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Chairman of University Steps Down After President’s Comments
The chairman of Mount St. Mary’s University has resigned and the Board of Trustees has elected its first female leader following a furor over the former president’s comments likening struggling freshmen at the Maryland Catholic college to bunnies that should be drowned, the school announced Tuesday. John E. Coyne III said in a statement that […]
March 15, 2016
Sports
Blacks Playing Men’s Hoops, Football Lag Behind in Degrees
PHILADELPHIA ― Young Black men playing basketball and football for the country’s top college teams are graduating at lower rates than Black male students at the same schools ― despite having financial and academic support that removes common hurdles preventing many undergraduates from earning a degree, a new report has found. While 58 percent of […]
March 15, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Some college presidents seem afraid to speak out. Not this one.
Unlike many college presidents, Patricia McGuire rarely hesitates to speak her mind on the issues of the day in higher education. If another college leader, for instance, likens struggling freshmen to bunnies who ought to be drowned or shot, the longtime president of Trinity Washington University will call him out. McGuire did exactly that a […]
March 15, 2016
Students
University of Missouri Unrest Reverberates at ACE
Handling unrest among underrepresented students was a hot topic of discussion at the 98th American Council on Education Annual Meeting which concludes today.
March 15, 2016
Home
Acuña Accepts John Hope Franklin Award at ACE
SAN FRANCISCO — Last night, Dr. Rodolfo F. Acuña, the founder of the Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies and a professor emeritus at California State University, Northridge, accepted Diverse’s 2016 Dr. John Hope Franklin Award at the 98th American Council on Education Annual Meeting. Notably, at the height of the civil rights movement, Acuña, […]
March 14, 2016
Students
Delaware State Cutting 23 Degree-granting Programs
Delaware State University, the sole historically Black public college in Delaware, is “deactivating” 23 degree granting programs it identified as low enrollment.
March 14, 2016
Students
Former Yale Captain Says He’ll Sue School Over Expulsion
HARTFORD, Conn. ― Former Yale basketball captain Jack Montague was expelled over a sexual assault allegation and plans to sue the school, his attorney said Monday. Attorney Max Stern issued a statement saying Montague had a relationship with the woman. He said the dispute is about the last of four sexual encounters, occurring in October […]
March 14, 2016
Students
Harvard Agrees to Retire Law School Shield Tied to Slavery
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. ― Harvard University is retiring the official shield of its law school following complaints over its ties to an 18th-century slaveholder. The university’s governing body announced the decision Monday, supporting a campus committee’s previous recommendation to remove the shield. The shield was approved in 1937 and depicts three bundles of wheat. It’s modeled […]
March 14, 2016
News Roundup
U.S. to Fire Monitor Overseeing Formerly For-profit Colleges
WASHINGTON ― The Education Department is removing a law firm hired to oversee the turnaround of schools owned by Corinthian Colleges Inc., a for-profit education company whose financial collapse had placed at risk more than $1 billion in federal student loans. An Associated Press investigation identified conflicts with the ostensibly independent monitor. The department said […]
March 14, 2016
HBCUs
Georgia Governor Calls for Follow-up Bills to Campus Carry
ATLANTA ― Days after Georgia lawmakers approved a bill lifting a weapons ban on the state’s public college campuses, on Monday Republican Gov. Nathan Deal called for the General Assembly to address opponents’ concerns. Deal;s office released a statement asking for fixes and indicated that he could refuse to sign the so-called “campus carry” without […]
March 14, 2016
Home
9 Research Universities Receive Grants to Retain Low-income Students
Nine public urban research universities were awarded a total of $450,000 to launch or expand pilot “micro-grant” programs meant to prevent low-income college students from dropping out.
March 14, 2016
African-American
Senate Votes to Confirm King to Head Education Department
WASHINGTON ― The Senate narrowly voted Monday to confirm John B. King Jr. as the nation’s education secretary. The vote was 49-40. King has served as acting secretary at the Education Department since Arne Duncan stepped down in December. As secretary, King will oversee the department as it puts in place a bipartisan education law […]
March 14, 2016
Students
Berkeley Moves to Fire Assistant Coach Over Sexual Harassment
SAN FRANCISCO ― An assistant men’s basketball coach at the University of California, Berkeley, became the latest employee found to have violated the school’s sexual harassment policy, drawing swift and serious sanctions Monday after complaints that punishment was too lenient in previous cases. Head coach Cuonzo Martin immediately moved to fire the assistant, Yann Hufnagel, […]
March 14, 2016
Faculty & Staff
CUPA Report Shows Small Gains for Senior Administrator Salaries
Senior administrator salaries saw small gains across the board in 2015-16, according to a survey released Monday by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources.
March 14, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Trump, Enabler of American Political Hooliganism?
If you like your politics raucous and raunchy, Donald Trump has been your candidate this year.
March 14, 2016
Sports
Minority Graduation Rates on NCAA Tournament Teams on Upswing
TIDES report shows that academic progress among minorities on NCAA Division I basketball tournament teams has taken a commendable leap forward.
March 14, 2016
LGBTQ+
The LGBT Politics of Christian Colleges
In the past, many conservative Christian colleges condemned both same-sex attraction and same-sex intimacy. But now that gay marriage is legalized, and as the country undergoes broad cultural shifts, that’s changing. Some of these same schools are now attempting to separate sexual identity from sexual behavior in their policies and campus customs. However awkwardly, they’re […]
March 14, 2016
LGBTQ+
White House Appoints First Transgender Person as LGBT Liaison
The White House has named Raffi Freedman-Gurspan, a transgender woman, as its primary liaison for LGBT issues. Freedman-Gurspan, who became the first openly transgender White House staff member last year, will be the first out trans person to serve as the White House’s LGBT liaison. In August, Freedman-Gurspan was named outreach and recruitment director in the presidential […]
March 14, 2016
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