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Section: Demographics
Students
Dallasâ El Centro CollegeâWhen a Sniper Cancels Finals
The Dallas County Community College District hopes to be open for Monday after finals were canceled Friday due to a sniper.
July 10, 2016
African-American
Ogletree Announces Battle with Alzheimerâs
Charles J. Ogletree Jr.âone of the brightest legal minds in the Academyâknown for his mentoring of future Black lawyers, has announced that he is battling Alzheimerâs disease.
July 10, 2016
African-American
Black Scholars Weigh in on Dallas Shooting
Black scholars weigh in during the aftermath of the Dallas shooting rampage.
July 10, 2016
African-American
The Ongoing Devaluation of Black Life
The death of Black people at the hands of law enforcement has become so commonplace and routine that many of us who are African-American have managed to become simultaneously outraged and psychologically numb.
July 7, 2016
African-American
The âUprootingâ of HBCUs in a Post-racial Context
ÂThe irony in Roots is the continuous âuprootingâ of the family experiences; this, too, has semblance to the challenges HBCUs encounter.
July 7, 2016
African-American
James Ammons Reverses Course, Staying at FAMU
A little more than a month after being named provost of Delaware State University, James Ammons has decided that he is staying on at Florida A&M University.
July 6, 2016
African-American
Philanthropic Foundations Pushing College Access, Attainment Higher on Priority Lists
Philanthropic foundations are working to move the needle on student access and success issues.
July 6, 2016
Leadership & Policy
University of Tennessee Settles Title IX Lawsuit for $2.48M
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. â The University of Tennessee is paying $2.48 million to settle a lawsuit filed by eight unidentified women who said the school had violated Title IX regulations and created a âhostile sexual environmentâ through a policy of indifference toward assaults by athletes. Lawyers for the school and the plaintiffs issued a joint press [âŚ]
July 6, 2016
African-American
Former Tuskegee Airman, Educator Roscoe Brown Remembered as âReal Pioneerâ
Roscoe C. Brown also will be remembered for the forays he made on behalf of diversity in the realm of academe and access to higher education.
July 5, 2016
African-American
Study Links Black Menâs Lower Life Expectancy to Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment
Marcella Alsan and Marianne Wanamaker examined healthcare utilization and outcomes across demographic groups before and after 1972 and found that the closer Black men lived to Tuskegee, Ala., the less likely they were to visit a doctor.
June 30, 2016
African-American
Mentoring Pluses for Underrepresented Faculty
Much has been written about the demands from mentoring students, but much less has been written about the benefits to underrepresented faculty from mentoring students.
June 30, 2016
Sports
NCAA: Baruch College Gave Players More Than $255K in Improper Benefits
NEW YORK â Baruch College gave 30 student-athletes more than $255,000 in improper benefits over the course of five years, NCAA officials said in a decision issued Thursday. The NCAA Division III Committee on Infractions said the schoolâs former vice president for student affairs and enrollment management and its former head womenâs basketball coach both [âŚ]
June 30, 2016
Faculty & Staff
University of Washington Virus Researcher Faces Discipline
SEATTLE â The University of Washington says a microbiology professor faces possible discipline for violating sexual harassment policies. As detailed in a report on BuzzFeed this week, university investigations found Dr. Michael Katze demanded and received sexual favors from an employee in his lab. Investigators found that the woman, who had little prior job experience [âŚ]
June 30, 2016
Latinx
University of New Mexico Starts Chicano Studies Online Plan
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. â Facing a growing Latino student population and pressure to increase its graduation rates, the University of New Mexico is launching an online degree program in Chicana and Chicano Studies beginning this fall just as ethnic studies programs are facing challenges in neighboring Arizona. Officials say the online classes will allow nontraditional students [âŚ]
June 29, 2016
African-American
University of Connecticut Revokes Cosbyâs Honorary Degree
STORRS, Conn. â The University of Connecticut on Wednesday revoked an honorary degree awarded to Bill Cosby, saying he engaged in conduct âincongruentâ with the universityâs values. Trustees voted unanimously to rescind the Doctor of Fine Arts given to Cosby in 1996. Officials said it was the first time UConn has revoked an honorary degree. [âŚ]
June 29, 2016
Students
Team Chosen to Review University of Missouri After Turmoil
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. â A former system president and a wealthy university donor will help review the University of Missouri following last yearâs turmoil. GOP House Speaker Todd Richardson named former system president Gary Forsee and Jeanne Sinquefield to an eight-member review commission Wednesday. Sinquefield and her husband, conservative donor Rex Sinquefield, have given millions [âŚ]
June 29, 2016
African-American
South Carolina State Names James E. Clark President
South Carolina State University looked within its ranks and named Board of Trustees member James E. Clark the 12th president of the historically Black institution on Wednesday.
June 29, 2016
Asian American Pacific Islander
Ono Tapped as New President of University of British Columbia
Dr. Santa J. Ono, one of a handful of Asian-American college presidents in the nation, is leaving the University of Cincinnati to become president at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.
June 28, 2016
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