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Section: Demographics
Students
Yale’s Gender Neutral Bathrooms Part of Changing Climate
NEW HAVEN, Conn. ― Visitors at Yale University’s 315th commencement will notice something new on campus this year ― gender-neutral bathrooms in 23 buildings. The school is promoting them on its website for Monday’s commencement, complete with a link to a map showing where they can be found. It is one of several changes made […]
May 22, 2016
Sports
Suit Seeks Testimony from ex-Texas Coach Mack Brown, Others
AUSTIN, Texas ― A former University of Texas track coach’s sex and race discrimination lawsuit has new life, and her lawyers are still pursuing long-sought testimony from former football coach Mack Brown and prominent current and former administrators as they dig into one of college sports’ highest-profile athletic departments. Former women’s track coach Bev Kearney […]
May 22, 2016
Students
Former Harlem Drug Dealer Celebrates Columbia University Graduation After Long Road Back From Prison
After 67 years, two prison stints and so many arrests he’s lost count, a former Harlem drug dealer graduated from Columbia University as the oldest member of his class. David Norman shed his dark past for a cap and gown Wednesday after earning his long-awaited bachelor’s degree in philosophy. “It’s always possible to pursue your […]
May 22, 2016
Students
BYU Launches Sexual Assault Policy Feedback Website
SALT LAKE CITY ― Brigham Young University launched a website for people to provide feedback on the school’s sexual assault policy, and is looking into revisions such as an amnesty clause that could give victims immunity from honor code violations committed in the lead-up to a sexual assault. The Mormon-owned school launched the website Thursday, […]
May 19, 2016
African-American
African-American Chess Masters Making Move to Next Level
The three high school seniors revealed that next fall they are all headed to Webster University—home of the No. 1 ranked collegiate chess team in the USA—on full or partial scholarships.
May 19, 2016
African-American
Charlotte to Celebrate Black Male High School Grads at City-wide Baccalaureate
The city of Charlotte will pay tribute to its Black male high school graduates in an inaugural baccalaureate service scheduled to take place next month at Johnson C. Smith University.
May 18, 2016
Students
Wisconsin SAE Chapter Suspended Over Racist, Bigoted Slurs
MADISON, Wis. ― The University of Wisconsin has suspended the Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter at its flagship campus after finding that members of the fraternity repeatedly used racist and bigoted slurs and ostracized a Black member who tried to stop it. The suspension handed down Tuesday by the school’s Committee on Student Organizations comes a […]
May 18, 2016
Women
Creating a Culture of Transfer
For most low-income students, the path to a college degree starts at the door of the local community college.
May 17, 2016
Sports
Judge: Law Doesn’t Cover Gay Hate Crimes in Ex-player’s Case
CHARLESTON, W.Va. ― West Virginia law doesn’t consider violence or threats of violence based solely on a victim’s sexual orientation to be a hate crime, a circuit judge ruled Friday. The decision allows hate crime charges to be dropped against former Marshall University football player Steward Butler, who’s accused of assaulting two gay men after […]
May 16, 2016
Asian American Pacific Islander
Asian American Undocumented Students Get Boost
Asian American undocumented students thankful, hopeful for extension of University of California’s Dream Loan program.
May 16, 2016
Asian American Pacific Islander
ED Initiates $1M Grant to Improve AAPI Educational Outcomes
Recognizing that some Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have more educational disparities than others do, the U.S. Department of Education has launched a new, $1 million grant program aimed at improving college and career prospects.
May 16, 2016
African-American
Standardized Tests Never Have Been Racially Neutral
Exclusive excerpt from Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America.
May 16, 2016
LGBTQ+
U.S. Directs Public Schools to Allow Transgender Access to Restrooms
The Obama administration is planning to issue a sweeping directive telling every public school district in the country to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms that match their gender identity. A letter to school districts will go out Friday, adding to a highly charged debate over transgender rights in the middle of the administration’s […]
May 13, 2016
Leadership & Policy
CUNY’s Frank Sanchez Named President of Rhode Island College
WARWICK, R.I. ― Rhode Island College has a new president. Frank Sanchez, vice chancellor for student affairs at the City University of New York, was named Rhode Island College’s 10th president after a vote Wednesday by the Council on Postsecondary Education, The Providence Journal reported. He is expected to start his new job in the […]
May 12, 2016
African-American
Troubled Howard University Hospital Cutting Staff
By June 30, the financially troubled Howard University Hospital (HUH) will lose 10 percent of its workforce; not even management will be spared, said its CEO James Edwards.
May 12, 2016
African-American
HBCUs Back Push to Think Outside Box About Students’ Criminal Past
A new report from the Education Department urges colleges to reconsider how they ask applicants about their criminal records.
May 12, 2016
Students
UNC President on LBGT Law: Colleges Can’t Run Without Fed Funds
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. ― Leaders of North Carolina’s public universities met Tuesday to grapple with a looming threat that the federal government could withhold billions of dollars if the state loses a legal battle over transgender students and bathrooms. A North Carolina law adopted in March requires transgender people to use the bathroom or locker […]
May 11, 2016
Women
Paid Parental Leave But No Union for Columbia Grad Students
NEW YORK ― Graduate students who teach and conduct research at Columbia University will get paid parental leave and child-care subsidies starting next fall. Organizers of a drive to unionize Columbia graduate students said they welcomed the new benefits but urged the university to recognize their union. Provost John H. Coatsworth announced new benefits policy […]
May 10, 2016
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