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Section: Demographics
Students
San Juan College Gets $2M to Help Native Students
FARMINGTON, N.M. — San Juan College, located in northwestern New Mexico, has been awarded more than $2 million in federal grants to help Native American students complete their degrees and to fund scholarships for students in the nursing program. College officials say the funding will be used to remove obstacles that Native American students face […]
November 21, 2016
African-American
Turn the Page from November 8, 2016
We can lament, cry and whine all we want to about this election, but it is too late. We had the chance and the opportunity, but we didn’t seize the moment.
November 20, 2016
Students
Cornel West Returning to Harvard Faculty
Dr. Cornel West—arguably one of the nation’s most visible Black public intellectuals—will rejoin the faculty of Harvard University.
November 20, 2016
Students
Hiring Its Own Graduates Could be Key to HBCUs’ Survival
Who would be a better fit to transform the outcome of HBCUs than qualified HBCU graduates?
November 20, 2016
African-American
‘Apprentice’ Winner Randal Pinkett Sees Diversity Disaster Under Trump
Based on his divisive campaign rhetoric and his cabinet appointments, the forthcoming administration of Donald Trump could potentially spell “disaster to diversity in higher education.”
November 20, 2016
Students
University of New Mexico Professors Seeking Immigrant Student Protections
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A group of professors at the largest university in the nation’s most Hispanic state are asking for more protection of immigrant students joining a movement of campuses around the country. Professors and instructors at the University of New Mexico delivered a letter Friday to the school’s president, Bob Frank, amid uncertainty from […]
November 20, 2016
Students
Wake Forest University Naming Dorm for Poet Maya Angelou
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Wake Forest University is naming a new residence hall in honor of famous former faculty member Maya Angelou. The private university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, said Friday the five-story building now under construction will house more than 200 first-year students when it opens in January 2017. University President Nathan Hatch says Angelou […]
November 20, 2016
Students
Rutgers Confronts Ties to Slavery in Groundbreaking Report
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Rutgers University is confronting its historical ties to slavery. The New Jersey school founded in 1766 has compiled research that sheds new light on its beginnings, including an untold story of a slave who helped build the university’s iconic Old Queens administration building. The detailed report released Friday is published in […]
November 20, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Diverse Docket: Gender Bias Suit Against Slippery Rock not Reinstated
A tenure-track history faculty member whose contract wasn’t renewed after one year has lost his bid to revive a gender bias suit against Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania.
November 17, 2016
Students
Trump has Undocumented Students and Their Families Scrambling
By now a great majority of the country seems to have arrived at the stage of the worst political hangover any of us have ever experienced.
November 17, 2016
Students
Melania Trump’s College Experience Amended on Bio
America’s future First Lady Melania Trump “paused her studies” to pursue a modeling career in Milan and Paris. That’s according to her new biography on President-elect Donald Trump’s transition website, GreatAgain.gov. The biography states that Melania Trump “would pursue a degree at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia, but paused her studies to advance her […]
November 17, 2016
Students
College Students Protest Donald Trump’s Deportation Plans
College students at campuses around the United States marched and rallied Wednesday, urging administrators to protect students and employees against immigration action under a Donald Trump presidency. Rallying supporters on social media with the hashtag #SanctuaryCampus, organizers said actions were planned at more than 80 schools, including Vermont’s Middlebury College, where about 400 people gathered, […]
November 17, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Eduardo Padrón to Receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
Dr. Eduardo Padrón reached another milestone in his celebrated career in higher education when it was announced Wednesday that he will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor.
November 16, 2016
African-American
TMCF to Trump: Let Supreme Court Reflect Diversity
There is huge merit to diversifying a Court that will increasingly make decisions impacting everyday Americans.
November 16, 2016
Students
Partnership with Northern Arizona University Boosts Native Americans’ Educational Opportunities
Tribal colleges partner with Northern Arizona University to improve educational opportunities for Native Americans in the region.
November 15, 2016
Students
Merryman Says Respect for Sensitivities of LGBT Students Must Travel Well
Kent State associate professor says there’s not much information available about vetting chaperones and partnering organizations in regard to “study-abroad programs overall.”
November 15, 2016
Students
Oklahoma Student in Penn Racist Chat ‘No Longer Enrolled’
NORMAN, Okla. — University of Oklahoma President David Boren says a student involved in a racist incident at the University of Pennsylvania “is no longer enrolled” at OU. Boren said in a statement Tuesday that the university has “zero tolerance” for those who take part in racism. Boren said OU will maintain a strong sense […]
November 15, 2016
Students
Abilene Christian University Apologizes for Blackface Student Posting
ABILENE, Texas —A Christian university in Texas says some students no longer attend the school after images were posted online of a white student in blackface exclaiming: “I’m a strong black woman.” A student wearing an Abilene Christian University shirt and shorts is seen with her face covered in black. She also applies some oversized […]
November 15, 2016
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