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Czech Appeals Court Upholds Hijab Ban at Nursing School

PRAGUE — A Czech appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling that went against a Somali student who accused a nursing school of discrimination because she wears a hijab. Ayan Jamaal Ahmednuur demanded an apology and 60,000 koruna ($2,750) in compensation but the Prague 10 district court ruled in January there was no evidence […]

CUPA-HR Takes on Campus Free Speech Controversy

Higher education human resources leaders from across the nation gathered to address challenges that included identifying pay gaps, representation shortcomings, and faculty academic freedom concerns.

Maureen De Armond

College Students: Hazing Here to Stay

A new survey has found that a majority of current college students — 52 percent — thought hazing will always be present on college campuses while 46 percent thought it could be eliminated.

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Cabrini University, Police Probing Slur on Student’s Door

WAYNE, Pa. — A Catholic university in eastern Pennsylvania and local police are investigating a racial slur written on the dormitory door of a Black student. Sennia Vann says she returned to her dorm at Cabrini University on Saturday night and found the slur written in marker following the words “Go away.” The liberal arts […]

Fraternity Ends Louisiana State Chapter After Student Death

BATON ROUGE, La. — A national fraternity says it has closed its chapter at Louisiana State University while it investigates the death of a freshman who was being considered for membership. A statement Monday on Phi Delta Theta’s website says preliminary results from its investigation of 18-year-old Maxwell Gruver’s death found that some members were […]

Swastika, Racist Messages Reported at Drake University

DES MOINES, Iowa — Administrators say a swastika was carved into an elevator on campus at Drake University in Des Moines and a racist message left outside an African-American student’s dorm room in a cowardly attack. The Des Moines Register reports that the message was left on a whiteboard on the door of a first-year […]

Expert Wants Institutions to Track Racial Data in Title IX Proceedings

According to Ben Trachtenberg, associate professor at the University of Missouri School of Law, current conversations around Title IX enforcement often skip over one key element: the impact of racial bias on disciplinary outcomes at colleges and universities.

Ben Trachtenberg

Conservative Professors: Where’s Our Inclusion on Campus?

In the academy, liberal or far-left professors outnumber their ideologically opposite colleagues nearly 5 to 1, based on a UCLA survey. If we promote diversity in race, gender and religion within the student body, shouldn’t diversity of thought be just as important?

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UC Irvine Chancellor Apologizes After School Rescinds Admission Offers

SAN DIEGO — The chancellor of the University of California, Irvine, says the school has readmitted most of the 500 students whose admission offers were rescinded last month. Chancellor Howard Gillman apologized Wednesday for the “unacceptable distress” caused to students after the campus abruptly pulled the offers for the current fall semester. The Los Angeles […]

White Nationalist Posters Found on Kansas State Campus

TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas State is speaking out after posters promoting white nationalism were plastered around on campus. The Manhattan Mercury reports that university spokesman Steve Logback says the posters that appeared Wednesday don’t reflect Kansas State values and are unwelcome. Student body president Jack Ayres said in a tweet that the student government is […]

Notre Dame Policy to Require On-campus Living for 3 Years

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The University of Notre Dame plans to enact a policy next fall requiring all newly enrolled undergraduates to live on campus during their freshman, sophomore and junior years. University officials told the South Bend Tribune the goal is to strengthen the school’s residential nature. But not all students are happy with […]

Dowell Taylor Named Interim Band Director at Jackson State

JACKSON, Miss. — Dowell Taylor has been named interim director of bands at Jackson State University. President Dr. William B. Bynum Jr. said Thursday that Taylor will officially assume the role Sept. 18. The Clarion-Ledger reports the university fired O’Neill Sanford as band director just before the football season began, saying it was “undergoing evaluations […]

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