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Regents Want Pay Gap Suit from Former SDSU Professor Tossed
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. ― The South Dakota Board of Regents is asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a former South Dakota State University professor who claims she was paid less than colleagues who were not Black and female. The Argus Leader reports the board’s lawyers in the response to the lawsuit from […]
May 23, 2016
Students
Do white people want merit-based admissions policies? Depends on who’s their competition.
The outcome of the pending Fisher v. Texas Supreme Court case on affirmative action rests on whether the Supreme Court determines that race, as used in the University of Texas admissions policy, violates the equal protections clause of the 14th amendment. But that question stems from the underlying idea that racial considerations in admissions decisions […]
May 23, 2016
Students
High School Senior With Cerebral Palsy Walks for the 1st Time to Get Diploma
Like the other high school seniors around him, Micah McDade prepared hard for graduation day. But unlike those classmates, Micah’s preparation took a little more muscle. Micah, who was born with cerebral palsy and is confined to a wheelchair, took his first steps in public during his graduation ceremony last Friday. Read the full story […]
May 23, 2016
STEM
Advocates for Diversity in STEM Still Priming Pump for Pipeline
National Urban League President Marc Morial, in his keynote address at the STEM Solutions National Leadership Conference, made an impassioned call for change in the STEM fields.
May 22, 2016
Women
Dr. Dawn-Elissa Fischer Moving Up Hip-Hop Academic Charts
Dr. Dawn-Elissa Fischer is a scholar on the rise in the hip-hop academic field.
May 22, 2016
Asian American Pacific Islander
End Racial Profiling of Asian American Scientists and Academics
Joyce Xi now knows what it is to be Asian American, undergoing the extreme xenophobia of her own country.
May 22, 2016
Students
Tennessee Law Strips University Diversity Office Funding
NASHVILLE, Tenn. ― A bill to strip funding from the diversity office at Tennessee’s flagship public university became law without Gov. Bill Haslam’s signature on Friday. Lawmakers had been angered by the University of Tennessee’s diversity office recommendations to use gender-neutral pronouns for transgender students and to avoid religious-themed holiday parties. So they voted to […]
May 22, 2016
Students
Yale’s Gender Neutral Bathrooms Part of Changing Climate
NEW HAVEN, Conn. ― Visitors at Yale University’s 315th commencement will notice something new on campus this year ― gender-neutral bathrooms in 23 buildings. The school is promoting them on its website for Monday’s commencement, complete with a link to a map showing where they can be found. It is one of several changes made […]
May 22, 2016
Sports
Suit Seeks Testimony from ex-Texas Coach Mack Brown, Others
AUSTIN, Texas ― A former University of Texas track coach’s sex and race discrimination lawsuit has new life, and her lawyers are still pursuing long-sought testimony from former football coach Mack Brown and prominent current and former administrators as they dig into one of college sports’ highest-profile athletic departments. Former women’s track coach Bev Kearney […]
May 22, 2016
Students
Former Harlem Drug Dealer Celebrates Columbia University Graduation After Long Road Back From Prison
After 67 years, two prison stints and so many arrests he’s lost count, a former Harlem drug dealer graduated from Columbia University as the oldest member of his class. David Norman shed his dark past for a cap and gown Wednesday after earning his long-awaited bachelor’s degree in philosophy. “It’s always possible to pursue your […]
May 22, 2016
Community Colleges
Community Colleges Opening Doors Wider With 4-Year Degrees
Community colleges have stepped up to meet workforce opportunities in areas such as nursing and technology by offering four-year degrees.
May 19, 2016
Opinion
Do You Love What You Do as a Black Educator in Higher Ed?
The flexibility, the benefits, and the ability that I have to help people accomplish their dreams of attaining a higher education degree are truly a blessing and honor in so many ways.
May 19, 2016
Students
Professors Group Faults Firing of Missouri Professor
COLUMBIA, Mo. ― An investigation by a national professors group has found that the University of Missouri Board of Curator likely bowed to political pressure when it fired an assistant professor over her role last year in a race-related student protest. The American Association of University Professors said a three-member investigating committee of professors from […]
May 19, 2016
Students
BYU Launches Sexual Assault Policy Feedback Website
SALT LAKE CITY ― Brigham Young University launched a website for people to provide feedback on the school’s sexual assault policy, and is looking into revisions such as an amnesty clause that could give victims immunity from honor code violations committed in the lead-up to a sexual assault. The Mormon-owned school launched the website Thursday, […]
May 19, 2016
African-American
African-American Chess Masters Making Move to Next Level
The three high school seniors revealed that next fall they are all headed to Webster University—home of the No. 1 ranked collegiate chess team in the USA—on full or partial scholarships.
May 19, 2016
Home
Catch the Vision
Dr. Ervin Griffin sees role of college president as touching all corners of an institution.
May 19, 2016
African-American
Charlotte to Celebrate Black Male High School Grads at City-wide Baccalaureate
The city of Charlotte will pay tribute to its Black male high school graduates in an inaugural baccalaureate service scheduled to take place next month at Johnson C. Smith University.
May 18, 2016
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Colleges Advised to be More Transparent with Key Data on Outcomes
LSU President F. King Alexander made his remarks at a forum titled “Envisioning the National Postsecondary Data Infrastructure in the 21st Century.”
May 18, 2016
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