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African-American
How Gender and Racial Discrimination Lead to a Double Wage Gap for African American Women
A recent report details how gender and racial wage gaps fuel corporate profits and leave African American women involuntarily forfeiting billions of dollars in wages.
May 26, 2020
Students
Experts Suggest Reducing Campus Dining and Housing in the Fall. Hereâs How That Could Impact Low-Income Students
As universities weigh their options for opening in the fall, experts fear that limiting campus facilities â or keeping them closed â will exacerbate disparities for low-income students, even if itâs the right call.
May 26, 2020
Sports
Penn State U Student Says He Was Racially Abused While Driving to Ohio
Aeneas Hawkins, an African American student from Penn State University, said on Twitter he was the target of racial abuse while on a road trip back home to Ohio on Saturday. âIâm on a road trip back home, and stopped for gas about 3 hours away. As Iâm coming out of the store after paying [âŚ]
May 26, 2020
Students
African American Banker Pays Off Tuition Balances of 50 New Spelman Graduates
African American banker Frank Baker and his philanthropist wife Laura Day Baker have announced a gift of $1 million in scholarships for graduates of Spelman College, a historically Black college or university (HBCU). The first recipients of some of the funds are 50 graduates from the class of 2020, whose tuition balances were paid off, [âŚ]
May 26, 2020
COVID-19
Washingtonâs Public Higher Ed Braces for a Big Budget Cut
Washingtonâs public colleges and universities are bracing for a big budget cut, reported The Seattle Times. Earlier in May, state budget director David Schumacher asked many state agencies how they might cut 15% of their state budget appropriations. K-12 funding is mandated by the state constitution and therefore protected from budget cuts, but higher education [âŚ]
May 26, 2020
Students
Reflections on âFailingâ at the Academic Market
I knew that securing a tenure-track position was going to be unlikely. I already made up my mind that I would not entertain opportunities that were in places I could not see myself moving to. At that point in time, it was unlikely for more tenure lines to be posted, and I began to expand my search to positions that allowed me to put my research into practice.
May 26, 2020
Opinion
COVID-19 Reveals Viral Discrimination, Higher Ed Should Pay Attention
People are still saying âthe virus doesnât discriminate,â in spite of all the evidence to the contrary.  We are not equally âall in this together.â The virus is hitting vulnerable populations the hardestâour elderly, those with underlying health conditions, unhoused people, Natives, Black and Brown communities, and especially those living at any of these intersections.
May 26, 2020
Other News
Ohio Public Health Officials Apologized After Releasing Mask Guidance for African Americans to Avoid Wearing Face Coverings With âGang Symbolismâ
Public health officials in Franklin County, Ohio apologized last week after they released guidance on wearing face masks that targeted the African American community and urged it against wearing facial coverings that elicited âgang symbolism.â âFranklin County Public Health apologizes for a recent guidance document focused on mask coverings for African Americans,â the agency said [âŚ]
May 24, 2020
Other News
âA Dark Cloudâ: Evanston Leaders Concerned with Disproportionate Rates of Coronavirus Among Black and Latino Residents
For weeks, preliminary data showed black Americans in Illinois, among other states, were disproportionately contracting and dying from COVID-19. Not only has that trend continued in cities like Evanston, but Illinois Department of Public Health statistics show a steady increase in cases among Latino city residents as well. Black residents comprise 24.6 percent of confirmed cases, yet [âŚ]
May 24, 2020
Other News
Pandemic Underscores Need for DACA as High Court Considers Its Fate
As the nationâs doctors, nurses and other health care heroes fight a pandemic, the U.S. Supreme Court grapples with a case that could remove about 27,000 health professionals from the battlefieldâincluding 200 medical students, residents and physicians. The court case began well before the global pandemic struck. Even then, the stakes were high in a [âŚ]
May 24, 2020
News Roundup
A. Benjamin Spencer Named First Black Dean at William & Mary
The William & Mary Law School â the oldest law school in America â has appointed A. Benjamin Spencer its next dean. Itâs an historic decision as Spencer is the first African American dean of any school at the university. A nationally-known civil procedure and federal courts expert, Spencer is currently the Justice Thurgood Marshall [âŚ]
May 24, 2020
Asian American Pacific Islander
Asian American Artists Illustrate Studentsâ Coronavirus Stories
In a new social media project called #MyCovid19Semester, the University of Connecticutâs Asian and Asian American Studies Institute selected four Asian American artists to illustrate studentsâ written narratives about the coronavirus.
May 24, 2020
HBCUs
Can You Build a New HBCU? Trump Entertains Idea
During a meeting with Black Michigan leaders, Donald Trump and Rep. Karen Whitsett, D-Detroit, entertained the idea of founding a new historically Black college or university (HBCU) in Detroit, reported The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. âI would love to see a historically black college in the city of Detroit, and I think youâre just the president to [âŚ]
May 24, 2020
LGBTQ+
Campus Pride and PFLAG Host a Virtual Lavender Graduation Ceremony
Members of the class of 2020, their families as well as faculty and staff from colleges and universities across the country gathered online May 23 for a virtual national Lavender Graduation ceremony.
May 24, 2020
News Roundup
Numerous Stakeholders File Brief Supporting Harvardâs Race-Conscious Admissions Policy
In tandem with attorneys general from 14 other states and the District of Columbia, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura T. Healey expressed support for Harvard Universityâs race-conscious admissions process in a brief filed in a federal appeals court last week, reports the Harvard Crimson. The brief is in response to a pending lawsuit against Harvard arguing [âŚ]
May 24, 2020
HBCUs
Inclusive Excellence, Now and Forever: How Predominately White Institutions of Higher Education Can Keep Their Promise to Students of Color
The impact of COVID-19 and the ensuing health, societal, and financial fallout have been disastrous and life-altering for most people and institutions, including a collapsed state of normalcy within the higher education landscape.
May 24, 2020
Other News
COVID-19 Will Intensify Education Inequities for Black Students
In the United States, data reveal that Black Americans are contracting and dying from the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, at rates that double, and sometimes triple their representation across various states. In Illinois, 43% of people who have died are African-American, although the race makes up only 15% of the population. In Louisiana, 70% of the [âŚ]
May 24, 2020
Other News
HBCU Launches First-of-Its-Kind COVID-19 Academy
Three months after the coronavirus disease outbreak in the United States was declared a national emergency, there have been 1.6 million confirmed cases with more than 95,087 deaths. Although the CDC says the effects of COVID-19 on the health of racial and ethnic minority groups are still emerging, current data suggest a disproportionate burden of [âŚ]
May 24, 2020
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