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New Trial Ordered in Suit That Saw $1M Award for Ex-student
LINCOLN, Neb. — The Nebraska Supreme Court has ordered a new trial in a former nursing student’s lawsuit against Clarkson College in which a jury awarded her $1 million. The Omaha World-Herald reports that the award was issued last year after Kelly Armstrong sued the Omaha college, saying the school wrongly kicked her out of […]
September 4, 2017
Community Colleges
West Virginia College Gets Eviction Letter Over Rent
SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The head of a business park in South Charleston says a community college is being evicted from its campus in a rent dispute. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports West Virginia Regional Technology Park Executive Director and CEO Russell Kruzelock sent a letter to BridgeValley Community and Technical College on Friday that an […]
September 4, 2017
Faculty & Staff
Court Rules Against Professor in Race Discrimination Case
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — An appeals court has affirmed the dismissal of racial discrimination claims by a former Indiana University South Bend professor. The South Bend Tribune reports that the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago published its opinion this week and determined that Otis Grant was not able to prove a lower court […]
September 4, 2017
Students
Michigan State Sued After Rejecting White Nationalist Group
DETROIT — A lawsuit has been filed against Michigan State University after it denied a request to rent space on campus for White nationalist Richard Spencer to speak in September. Georgia State University student Cameron Padgett, who tried to rent the room, sued Sunday alleging the university is violating Spencer’s free speech. The East Lansing […]
September 4, 2017
Students
Trump Leaks Darken DACA Future
President Trump’s intention to end DACA, but give Congress six months to fix the policy, amounts to a failure in Trump’s ability to lead.
September 4, 2017
Leadership & Policy
White House Initiative on HBCUs Conference Postponed Amid Key Groups’ Concerns
The Department of Education announced on Friday that the annual national conference of historically Black colleges and universities scheduled for September 17-19 will be postponed.
September 4, 2017
Students
London Delivers Epic Upset in Debut as Howard University Coach
Howard University, a Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) school, were a 45-point underdog to UNLV, a member of the NCAA’s top-tier Football Bowl Subdivision.
September 4, 2017
Students
As DACA Decision Looms, Trump’s Direction Becomes Clear
After months of suspense, Politico reported Sunday evening that President Trump will be terminating the consideration of deferred action against childhood arrivals, otherwise known as DACA, a policy that safeguards minors from deportation.
September 4, 2017
Students
Planning Helped Texas Southern Get a Handle on Harvey
Dr. Austin Lane, Texas Southern University president, and his crisis management team discussed plans for providing food, back-up power, and communication ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Harvey.
September 1, 2017
Students
Helping the College Applicants Who Need It the Most
Where does a high school senior whose parents didn’t go to college turn to understand the application process? What resources are available to a student from a remote rural area if she wants to apply to college?
August 31, 2017
Students
George Washington University Opening Some Doors in D.C.
GWU awards 10 scholarships each year to students in the District, covering tuition, room and board, books and fees.
August 31, 2017
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Rusert’s Book Looks Back at Fight Against Racist Sciences
Dr. Britt Rusert’s new book, Fugitive Science: Empiricism and Freedom in Early African American Culture, sheds a contemporary light on the Black artists, scientists, clergy and activists working to critique and challenge the “racist sciences” of the 19th century.
August 31, 2017
Faculty & Staff
The Pathology of Delusions
The scenario of being criticized and threatened for writing honestly about race and/or racism in America has been played out many times in the near century since scholar E. Franklin Frazier and his wife left Atlanta under the threat of mob violence.
August 31, 2017
Students
Congressman Plans Bill to Push Colleges to Deal with Hate Crimes
In an effort to clamp down on hate crimes on campus, Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Maryland, announced plans to introduce a bill that would deny federal financial aid to colleges and universities that don’t develop adequate plans to respond to hate crimes.
August 31, 2017
Leadership & Policy
New Mexico State Regents Vote to Replace Chancellor
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — The New Mexico State University Board of Regents voted to move forward with the search to replace Chancellor Garrey Carruthers despite widespread support from university faculty, staff, students and state lawmakers. The board voted Wednesday to replace Carruthers after his contract ends in mid-2018. Public pressure had built for the regents […]
August 31, 2017
News Roundup
Former Louisville Foundation Execs Led Nation in Pay
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Four former executives at the embattled University of Louisville Foundation led the nation in pay to public university foundation employees in 2014, leaving them potentially liable for IRS penalties. A Courier-Journal review of nearly 1,600 officers and employees of 1,146 foundations in 2014, the most recent year for which figures are available, […]
August 31, 2017
News Roundup
Penn State Professors Get Grant for ‘Fake News’ Detector
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Two Penn State professors have received $300,000 from the National Science Foundation to develop technology that will enable digital devices to weed out “fake news.” The university says Dongwon Lee, a professor of information sciences and technology, and S. Shyam Sundar, a communications professor, are working on the project. Lee says, […]
August 31, 2017
Students
New Hampshire University to Take in Students After Harvey
CONCORD, N.H. — A New Hampshire university is offering a free semester to college students displaced by Hurricane Harvey, 12 years after it helped a similar group after Hurricane Katrina. Franklin Pierce University will provide free tuition, room and board to up to 20 students for the fall semester. The university made a similar offer […]
August 31, 2017
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