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African-American
Alabama Senate Seeks to Rename Edmund Pettus Bridge
MONTGOMERY, Ala. ― Alabama senators are seeking to rename Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge, a historic site in the voting rights movement that also bears the name of a Ku Klux Klan officer.
June 4, 2015
Students
Harvard Gets Biggest Gift Ever: $400M from Wall Street Alum
BOSTON ― Harvard has received its biggest gift in school history—a $400 million donation from Wall Street hedge fund billionaire John Paulson—the university said Wednesday.
June 4, 2015
Students
Even as Student Loan Debt Soars, HELP Committee Chair Sees Positive
U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander says we should “cancel misleading rhetoric that causes so many students to believe that they can’t afford college.”
June 4, 2015
Home
Call Grows Louder for NCAA to Open Doors for Minority Coaches
A lack of diversity in the NCAA head coaching ranks has prompted some to call for the adoption of an equivalent to the NFL’s Rooney Rule.
June 4, 2015
Opinion
Silence Not an Option When Injustice Abounds
Can we allow ourselves to remain silent in the face of social and economic injustice?
June 4, 2015
Community Colleges
In Case You Missed It
Faculty Outraged Over Wisconsin’s Proposed Tenure Changes Silence Not an Option When Injustice Abounds South Asian American Champs Spell for College, But Are Still in D-E-B-T South Carolina Legal Scholars Weigh In on N. Charleston Murder Case
June 2, 2015
Students
Increased Revenue Has Some Lawmakers Eyeing Budget Changes
PHOENIX — Increased state revenue since Arizona’s budget for the upcoming fiscal year was approved in March has some lawmakers saying they want to use the extra cash to scale back unpopular cuts that they made in funding for education and other services.
June 2, 2015
Home
Universities Pledge Tuition Limits if Lawmakers Hike Funding
SALEM, Ore. — The presidents of Oregon universities are pledging to limit tuition hikes if the Legislature agrees to boost higher education funding over the next two years.
June 2, 2015
Students
Princeton to Offer African American Studies Major
Princeton University’s Board of Trustees has granted the Center for African American Studies (CAAS) academic departmental status, clearing the way for the university to begin offering a major in African American Studies in the fall.
June 2, 2015
Home
Young Doctors Make Binding Pact
Four doctors make a vow to support, nurture and see each other through the grueling work of obtaining their medical degrees.
June 2, 2015
Students
Institutional Leadership for Undocumented Students
Undocumented students have raised their voices and called upon institutions to meet their obligations to provide equitable college experiences for all, regardless of a student’s residency status.
June 2, 2015
Students
NCCU Jazz Studies Program Declared Safe
News organizations misinterpreted a move by the UNC Board of Governors allowing realignment of music concentrations at North Carolina Central University as bringing an end to the celebrated Jazz education program.
June 2, 2015
Leadership & Policy
Board of Shaw University Chooses Alumna as Next President
RALEIGH, N.C. —The South’s first historically black university has chosen an alumna as its next president.
June 1, 2015
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Powers Leaving UT-Austin as Diversity Issues Linger
AUSTIN, Texas — Bill Powers won’t be the University of Texas at Austin president who decides whether to keep a statue of Jefferson Davis, a tribute to the president of the Confederacy, on campus.
June 1, 2015
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RU Ready for Work Program Prepares Students for the Future
Newark, NJ — Lakeisha Bright knew she would be in for a rough ride during her senior year at West Side High School based on all the changes the high school had been going through as of late. “My junior year was very stressful because they kept making changes at my school,” Bright said last […]
June 1, 2015
Faculty & Staff
Lesbian Student Battles Stereotypes at HBCU
Lesbian student English Fields battles stereotypes, profiling at Rust College.
June 1, 2015
Faculty & Staff
The Music Lives On
With the death of B.B. King, “the blues has lost its king, and America has lost a legend,” President Barack Obama said in a letter read at the famed guitarist’s funeral on Saturday, May 30, in his hometown of Indianola, Mississippi. King, the son of sharecroppers, died on May 14 at the age of 89, leaving a rich legacy as an innovator and hard-working performer.
June 1, 2015
African-American
Faculty Outraged Over Wisconsin’s Proposed Tenure Changes
Critics see the elimination of tenure protections and other proposals as a serious threat to stunt intellectual growth and muffle voices of dissent.
June 1, 2015
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