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Guillermo: Will Weinstein Saga Change Attitudes Toward Campus Sexual Harassment?

Sexual harassment on campus is bad enough when it’s simply a matter of students. But add a professor to the mix and now we have the real problem with campus sexual harassment — where the element of power creeps into the mix.

Harvey Weinstein

New President Aims to Continue Morehouse Mission of Molding Leaders

The Board of Trustees at Morehouse College concluded a six-month search when it voted on Sunday to appoint Harvard University professor Dr. David A. Thomas as its new president.

Dr. David A. Thomas

For Medina, Being Administrator Makes a Difference

Dr. Carlos Medina, vice chancellor and chief diversity officer for the State University of New York (SUNY), says that his introduction to higher education administration did not have a linear trajectory. He initially wanted to become a teacher and did achieve this goal after having obtained a bachelor’s degree in education from the State University […]

Dr. Carlos Medina

University of Cincinnati to Allow White Nationalist to Speak

CLEVELAND — The University of Cincinnati says it will allow White nationalist leader Richard Spencer to speak on campus, while Ohio State University says it can’t accommodate a rental request for a Nov. 15 speech but is considering alternatives. UC president Neville Pinto said in an email that the university is finalizing details of Spencer’s […]

University of Southern Maine Adds Prayer Room

PORTLAND, Maine — The University of Southern Maine is adding a new prayer room to better accommodate Muslim students and students of other faiths. The Portland Press Herald reports the $100,000 project includes a gender neutral bathroom with a foot-washing station Muslim students can use for ritual washing. University officials say the new prayer room […]

Faculty: University of Kansas Student Hacked into Computers

LAWRENCE, Kan. — A recent cybersecurity breach has a University of Kansas faculty group concerned that the breach could lead to other attacks, not just at the university, but across higher education. Aerospace engineering professor Ron Barrett-Gonzalez said the hack was carried out by an apparently disgruntled engineering student during the 2016-17 academic year. The […]

Indiana Scholarships Fail to Attract Diverse Teachers

INDIANAPOLIS — Scholarships from an Indiana program meant to diversify and recruit the next generation of teachers have gone largely to White students so far, an Indiana agency says. State officials hope to lessen the state’s teacher shortage with $10 million in Next Generation Hoosier Educators Scholarships, but the scholarships have failed to attract students […]

Muñoz Pours His Heart Into Service

Conversations about Dr. Mike Muñoz and his work at Rio Hondo College always seem to come back to his equity-centered approach.

Western Governors University Grows Into Its Role

Western Governors University has gone from pioneering to normalizing competency-based education.

WGU graduates celebrate during the 2017 summer commencement ceremony. (Photo courtesy of Western Governors University)

Federal System Adds Transfer, Part-time Student Data to Mix

A longstanding effort to include more information about outcomes for transfer and part-time students materialized Thursday with the release of more detailed data through the federal Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System.

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N.C. State Reaches Settlement With Student Over Support Cat

RALEIGH, N.C. — A university in North Carolina has reached a settlement to allow a student to keep a cat she uses as an emotional support animal in her dorm room. Legal Aid of North Carolina said that North Carolina State University also agreed to train staff on the federal Fair Housing Act and pay […]

Scholar Researching Hispanic History in U.S. Higher Ed

Conventional wisdom holds that Hispanics are a recent addition to the academy. Dr. Pablo Mitchell, professor of history and comparative American studies at Oberlin College, would contest that notion.

Dr. Pablo Mitchell

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