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Funds Cut for Guard Program at 3 Oklahoma Universities
OKLAHOMA CITY ― Budget cuts could end an Oklahoma National Guard leadership program that’s offered at three state universities. Southwestern Oklahoma State University President Randy Beutler announced last week that the university will terminate the Guard Officer Leadership Program at the end of the semester due to federal budget cuts. There are currently programs at […]
March 1, 2016
Faculty & Staff
University of New England Professor Sues School
BIDDEFORD, Maine ― A University of New England professor is suing the college, alleging officials took away some of her teaching duties and responsibilities after she accused her department chairman of sexual harassment. The Portland Press Herald reports associate professor Lara Carlson is accusing the Biddeford-based private university of violating her civil rights under Title […]
March 1, 2016
Students
Black Students Ejected from Trump Rally in Georgia
There are different accounts of who made the decision to eject approximately 30 black students who say they were standing silently at the top of the bleachers at Donald Trump’s rally here Monday evening. Late Monday night, a Trump spokeswoman denied that the incident at Valdosta State University’s campus was initiated “at the request of the candidate” or the […]
March 1, 2016
Students
College Behind Bars: An Old Idea With Some New Energy
Eight years ago, when Noel Caldellis began serving time for killing a university student, his main objective was to make 20-plus years in prison pass as quickly as possible: work out, walk circles in the yard with inmates and watch TV. A few years into his sentence at the Monroe Correctional Complex, Caldellis discovered he […]
March 1, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Mount St. Mary’s University President Resigns
Simon Newman, the Mount St. Mary’s University president who astonished many with a brutal remark, inspired some to a new vision for the university, and set off an intense national debate about academic freedom, will step down effective immediately. Karl Einolf, the dean of the Richard J.Bolte, Sr., School of Business at the university will […]
March 1, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Anti-Spellings Protests Backed by Faculty-Union Offshoot
RALEIGH, N.C. ― Opponents of incoming University of North Carolina President Margaret Spellings include an offshoot of one of the country’s largest labor unions. Spellings is set to become the statewide public university system’s leader Tuesday. Some students plan a classroom walkout and rally on the university system’s flagship Chapel Hill campus. Similar anti-Spellings demonstrations […]
February 29, 2016
Faculty & Staff
University of Oregon President Plans Faculty Shakeup
EUGENE, Ore. ― University of Oregon President Michael Schill ― entering his ninth month as president ― is getting to the painful nub of his organizational shakeup. Some tenured faculty are carrying skimpy teaching loads compared with others, Schill wrote in a recent memo addressed to the campus community. Some departments hire more non-tenure track […]
February 29, 2016
African-American
Scholar: Racial Inequalities Rate More Critical Look
Although the nation’s social policies and laws have evolved to the point where blatant racial discrimination against its Black population is largely a thing of the past, social scientists need to come up with better language that describes the racial inequalities that nevertheless persist.
February 29, 2016
African-American
Disparities in STEM Degree Attainment Remain Key Issue
Education undersecretary Ted Mitchell joined a roundtable conversation Monday on the role that historically Black colleges and universities play in helping diversify the STEM pipeline and workforce at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
February 29, 2016
African-American
Even on Final Day on Job, Haynes Still Fighting for HBCUs
In a packed auditorium Monday at the U.S. Department of Education, Leonard L. Haynes III, Ph.D., wrapped up nearly three decades of public service in higher education.
February 29, 2016
Opinion
After Rock’s Monologue, Oscars Go Downhill and Diversity Issue Loses Focus
While the issue of Hollywood’s lack of diversity among nominees gave the show a bit of an edge, in the end, the 88th Academy Awards proved to be only a little more interesting than the long parade of overdressed celebrities normally is.
February 29, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Professor Zogry Rediscovers Intersection of Basketball and Religion
As a researcher, Dr. Michael Zogry has a theoretical interest in the cross between athletics and religion.
February 28, 2016
Students
Chicago State Sends Faculty, Staff and Administrators Layoff Notices
Chicago State University took the unusual step of sending layoff notices to its faculty, staff and administrators last Friday amid ongoing financial difficulties, including not receiving any state funding over the past eight months.
February 28, 2016
African-American
Education Expert: There’s Not Enough Follow Through on Equity Policies
Estela Bensimon says that, despite the emergence of favorable policies meant to bring about more equity for Black and Latino college students, policies alone are not enough to do the job.
February 28, 2016
News Roundup
Trump: Judge’s Ethnicity Matters in Trump University Suit
BENTONVILLE, Ark. ―Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is trying to deflect attention from a class-action civil lawsuit involving the former Trump University by pointing to the ethnic background of the judge in the case. Asked on “Fox News Sunday” what U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel’s ethnicity has to do with the lawsuit against him, Trump […]
February 28, 2016
African-American
Xavier Ushers in a New Era
Hundreds of individuals crowded into the Convocation Center on Friday morning to watch as Dr. C. Reynold Verret was inaugurated as the sixth president of Xavier University of Louisiana.
February 26, 2016
Community Colleges
LSAMP Students Tackling Problems That Hit Close to Home
Bugs with a deadly bite. Waterborne pathogens that threaten our health. Bad breath and gum disease. These are some of the practical problems being tackled by students involved in the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation.
February 25, 2016
Home
Report: Science Knowledge Gaps Evident in Kindergarten
When children start kindergarten, sizable yet modifiable gaps in science knowledge already exist between Whites and minorities and between youngsters from upper-income and low-income families.
February 25, 2016
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