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PWIs Need to Stop Preaching and Start Providing
Wheaton College maintains that they are committed to creating a diverse community, but how can they expect to achieve diversity if they remain unwilling to listen to differing voices?
February 16, 2016
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Leadership & Policy
Foote, Former University of Miami President, Dies
Edward Thaddeus “Tad” Foote II, who guided the University of Miami into higher education prominence during his tenure as the institution’s fourth president, died Monday night at age 78 due to complications from Parkinson’s Disease. “President Foote’s tenure as president from 1981 to 2001 was marked by a far-reaching and rigorous pursuit of academic excellence […]
February 16, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Guinier: America Needs Large-scale Social Movement
A large-scale social movement is needed to impact political decisions in a way that makes them more reflective of the will of the American people, Harvard law professor Lani Guinier argued Tuesday during a forum on higher education.
February 16, 2016
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Students
Texas A&M leaders Visit School, Apologize for Race Incident
DALLAS ― Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp apologized Tuesday to high school students for racial insults that some minority students say they heard while visiting the College Station campus last week. Sharp and Texas A&M President Michael Young met privately with the junior class at Uplift Hampton Preparatory, according to a statement from […]
February 16, 2016
Students
College Racial Tensions to Play Out on TV Drama
LOS ANGELES ― A White college student goes out to party costumed as Black rapper Lil Wayne, angering African-Americans who see it as evidence of insidious campus racism. The incident may sound familiar but it’s fictional, part of a five-episode arc in the upcoming season of “Switched at Birth,” the Freeform (formerly ABC Family) channel […]
February 16, 2016
Students
Students, Teachers Protest in India after Nationalist Violence
NEW DELHI ― Students, journalists and teachers protested in the Indian capital Tuesday after a student union leader’s arrest and subsequent violence by Hindu nationalists. The uproar has once again sparked allegations that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party are displaying intolerance and cracking down on political dissent in […]
February 16, 2016
Students
University to Give Students Break From Early-morning Classes
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. ― A university in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is giving nearly all students an extra hour in the mornings by no longer teaching classes from 8 to 9 a.m. The Evening News reported Monday that the change is being made by Lake Superior State University. Interim Provost David Finley said in a […]
February 16, 2016
Latinx
Indiana University to Begin Review of Sex Misconduct Cases
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. ― Indiana University plans to begin reviewing 18 sexual misconduct cases this week, following allegations that the school’s associate dean of students sexually assaulted a woman at a December conference. In an open letter published Feb. 4, Jill Creighton accused Jason Casares of sexually assaulting her in December at a conference in Fort […]
February 16, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Clarion University Provost Named Frostburg State President
FROSTBURG, Md. ― Frostburg State University has a new president. The University System of Maryland Board of Regents said in a statement Tuesday that it has appointed Ronald Nowaczyk to lead the school in western Maryland. Nowaczyk is provost and vice president for academic affairs at Clarion University in Clarion, Pennsylvania. He succeeds Jonathan Gibralter, […]
February 16, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Finalists Set for University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor
LINCOLN, Neb. ― Three finalists hoping to become the next chancellor of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will soon visit the campus, where they might spot the fourth finalist, who already works there. University of Nebraska President Hank Bounds announced the finalists Tuesday in a news release following a national search by a professional recruiting firm. […]
February 16, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Suspended University of Missouri Professor Apologizes
COLUMBIA, Mo. ― The University of Missouri assistant professor who was suspended over a videotaped confrontation with student journalists in November is apologizing again after a new video from October in which she yells at police surfaced. Assistant communications professor Melissa Click said in a statement from Status Labs, the Texas company that’s working to […]
February 16, 2016
Students
Providence College Students Stage Sit-in, Cite Campus Racism
PROVIDENCE, R.I. ― Students at a Catholic college in Rhode Island are occupying the president’s office over allegations of racism on campus. At least 20 Providence College students sat in the office of the Rev. Brian Shanley on Tuesday and plan to stay until he signs an agreement of commitment. The students say Shanley hasn’t […]
February 16, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Malagon Embraces Her Role of Facilitating Brilliance in the Community
Dr. Maria C. Malagon, a 2016 Diverse Emerging Scholar, is focused on issues relating to immigration and education.
February 15, 2016
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Students
Back to the Future: 20th Century Issues of Race Still at Forefront
Some of the issues students in the minority face on their campuses are not new. Nor is the activism they used to address their concerns.
February 15, 2016
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Women
Expert Says Diverse Students Subjected to ‘Intellectual Apartheid’
Zaretta Hammond, who is passionate about helping educators across all racial groups better relate to families of color, shared her experiences at a conference that connected neuroscientists and researchers with K-16 educators.
February 15, 2016
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Students
Mount St. Mary’s President Says he Won’t Resign
EMMITSBURG, Md. ― The president of a Catholic college in Maryland is rejecting the faculty’s demand for his resignation. Mount St. Mary’s University President Simon Newman told scores of cheering students at a rally Monday in Emmitsburg, “I’m not going to stop.” The faculty voted overwhelmingly Friday to ask Newman to resign by Monday morning. […]
February 15, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Board Reprimands College President for Plagiarism
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa ― Trustees of an Iowa community college have reprimanded the school president for plagiarizing a portion of his Martin Luther King Day speech last month. Last week the Kirkwood Community College board approved a motion expressing its disappointment that President Mick Starcevich didn’t attribute the source of an anecdote he used. It […]
February 15, 2016
International
Student Leader’s Arrest Leads to Protest at University in India
NEW DELHI ― Massive protests paralyzed one of India’s top universities Monday after the president of the student union was arrested on charges of sedition. Kanhaiya Kumar was arrested Friday over a demonstration days earlier at Jawaharlal Nehru University to mark the anniversary of the 2013 execution of Afzal Guru, a Kashmiri man convicted of […]
February 15, 2016
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