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Chancellor: Cash-strapped UC Berkeley Faces Tough Decisions

BERKELEY, Calif. ― The University of California, Berkeley, is running a $150 million deficit this year and must undertake a top-to-bottom review of expenses if it hopes to sustain its national standing as a premier public institution, the school’s chancellor warned Wednesday. The university faces difficult decisions as it works to preserve its long-term financial […]

Cornell Frat President Released, Denies Sex Assault Charges

ITHACA, N.Y. ― A 21-year-old president of a Cornell University fraternity has pleaded not guilty to charges that he sexually assaulted a woman. Wolfgang Ballinger was released on his own recognizance Tuesday following a hearing in Ithaca. The New York City man has been charged with felony counts of attempted rape, criminal sexual assault and […]

2 College Faculty Fired in Scandal Over Freshmen Retention

By Associated Press A plan to identify freshmen most likely to fail has erupted into a scandal, faculty firings and a demotion at Mount St. Mary’s University after the Catholic school’s president reportedly likened the students to baby rabbits that should be killed. President Simon Newman is a former financial-industry executive hired in 2014 to […]

Getting Published While Black

Minority journals are legitimate and must be valued in the recruitment, retention, and promotion/tenure process.

Diverse Conversations: Are Colleges Doing Enough to Close the Achievement Gap?

When it comes to truly closing the achievement gap between students from all life backgrounds, ethnicities and races, P-12 institutions seem to be held to a higher standard than their 13–20 counterparts.

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The Relevance of HBCUs Tied to Healing

The relevance of HBCUs is tied to a legacy of compensating for a system of education that too often fails to provide students of color with the skills required to succeed in higher education.

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Chang Takes Autism Education to New Level

Dr. Ya-Chih Chang—a 2016 Diverse Emerging Scholar—balances educating graduate students on the methods of teaching children with autism and helping families work with children who have autism.

Georgetown University Revamps Diversity Initiatives

The nation’s oldest Catholic university has initiated a wide range of sweeping reforms in an effort to address racial inequities both on and off campus.

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Support for the Scholarship of Faculty of Color and Minority Journals Vital

We cannot discount and neglect the increasingly diverse nation and scholars and readers of color.

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Sanders is Right: Tuition-free Education for All

His proposal would subsidize attendance to public colleges and universities so that students, and in many cases, their parents, would no longer have to bear the financial burden of college.

University of Oregon Students Rally Against Proposed Tuition Hike

EUGENE, Ore. ― Students at the University of Oregon are protesting a proposed 4.7 percent tuition hike, arguing that the increase isn’t affordable. About 50 students rallied outside the campus administration building Wednesday, undeterred by the afternoon’s rainy weather, reported The Register-Guard. That protest was followed by a tense hour-long meeting in which students accused […]

U. of Iowa Arranges Quiet Places to Pray for Muslim Students

IOWA CITY, Iowa ― The University of Iowa has turned two rooms into prayer spaces for Muslim students. The Muslim Student Association had asked the university for help in finding somewhere to pray on a campus with more than 30,000 students. The Iowa City Mosque is miles away. Dean of students Lyn Redington says two […]

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