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Georgia Debates Bill at Odds with U.S. Rules on Campus Assault

ATLANTA — A panel of Georgia lawmakers has approved a bill requiring college officials and employees to report sexual violence and other crimes to law enforcement, clashing with existing federal guidance laying out specific requirements under civil rights law. The bill also would bar schools from taking any disciplinary steps such as suspending a student […]

February 2, 2017

Scholar Ramon Goings: No Time Like Present to Return to School

Dr. Ramon Goings, selected by Diverse as a member of the 2017 Class of Emerging Scholars, sees the experiences of nontraditional-age students as a ripe area for study, even as he’s training graduate students to be leaders in education.

February 1, 2017

Dr. Ramon Going

Enrollment Growing Slowly at South Carolina State University

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Enrollment is rising slowly at South Carolina State University as the Orangeburg school recovers from financial problems. School President James Clark told state lawmakers Tuesday the spring enrollment is 2,634. That’s up from 2,610 students last year at the state’s only public historically Black school. Enrollment usually drops in the spring as […]

February 1, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Immaculata University Names First Layperson as President

MALVERN, Pa. — A Catholic university near Philadelphia has chosen its first lay president in its 97-year-history. Barbara Lettiere, a 1972 graduate, is the new president of Immaculata University. The school was founded in 1920 in Malvern by the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in 1920. It was the first Catholic women’s […]

February 1, 2017

President Gates Black: Labor Market Sets Course for Community College

As she prepares to transition from Tarrant County College District in Texas to assume the leadership of Delaware County Community College, Dr. L. Joy Gates Black reflects on changes in the community college sector.

January 30, 2017

Dr. L. Joy Gates Black

University of South Carolina to Erect Statue of First African-American Professor

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The University of South Carolina wants to erect a statue in honor of the school’s first African-American professor. The university hosted a celebration about Richard T. Greener’s life Monday afternoon. The State of Columbia reported university officials hope to raise money for the statue and an endowment that would pay for future […]

January 30, 2017

Justice Sotomayor Says Universities Need More Diversity

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Monday said future diversity on college campuses is a key to diversifying society at large, noting that the number of Black students at the University of Michigan is a “real problem.” Sotomayor received an honorary degree and participated in a forum about the future […]

January 30, 2017

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New Till Detail Underscores Lack of Humanity Afforded to Black People

The death of Emmett Till resurfaced back into the public sphere last week with the bombshell revelation that the woman who was at the center of the horrendous saga, Carolyn Bryant, admitted to fabricating much of her account of happened. A new book titled The Blood of Emmett Till, written by Timothy Tyson, a senior […]

January 29, 2017

Education Reformer: Charter Schools Can Be ‘Culturally Affirming,’ Not Segregated

Though some critics say charter schools that serve predominantly minority students are “segregated,” others say such schools can be “culturally affirming” and should not be lumped with schools that are segregated in the traditional sense of the word.

January 29, 2017

Chris Stewart is director of outreach and external affairs at Education Post.

Leadership & Policy

Sylvia Burwell named next president of American University

WASHINGTON — Former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services President Sylvia Matthews Burwell has been named next president of American University in Washington. The school announced this week that the former President Barack Obama administration official will become the first woman to lead the school when she takes over on June 1. The Hinton, […]

January 29, 2017

New Lawsuit Against Baylor Alleges 52 Rapes in 4 Years

WACO, Texas — A former Baylor University student who says she was raped by two football players filed a federal lawsuit Friday against the school that alleges there were dozens more assaults of women involving other players. The lawsuit by the student, who is listed in the documents only as “Elizabeth Doe,” alleges at least […]

January 29, 2017

Students: Chancellor Failed Minorities on Pro-White Agitator

MADISON, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin-Madison chancellor’s response to a student trying to set up a pro-white group on campus further alienates minorities as they struggle for a better campus experience, student leaders said Friday. The student’s effort to set up a campus chapter of the American Freedom Party — whose platform includes “prioritizing […]

January 29, 2017

Nebraska Frat Denies Making Vulgar Remarks at Women’s March

LINCOLN, Neb. — The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is investigating allegations that members of a fraternity made vulgar comments during the Women’s March on Lincoln. An internal investigation by the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity chapter at the university turned up no wrongdoing, adviser Joe Skradski said. He said the allegations are false and have created an […]

January 29, 2017

This Former Judge Just Became Alabama’s First Black Female District Attorney

Lynneice Washington made history last Tuesday when she became Alabama’s first black female District Attorney. Washington, who is from Birmingham, will now be the DA for the Jefferson County Bessemer Division of Alabama. The 49-year-old democrat formerly served as a presiding judge in an Alabama municipal court and earned her seat by less than 300 […]

January 28, 2017

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Virginia State University Goes Hollywood to Promote Athletics

Virginia State University has turned to a small team of producers with big accolades to put together polished, in-house generated content that helps VSU stand out above much of the work going on in Division II in terms of promoting athletics.

January 26, 2017

Jesse Vaughn, left, and Cedric Owens are setting a new standard in terms of production of HBCU sports content.

Diverse Docket: Court Upholds North Carolina A&T Firing

The North Carolina Court of Appeals has rejected a wrongful termination suit by the former executive assistant to the dean of the School of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at North Carolina A&T University.

January 26, 2017

Ex-Baylor Officer Sues School Claiming Retaliatory Firing

WACO, Texas — A former financial aid officer at Baylor is suing the university claiming it fired her in retaliation after she sought to reinstate a football player’s scholarship. Lyn Kinyon filed the federal lawsuit Wednesday in Waco, arguing Baylor violated federal Title IX protections when she was fired last year. The lawsuit says the […]

January 26, 2017

University of Oregon Building Name Will Stay Despite Man’s Pro-slavery Stance

EUGENE, Ore. — The president of the University of Oregon said he will not change the name of the oldest building on campus, which honors the school’s founder. The name became controversial because of the founder’s pro-slavery views. The school’s Black Student Task Force demanded in November 2015 that Deady Hall be renamed, reported The […]

January 26, 2017