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Section: Demographics
Students
Leadership Encouraged HBCUs a Part of National Conversation
At an executive leadership forum, HBCU leaders across the HBCU spectrum gave their take on digital media, veteran students, student success and retention, and other topics of interest for HBCUs.
February 19, 2017
African-American
Advocates Cautiously Optimistic About Potential Executive Order on HBCUs
While there has been no word from the White House on when the order might be released and what directives it might contain, organizations have laid out their own proposals for what the order could accomplish.
February 19, 2017
Students
Bob Jones U to Get Tax-exempt Status Back After 30 Years
GREENVILLE, S.C. —A conservative Christian university in South Carolina is getting its federal tax-exempt status back 30 years after losing it over a ban on interracial dating. Bob Jones University President Steve Pettit told The Greenville that the ban was dropped in 2000 and a former university president apologized for discrimination eight years later. But […]
February 19, 2017
African-American
Study: Big Data Helps Struggling College Students Graduate
WASHINGTON — Getting through college isn’t easy, and it can be even harder for low-income and first generation students with few support resources. A new tool involving big data can help those at risk. Researchers at Georgia State University spent four years analyzing students’ grades, test scores and other information in order to identify those […]
February 19, 2017
African-American
Wake Forest Opens Dorm Honoring Poet Maya Angelou
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Wake Forest University has named a new dorm in honor of poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou. Multiple media outlets report Wake Forest cut the ribbon on the five story residence hall for 224 students on Friday. Angelou was an American Studies professor at the university in Winston-Salem up until her […]
February 19, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Kentucky State Presidential Search Accompanied by Controversy
Kentucky State University’s search for a new president has run into a rolling storm of troubles amid widespread criticism this week from across the university’s community over its search committee’s recommendations.
February 16, 2017
African-American
Economist: Education Alone Won’t Close Racial Wage Gap
Though Black college graduates generally fare better than Black high school graduates, higher education has not proven sufficient to remedy America’s racial wage gap, a leading labor economist said recently during a Black History Month lecture.
February 16, 2017
Students
University of Wisconsin Students Demand Free Tuition for Black Students
MADISON, Wis. — Black students should be offered free tuition and housing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison because blacks were legally barred from education during slavery and UW-Madison remains out of reach for Black students today, the student government said Wednesday. The Associated Students of Madison said in a resolution that students from suburban high […]
February 16, 2017
Leadership & Policy
DePaul University Names 1st Lay President in 119-year History
CHICAGO — DePaul University has named its first lay president in the Chicago school’s 119-year history. The Catholic university on Thursday announced that A. Gabriel Esteban will be its 12th president as of July 1. He is currently president at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey, where he has held the post since […]
February 16, 2017
Women
UVa Administrator Files Gender Discrimination Lawsuit
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — An administrator at the University of Virginia is suing the school for alleged gender and disability discrimination. Media outlets report UVA assistant vice provost Becky Ackerson filed a lawsuit against the UVA Board of Visitors Wednesday claiming the school knowingly paid her less than male counterparts. According to the lawsuit, Ackerson was […]
February 16, 2017
Students
Mique’l Dangeli Puts Indigenous Art on Center Stage
Dr. Mique’l Dangeli, selected by Diverse as a member of the 2017 Class of Emerging Scholars, is not only a dedicated scholar of Northwest Coast culture and art; she also is an avid practitioner.
February 15, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Trump Issue Dividing Howard University Administration, Students
In a town hall meeting on Tuesday night, students expressed disappointment that the administration of the nation’s flagship historically Black university had not done more to put itself at the frontline of resistance to the new administration.
February 15, 2017
Students
Colorado State Suspends Grant Program after Lawsuit from Student Group
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Colorado State University has temporarily suspended a grant program that helps student organizations plan educational and cultural events in the wake of a lawsuit brought by an anti-abortion student group. The Coloradoan reported Tuesday that the Diversity Grant awards up to $600 per semester to student groups and academic departments for […]
February 15, 2017
Leadership & Policy
UT San Antonio President on Leave Pending Review of Conduct
SAN ANTONIO — The president of the University of Texas at San Antonio has been placed on leave pending a review of allegations related to his conduct. Ricardo Romo was scheduled to retire in August after almost two decades with the university when the University of Texas System chancellor announced the review in a written […]
February 15, 2017
Faculty & Staff
Scholar Lara Thompson Navigates an Unconventional Route
Step into the engineering lab of Dr. Lara A. Thompson, selected by Diverse as a member of the 2017 Class of Emerging Scholars, and you will quickly get a glimpse of why she loves what she does.
February 14, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Mangum to Join Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions
Dr. Elmira Mangum, former president of Florida A&M University (FAMU), will join the University of Pennsylvania this April, where she will research leadership pathways at HBCUs.
February 14, 2017
Students
Northwestern University Frat Suspended After Reports of Sexual Assaults
EVANSTON, Ill. — The Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter at Northwestern University has been suspended by its national headquarters following allegations of sexual assault at the local fraternity house. The Chicago Tribune reports that the suspension was confirmed Friday. Sigma Alpha Epsilon spokesman Brandon Weghorst says the chapter has to “cease and desist all operations,” meaning […]
February 14, 2017
Leadership & Policy
List of Finalists for Kentucky State U. President Stirs Controversy
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky State University faculty and alumni are expressing concern with the list of finalists for university president, and that interim university President Aaron Thompson is not among them. Media outlets report that Thursday, the KSU Board of Regents voted to approve three finalists for the job: M. Christopher Brown of Southern University […]
February 14, 2017
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