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African-American
Standardized Tests Never Have Been Racially Neutral
Exclusive excerpt from Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America.
May 16, 2016
LGBTQ+
U.S. Directs Public Schools to Allow Transgender Access to Restrooms
The Obama administration is planning to issue a sweeping directive telling every public school district in the country to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms that match their gender identity. A letter to school districts will go out Friday, adding to a highly charged debate over transgender rights in the middle of the administration’s […]
May 13, 2016
Leadership & Policy
CUNY’s Frank Sanchez Named President of Rhode Island College
WARWICK, R.I. ― Rhode Island College has a new president. Frank Sanchez, vice chancellor for student affairs at the City University of New York, was named Rhode Island College’s 10th president after a vote Wednesday by the Council on Postsecondary Education, The Providence Journal reported. He is expected to start his new job in the […]
May 12, 2016
News Roundup
Billionaire Gives $200M to USC for Cancer Research
LOS ANGELES ― Oracle founder Larry Ellison has donated $200 million to the University of Southern California to fund a cancer research center, matching the largest single donation ever received by the school. The Los Angeles Times reports the university announced Ellison’s gift Wednesday. The money will fund the Lawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative […]
May 12, 2016
Students
Coalition for Graduate Students Sues University of Missouri
COLUMBIA, Mo. ― A coalition elected to represent graduate students in collective bargaining at the University of Missouri filed a lawsuit Wednesday asking university officials to recognize it as a bargaining unit. In a lawsuit filed in Boone County Circuit Court, the Coalition of Graduate Workers, which is affiliated with the Missouri National Education Association, […]
May 12, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Regents Approve Early Retirement for Embattled Chancellor
LAS VEGAS ― Nevada higher education regents approved an early retirement deal Thursday for Chancellor Dan Klaich after he said his role in developing a new college funding formula with lawmakers a few years ago has become a distraction. Regents poured out praise for Klaich during a special board meeting, saying they were reluctantly approving […]
May 12, 2016
Students
Diverse Conversations: How Racial Stereotyping Hurts College Campuses
Racial profiling happens and it’s dangerous ― even on college campuses, which are often advertised as some of the most progressive places in the country.
May 12, 2016
African-American
Troubled Howard University Hospital Cutting Staff
By June 30, the financially troubled Howard University Hospital (HUH) will lose 10 percent of its workforce; not even management will be spared, said its CEO James Edwards.
May 12, 2016
African-American
HBCUs Back Push to Think Outside Box About Students’ Criminal Past
A new report from the Education Department urges colleges to reconsider how they ask applicants about their criminal records.
May 12, 2016
Home
Incorrect Assumptions about Asian Americans Lead to Academic Problems
We cannot let outmoded and inaccurate misperceptions inform our understanding of Asian Americans’ backgrounds and abilities.
May 12, 2016
Home
Ford Weaves Women’s Activism, Fashion in ‘Liberated Threads’
Liberated Threads provides a chronology of how “soul” expressed by Black women in the form of dress and fashion was neatly aligned with their work as activists.
May 12, 2016
Home
Insiders See Darling-Hammond or Ben Carson as Next Secretary of Education
Those predictions come courtesy of the latest “Education Insider” released Wednesday by Whiteboard Advisors, a national education consulting firm.
May 12, 2016
Students
High-tech Devices Take Cheating to New Level in Thai Schools
BANGKOK ― Glasses with embedded cameras and smartwatches with stored information seem like regular spy equipment for the likes of James Bond, but for three students applying to medical school in Thailand, they were high-technology cheating devices. Bangkok’s Rangsit University canceled its examinations on Saturday and Sunday for admission to its medical and dental faculties […]
May 11, 2016
Students
UNC President on LBGT Law: Colleges Can’t Run Without Fed Funds
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. ― Leaders of North Carolina’s public universities met Tuesday to grapple with a looming threat that the federal government could withhold billions of dollars if the state loses a legal battle over transgender students and bathrooms. A North Carolina law adopted in March requires transgender people to use the bathroom or locker […]
May 11, 2016
Students
University Panel Adopts Expanded Student-athlete Protections
SAN FRANCISCO ― A policy that would nearly triple the number of University of California student-athletes guaranteed continued financial aid in the event of a career-ending sports injury received unanimous approval Wednesday from a committee of the university’s governing board. The proposal came from a working group of UC athletic directors tasked with making recommendations […]
May 11, 2016
Disparities
White Women’s Life Expectancy Declines, CDC Finds
NEW YORK — Life expectancy for white women has fallen a little, according to a new government report. White women lost about five weeks from their predicted lifespan in 2014, compared to 2013, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday. Life expectancy held steady for black women and white men, and increased for […]
May 11, 2016
Disparities
Critics Question Medical School’s Invitation to Rachel Dolezal to Discuss Race
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 was a white person posing as black. The Omaha World-Herald http://bit.ly/1XL3S4j reported that a decision by a University of Nebraska Medical Center professor, […]
May 11, 2016
Disparities
Suicide Rate Rises for Middle-Aged Whites
NEW YORK — Middle-aged white people now account for a third of all suicides in the U.S., a new government report shows. Suicide is the nation’s 10th leading cause of death, and the overall rate rose 24 percent in 15 years, according to the report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/ Suicides […]
May 11, 2016
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