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West Chester University Formally Apologizes For Past Discrimination
Officials at West Chester University of Pennsylvania have formally apologized for the school’s past discriminatory practices and treatment of African-American students.
February 27, 2008
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Racist Abuse at South African University Campus Prompts Uproar
A video made by White students that showed them humiliating Black university employees has prompted angry protests and criticism that racism remains entrenched in South Africa 14 years after the end of apartheid.
February 27, 2008
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Scholars Discuss Diversity in Presidential Race
Five political scientists answered Diverse readers questions about the presidential race.
February 27, 2008
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Connerly Faces Hostile University Crowd in Speech on Affirmative Action Measure
Ward Connerly, a national figure in a battle against affirmative action, says the Democratic presidential contest between Sen. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton shows that “institutional racism and institutional sexism are no more.”
February 27, 2008
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University of Washington to Award Honorary Degrees to Students Held in Internment Camps
Some 440 Japanese Americans will receive honorary baccalaureate degrees from the University of Washington after being held in internment camps during World War II, an article in The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported.
February 27, 2008
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Elizabeth City State U. Offers Counseling After Scary Mock Drill
Elizabeth City State University is offering counseling to faculty and students after some became unknowing participants in an emergency response drill.
February 27, 2008
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University of Kentucky Struggles to Refute E-Mail Rumor
An e-mail rumor accusing the University of Kentucky of dropping its course on the Holocaust “because it offended the Muslim population, which claims it never occurred” is continuing to fool recipients and irritate the UK community, according to an article in The New York Times.
February 27, 2008
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Penn Program Seeks to Widen Students’ International Perspectives
Officials at the University of Pennsylvania hope that two community-oriented projects will help increase awareness among students and teachers about the diversity of the Asian culture.
February 26, 2008
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Study: Rap Music Brings Out, But Doesn’t Cause, Sexism
Exposure to ambivalent sexism may increase a person’s likelihood to be sexist, but it doesn’t create it, according to a recently published study.
February 26, 2008
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Nevada Higher Ed Seeks Increased American Indian Enrollment
Higher education officials have formed a coalition to try to turn around the historically low number of American Indian students who go on to college in Nevada.
February 26, 2008
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Students
Three Campus Security Scares On Tuesday
Classes were canceled and a small private college went on lockdown Tuesday as police searched for a man who was seen with a gun on campus, officials said.
February 26, 2008
Students
Riding Into College With Your Posse
Foundation eases transition by sending students to campuses in groups.
February 26, 2008
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Classes Help University of Missouri Custodial Employees Communicate
Some classes being offered at the University of Missouri-Columbia are for the custodial employees, with the aim of helping them better communicate with each other.
February 26, 2008
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Louisiana Deputies Taking Spanish Lessons
university language department chair is spending time teaching sheriff’s deputies Spanish so they can handle emergencies better when immigrants who speak little or no English are involved.
February 26, 2008
Leadership & Policy
New President Wants to End Texas Southern’s Open-Admissions Policy
Texas Southern University has an alarmingly low graduation rate, but the school’s new president hopes to change that by ending the long practice of admitting all applicants, regardless of their academic background.
February 25, 2008
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Descendant of University of Missouri Founder Creates Slavery Atonement
Growing up, it was no secret in Clay Westfall Mering’s house that his great-great grandfather had been a wealthy slave owner.In fact, James S. Rollins, who is known today as the “founding father” of the University of Missouri, had as many as 36 slaves on his sprawling plantation.
February 25, 2008
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Perspectives: Tradition of Inclusion Left Out of William & Mary President’s Story
Controversy at the College of William & Mary and the clear schism between the college community and the board of visitors have recently become major stories in the media. With every article I read, however, the story appears half told.
February 25, 2008
Native Americans
UC-Davis Scholars Working to Preserve Native Languages
The first time Jose Freeman heard his tribe’s lost language through the crackle of a 70-year-old recording, he cried.
February 25, 2008
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