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Section: Demographics
Sports
Is Higher Ed Culture Discouraging to Student-Athlete Activism?
The Georgetown University men’s basketball team Wednesday became the first collegiate team to protest against the recent failures to indict officers in Ferguson, Mo., and the New York City deaths of two Black men at the hands of police officers.
December 14, 2014
African-American
Spelman College Suspends The Cosby Chair for the Humanities Indefinitely
Spelman College has decided to suspend a prestigious professorship funded in part by Bill and Camille Cosby.
December 14, 2014
Latinx
In Case You Missed It…
Academic Racism in Play in Regard to Athletes North Carolina Central University Making History of its Own Pell Grant Eligibility Clarification Opens Doors of Opportunity for Juvenile Offenders Report: Campus-Based Child Care on Decline
December 11, 2014
African-American
Bob Jones University Releases Report on Handling Sex Abuse Complaints
An independent report on how Bob Jones University has dealt with sexual abuse over several decades concluded that university employees weren’t properly trained to handle such cases and victims seem to have been blamed.
December 11, 2014
African-American
FDA Gives Approval for Marijuana Oil Study
The Food and Drug Administration has given the University of Alabama at Birmingham permission to study the use of a marijuana derivative to treat seizures.
December 10, 2014
Leadership & Policy
Black Lives and the Struggle for Humanity
The protests in Ferguson and throughout the nation have aroused the long complacent spirit that has been an integral part of American history.
December 10, 2014
African-American
Protesters Ask Federal Courts to Curb Police
Police violated the constitutional rights of protesters upset by the death in Ferguson, Missouri, of an unarmed Black man, lawyers told a federal judge Wednesday in urging she step in and curb the police.
December 10, 2014
African-American
University of Colorado Humanities Classes Dwindle
Enrollment in arts and humanities classes at the University of Colorado is dwindling, mirroring a national trend that professors are trying to grasp.
December 9, 2014
LGBTQ+
MIT Pulls Online Lectures Over Harassment Claim
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has removed a retired physics professor’s lectures from an online learning platform because the school concluded he had sexually harassed a woman, university officials said.
December 9, 2014
Native Americans
Universities Find Building ‘Home’ on Campus Conducive to Native Americans’ Success
Educators say that the ability to build a sense of community on campus is most critical for attracting and retaining Native American students.
December 8, 2014
Students
An Open Letter of Love to Black Students
Black professors know there is always more that people don’t see or hear or want to know, but we see you. We hear you.
December 8, 2014
African-American
North Carolina Central University Making History of its Own
In the 75 years since the history department came into existence at NCCU, the faculty have graduated more than 80 alumni who have gone on to earn Ph.D.s in history at other universities and have carved out careers as engaged researchers, university professors and museum curators.
December 8, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Picture Books For Gifting
Hidden among our weightier academic books, we often find some jewels that we don’t expect and that would be suitable for pleasure reading. Our search for books worthy of holiday gift giving this season turned up a number of illustrated storybooks suitable for children or adults
December 8, 2014
African-American
In Case You Missed It…
Professor’s Early Experiences Combating Racism Come in Handy for Helping, Healing When the ‘Rule of Law’ is Unjust DREAM Youth Expressing Mixed Emotions over Obama Immigration Plan Obama Promises Funding, Resources in Response to Tribal Nations’ Education ‘Emergency’
December 4, 2014
African-American
Poet, Professor Claudia Emerson Dies at 57
Claudia Emerson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, died early Thursday morning at age 57 after a long battle with cancer, the university said.
December 4, 2014
Sports
Police, Black Community Desperately Need Dialogue
I grew up respecting and fearing the police. I still respect them but I also still fear them.
December 4, 2014
African-American
Students Nationwide Hold ‘Die Ins’ for Justice
Students joined other protestors this week in demonstrations for the lives that have been lost in controversial confrontations with police.
December 4, 2014
Asian American Pacific Islander
Scholars: China Government Gets Foothold on U.S. Campuses
A congressional hearing was told that China’s authoritarian government is funding dozens of institutes that project a rose-tinted view of the Asian nation that compromises the academic integrity of U.S. universities.
December 4, 2014
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