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Asian American Pacific Islander
Scholar Documents Economic War on Chinese Restaurants
University of California, Davis law professor Gabriel “Jack” Chin and research assistant John Ormonde have uncovered evidence of economic bias over the years against Chinese restaurants through a search of digital archives.
June 22, 2017
Asian American Pacific Islander
Father of Missing Chinese Scholar: ‘Give My Daughter Back’
URBANA, Ill. — The father of a visiting Chinese scholar missing from the University of Illinois made an emotional appeal on Thursday for his 26-year-old child’s safe return, saying in an interview: “Give my daughter back.” Yingying Zhang was last seen on a surveillance video getting into a black Saturn Astra in Urbana on the […]
June 22, 2017
Leadership & Policy
SUNY Albany Appoints its First Latino President
The State University of New York at Albany has tapped a prominent Latino administrator to lead the state institution. Dr. Havidán Rodríguez becomes the first Hispanic president of any SUNY four-year college.
June 21, 2017
Students
Faust Laid Foundation of Inclusion at Harvard
In the wake of Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust’s recent announcement that she will retire in the spring of 2018, many have stepped forward to praise her leadership.
June 21, 2017
Leadership & Policy
University of Missouri Might Revoke Cosby’s Honorary Degree
COLUMBIA, Mo. — University of Missouri System President Mun Choi wants the university to rescind an honorary degree given to Bill Cosby nearly 20 years ago. The system’s Board of Curators will vote Friday on Choi’s recommendation. A university staff memo sent to the curators says sexual assault allegations against Cosby are “incompatible” with the […]
June 21, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Trinity College Closes Due to Threats Made After Professor’s Post
HARTFORD, Conn. — A private college in Connecticut has closed its campus due to threats made against the school after a professor’s social media post. Trinity College says it received multiple threats related to social media posts by Johnny Eric Williams. The campus of the liberal arts school in Hartford is closed until further notice. […]
June 21, 2017
African-American
Essex County College Professor Questions Suspension Following TV Appearance
NEWARK, N.J. — An adjunct professor at a New Jersey community college is questioning why she was suspended after appearing on Fox News. Lisa Durden says she learned about the suspension June 8 when she arrived to teach a class at Essex County College. Durden, who is Black, had appeared two days earlier on “Tucker […]
June 21, 2017
Students
Title IX Investigation Closed at Liberty University
LYNCHBURG, Va. — The U.S. Office for Civil Rights is closing a Title IX investigation at Liberty University, saying it lacks jurisdiction over an off-campus sex assault allegation against a university employee. In a June 15 letter to university President Jerry Falwell Jr. obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press, the office said it’s closing the […]
June 20, 2017
Students
Arizona Court Overturns In-state Tuition for DREAMERs
PHOENIX — The Arizona Court of Appeals says young immigrants granted deferred deportation status under a program started by former President Barack Obama are not eligible for lower in-state college tuition. Tuesday’s ruling says a judge’s 2015 decision that deferred action recipients were considered legally present in the U.S. and therefore qualify for state benefits […]
June 20, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Ruth Simmons Named Prairie View Interim President
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Retired Brown University President Ruth Simmons, the first African-American woman to serve as president of an Ivy League institution, has been named interim president of Prairie View A&M University. The 71-year-old Simmons, who also was president at Massachusetts’ Smith College, the nation’s largest women’s university, and served in executive positions at […]
June 20, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Tuskegee University Off Accreditation Warning List
Tuskegee University—the private historically Black college in Alabama that was founded by Booker T. Washington—is no longer under an accreditation warning by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.
June 18, 2017
Students
Delta College Settles in Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
BAY CITY, Mich. — Two students who allege they were sexually harassed by a Delta College professor have dropped their lawsuit against the school in exchange for $195,000. A judge signed an order in February to dismiss the suit after an out-of-court settlement was reached, the Bay City Times reported. The newspaper recently obtained the […]
June 18, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Jerryl Briggs to Run Mississippi Valley State University for Now
JACKSON, Miss. — Chief Operating Officer Jerryl Briggs will become acting president of Mississippi Valley State University. The state College Board named him Thursday to take over on July 1 from William Bynum Jr., who will become president of Jackson State University. Board spokeswoman Caron Blanton says Briggs will be acting president until trustees begin […]
June 18, 2017
Students
Commission Urges Title IX reforms at University of Tennessee
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — An independent commission says the University of Tennessee should improve its responses to allegations of sexual harassment and sexual violence on campus. The commission made its recommendations public on Saturday, nearly a year after the university agreed to pay nearly $2.5 million to settle a Title IX lawsuit filed by eight women […]
June 18, 2017
Students
Fraternity Wins Jury Decision in Lawsuit Over Co-ed Rule
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — A fraternity has won a jury verdict in its lawsuit against a private liberal arts college in Connecticut that closed the frat house after announcing a requirement that residential fraternities accept women. The jury decision Thursday found Wesleyan University violated the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act, made negligent misrepresentations and interfered with […]
June 18, 2017
African-American
Tracy Smith Named New Poet Laureate
Tracy K. Smith, the director of Creative Writing and the Roger S. Berlind Professor of the Humanities at Princeton University, has been named the nation’s 22nd Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2017-2018.
June 15, 2017
Students
LGBT Inclusion: A Work in Progress
The notion that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth do not exist on a college campus demonstrates real prejudice.
June 15, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Harvard President Faust Stepping Down Next Year
After 11 years at the helm, Harvard president Dr. Drew Gilpin Faust will step down at the end of the 2018 academic year. Her retirement will coincide with the conclusion of the record-setting Harvard Campaign, which has raised nearly $8 billion so far.
June 14, 2017
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