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Section: Demographics
Students
Expert Wants Institutions to Track Racial Data in Title IX Proceedings
According to Ben Trachtenberg, associate professor at the University of Missouri School of Law, current conversations around Title IX enforcement often skip over one key element: the impact of racial bias on disciplinary outcomes at colleges and universities.
September 14, 2017
Students
Conservative Professors: Where’s Our Inclusion on Campus?
In the academy, liberal or far-left professors outnumber their ideologically opposite colleagues nearly 5 to 1, based on a UCLA survey. If we promote diversity in race, gender and religion within the student body, shouldn’t diversity of thought be just as important?
September 14, 2017
Students
Dowell Taylor Named Interim Band Director at Jackson State
JACKSON, Miss. — Dowell Taylor has been named interim director of bands at Jackson State University. President Dr. William B. Bynum Jr. said Thursday that Taylor will officially assume the role Sept. 18. The Clarion-Ledger reports the university fired O’Neill Sanford as band director just before the football season began, saying it was “undergoing evaluations […]
September 14, 2017
Students
Haddon Helps Rutgers-Camden Bring Out the Best Across the Board
With a family history that ties her to four generations of educators and lawyers, Rutgers University–Camden Chancellor Phoebe A. Haddon exemplifies what it means to bring access to higher education to historically underserved students.
September 13, 2017
Students
Judge Judy Funds Debate Space at Southern Cal
LOS ANGELES — Judy Sheindlin, better known as Judge Judy, is funding a space for public debate at the University of Southern California. The forum, which was to be unveiled Tuesday night, will host the USC Annenberg Debate Series. The university said the series will bring together people with different perspectives, including leaders and students. […]
September 13, 2017
Students
Survey: Millennials Divided Over Goal of Public School Education
A GenForward survey found that millennials are split on the fundamental issue of what the main goal of a public school education should be.
September 12, 2017
Students
Professor Aims to Honor St. Cloud State’s First African-American Alumna
Earlier this summer, Dr. Christopher Lehman, a professor and chair of the Ethnic Studies Department, had the idea to rename the 51 Building after Ruby Cora Webster, the first African-American student to have graduated from St. Cloud State University.
September 12, 2017
Students
Howard University Moves Up in 2018 Best College Rankings
US News & World Report’s annual rankings of the nation’s colleges and universities shows that Howard University, a historically Black college in Washington, D.C., has risen 14 slots since last year to 110th in the National Universities category. “The things that we’ve been doing at the university are really aimed at academic excellence and ensuring […]
September 12, 2017
Students
Activist Angela Davis to speak at Ball State
MUNCIE, Ind. — Social activist Angela Davis is coming to Ball State University to discuss institutional racism in the nation’s prisons. The 73-year-old academic who’s known for her work on economic, racial and gender justice will speak Sept. 22 at Emens Auditorium in a free event open the public. Davis was a University of California, […]
September 12, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Kalamazoo Valley Community College President Plans to Retire
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The longtime president of Kalamazoo Valley Community College plans to retire. The Kalamazoo Gazette reports that Marilyn Schlack, who has held the post since 1982, submitted a letter of retirement at the school’s board of trustees meeting Tuesday. Schlack, 81, says in an email to faculty and staff that “innovation and the […]
September 12, 2017
Students
California Leaders Pledge $30M for Young Immigrants
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Jerry Brown and top lawmakers announced Tuesday that they plan to spend $30 million helping young immigrants with legal services and college financial aid. The announcement comes in response to President Donald Trump’s decision to end a program that gives temporary protection from deportation to people brought to the country […]
September 12, 2017
Students
Indiana University Police Hires Chief Diversity Officer
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — The Indiana University Police Department has appointed its first chief diversity officer. Wayne James became chief diversity officer Sept. 4, The Herald Times reported. University Superintendent of Public Safety Benjamin Hunter said he picked James because of his work as chief of police for the northwest campus. James will continue to serve […]
September 12, 2017
Students
20 Years Later, Scholar Says Racism Remains Relevant Discussion in Classroom
Two decades after the release of Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria by Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum, the text continues to be used in classrooms across the nation.
September 11, 2017
LGBTQ+
Congressional Leaders Convene Conversation on Campus Climate Issues
Besieged by a barrage of hate incidents and propaganda efforts by White supremacists, colleges and universities must lead authentic discussions about troubling aspects of the nation’s racial past in order to secure a better future.
September 10, 2017
Faculty & Staff
Black Studies Faculty: Teaching Behind Enemy Lines
Being persecuted by the media and society is only one of the repercussions Black Studies faculty experience when they speak out on issues. Others include being terrorized by our own university administration, being sold out by other faculty, and being targeted by students who don’t agree with the material taught.
September 7, 2017
Faculty & Staff
Former ED Secretary John King Teaching at University of Maryland
Dr. John B. King, Jr. —former U.S. Secretary of Education and President and CEO of The Education Trust — is slated to teach an undergraduate course on education policy this fall as a visiting professor at the University of Maryland College of Education. “I’m excited to be a part of the University of Maryland community, […]
September 7, 2017
Leadership & Policy
White House Says HBCU Summit Still On Despite Reports
WASHINGTON — A mid-September conference on historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) remains on track, the White House said Wednesday, despite reports that it has been postponed. Omarosa Manigault Newman, an assistant to President Donald Trump and communications director for the White House Office of Public Liaison, said the summit has been moved to the […]
September 7, 2017
Students
New Report Brings Facts to Light on Minority Serving Institutions
The Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions report, backed by a campaign that utilized 52 data points for 52 weeks, highlights the contributions that MSIs make to higher education.
September 6, 2017
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