 13, 2014
Students
Paul Quinn College Sharing Story of Turnaround With World
President Michael J. Sorrell, a panelist at an international seminar, outlines the best practices utilized at his small Dallas-based school in hopes that other institutions that work with large numbers of marginalized and disadvantaged students might benefit.
October 13, 2014
Leadership & Policy
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Calls for Diversity Officer
The chancellor of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is hoping to see the institution join others in adding a chief diversity officer to its administrative cabinet.
October 12, 2014
Students
Tennessee Promise Program Has 35K Applications
With the Nov. 1 deadline to apply approaching, the Tennessee Promise program could be on pace to perhaps double the state’s goal of applications.
October 12, 2014
Latinx
A Glimpse Into the Lives of Undocumented Students
Over the past six years, I have been honored to peek into the souls and lives of undocumented youth through my research.
October 12, 2014
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