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Strategies for Diversity and Inclusion Key to Collegiate Sports Programs University, Colleges Must Seek Help to Better Assist Students Middleton: Higher Ed Leaders Should Take Heed to Student Protesters Diverse Conversations: What We Should Tell Our College Students, Instead of ‘Toughen Up’
April 22, 2016
Students
U. of Michigan’s New Multicultural Center Gets $3M Boost
ANN ARBOR, Mich. ― A $3 million gift will help fund a new building at the University of Michigan’s main campus that will house the William Monroe Trotter Multicultural Center. The funding from Mark Bernstein, a member of the Board of Regents, and his wife, Rachel Bendit, was announced at a board meeting Thursday. […]
April 21, 2016
African-American
Dolezal’s Visit to Omaha University Draws Backlash
OMAHA, Neb. ― Omaha residents have raised concerns about a visit from Rachel Dolezal, who resigned as president of an NAACP chapter in Washington last year after it was revealed that she is White. The Omaha World-Herald reports that University of Nebraska Medical Center professor Dr. Renaisa S. Anthony’s decision to bring her to […]
April 21, 2016
Students
University of Iowa Officials Re-evaluate Chalking Policy
IOWA CITY, Iowa ― University of Iowa officials are re-evaluating the university’s 6-year-old chalk art policy after an anti-abortion group’s sidewalk art caused a skirmish last week. The Students for Life group says its members drew 3,200 hearts on a university walkway with the intention of showing pedestrians the number of abortions occurring in the […]
April 21, 2016
African-American
Proposed Tubman $20 Bill Igniting Controversy
A version that involves moving former President Andrew Jackson’s portrait to the back of the bill is drawing widespread attention with observers cautioning against quick judgments.
April 21, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Fisk Provost Resigns, Taking U. of Minnesota, Morris Job
Fisk University’s road to stable leadership has hit another major bump.
April 21, 2016
Leadership & Policy
The World Mourns Loss of Influential Prince
Undoubtedly we have lost a monumental talent and an artist for whom love of all kinds seems to undergird his decades-worth of unique talent and creativity.
April 21, 2016
Students
Jobs Are Scarce for Ph.D.s
If you’re a grad student, it’s best to read the latest report from the National Science Foundation with a large glass of single-malt whiskey in hand. Scratch that: The top-shelf whiskey is probably out of your budget. Well, Trader Joe’s “Two Buck Chuck” is good, too! Liquid courage is a necessity when examining the data on […]
April 21, 2016
HBCUs
Crawford Ready to Unleash Power of Liberal Arts
The provost at Seattle University will become the 14th president at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington, beginning July 1.
April 20, 2016
Sports
7 Shades of Athletic Hateration: A Scholarly ‘Read’
It seems like at least once a week I balk at the rhetorical and so-called “politically correct — yet acidic” and “shade-like” mantra that reminds athletes that they are students first.
April 20, 2016
African-American
State Department, UNC Turn to Hip-Hop to Bring World Closer
With battles, braggadocio and bravado being the norm within hip-hop, diplomacy has to be one of the last things that comes to mind.
April 20, 2016
Students
Senate OKs Bill to Allow Gun Carry on Tennessee Campuses
NASHVILLE, Tenn. ― The state Senate on Tuesday voted to allow faculty and workers with handgun carry permits to be armed on the campuses of Tennessee public colleges and universities. The bill sponsored by Sen. Mike Bell passed on a 28-5 vote, and the House was expected to take up the measure Wednesday. Republican Gov. […]
April 20, 2016
Students
University Professor Mauled by Brown Bear While Teaching
JUNEAU, Alaska ― Students and teaching assistants have arrived back in Juneau from a remote mountaineering class that was cut short when one of their professors was mauled by a brown bear. They said Tuesday night that they were tired and not yet ready to talk about Forest Wagner, 35, who was teaching the class […]
April 20, 2016
Students
Accusers at BYU Investigated by School After Reporting Rape
SALT LAKE CITY ― Madeline MacDonald says she was an 18-year-old freshman at Brigham Young University when she was sexually assaulted by a man she met on an online dating site. She reported the crime to the school’s Title IX office. That same day, she says, BYU’s honor code office received a copy of the […]
April 20, 2016
Sports
APR Scores Show Money Remains Big Factor in College Sports
INDIANAPOLIS ― The wealthiest schools in college sports are cashing in with high academic performances. Others are paying a stiff price for sub-par scores. The NCAA’s latest Academic Progress Rate numbers, released Wednesday, show that schools with less money continue to play catch-up even as athletes remain in school and work toward degrees at record […]
April 20, 2016
African-American
Enhancing Identity Development for Black Students at PWIs
“The end of education is to know God and the laws and purposes of His universe and to reconcile one’s life with these laws. The first aim of a good college is not to teach books, but the meaning and purpose of life. Hard study and the learning of books are only a means to […]
April 20, 2016
Students
CHERYL HOLCOMB-MCCOY
CHERYL HOLCOMB-MCCOY has been named dean of the School of Education at American University, effective July 1. She is vice provost for faculty affairs and a professor of counseling and human development in the School of Education at Johns Hopkins University. Holcomb-McCoy earned a bachelor’s and a master’s from the University of Virginia, and a doctorate from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
April 20, 2016
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ALDEMARO ROMERO JR.
ALDEMARO ROMERO JR. has been named dean of the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences at the City University of New York Bernard M. Baruch College. He was a professor of biological sciences at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Romero earned a bachelor’s from the Universitat de Barcelona and two doctorates from the University of Miami.
April 20, 2016
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