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News Roundup: Page 125
African-American
U of Central Florida Professor Tweets About âBlack Privilege,â Many Want Him Fired
University of Central Florida (UCF) students and many others are calling for the institution to fire Charles Negy, a professor who has been tweeting about âblack privilegeâ and âminority idolatoryâ, among other things, since the death of George Floyd in police violence. The university, on its Twitter account, said itâs reviewing the issue âwhile being [âŚ]
African-American
In the Wake of George Floydâs Death, Prairie View A&M and Oberlin to Start Racial Justice Initiatives
In the wake of George Floydâs death in police custody, Prairie View A&M University and Oberlin College will start racial justice initiatives at their institutions, they announced. Prairie View A&M has already received âa substantial giftâ to establish a Center for Race and Justice under the rubric of African American Studies, said university president Ruth [âŚ]
African-American
Following George Floydâs Death, Virginia and California Community Colleges to Review Police Training
The community college systems of Virginia and California will review their police training curricula in the wake of the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis. The Virginia system will create a panel to examine the curricula used to educate law enforcement officers across its 23 colleges, said Glenn DuBois, chancellor of Virginiaâs [âŚ]
African-American
Troy University Suspends its Police Chief Over George Floyd Comments
Troy University has suspended its chief of police John McCall after he made âinflammatoryâ comments on social media that George Floyd, who died last week in Minneapolis after police violence contributed to his own death. Troy has also begun an internal investigation into the matter, its chancellor Dr. Jack Hawkins, Jr. said in a statement. [âŚ]
Sports
Florida A&M Board Votes to Quit MEAC and Move to SWAC
Florida A&M Universityâs board on Thursday unanimously voted to leave the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and move to the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), reported HBCU Gameday. The university will leave MEAC on June 30, 2021, and join SWAC a day later. When Florida A&M leaves, MEAC will be left with nine full members, only seven [âŚ]
African-American
Mo Williams: Top Black Student-Athletes Should Switch to HBCUs
To protest systemic racism, Black student-athletes enrolled in Division I (D-I) institutions should transfer to historically Black colleges or universities (HBCUs), said Mo Williams, who was named head coach of the menâs basketball program at Alabama State University, a historically Black institution, last month. In tweets following the death of George Floyd in police custody, [âŚ]
African-American
U of Minnesota Closed Partially on Thursday, the Day of George Floydâs Memorial Service
The University of Minnesota closed the institution from noon onward Thursday to honor George Floyd, whose private memorial service was to be held in Minneapolis the same day. Floyd died in Minneapolis last week from violence by officers of the Minneapolis Po lice Department. Shortly after, the University of Minnesota was one of the first [âŚ]
COVID-19
College Board Puts on Hold Plans for an At-Home SAT Exam
The College Board has put on hold a plan to provide the SAT exam at home, saying students taking such a test would need access to three hours of uninterrupted, video-quality internet, which is something not all of them have. It will continue to deliver the SAT online in some schools âbut will not introduce [âŚ]
News Roundup
Upset at Their Behavior During Protests, Clark University Cuts Ties With Police
Upset with the behavior of local law enforcement during what it said were peaceful protests, Clark University will discontinue its use of off-duty police officers and suspend its policy that requires a police officer at large student events. Four Clark students of the Worcester, Massachusetts-based university were among several arrested on Monday during local protests [âŚ]
African-American
UCLA âTroubledâ the LAPD Is Using the University Stadium as a âField Jailâ During Protests
The University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), is upset that the cityâs police department is using the universityâs Jackie Robinson Stadium as a âfield jailâ for people detained during demonstrations protesting the death of George Floyd. That the Los Angeles Police Department was using the stadium in this manner was brought to the universityâs attention [âŚ]
News Roundup
Six Atlanta Police Officers Charged After Violent Arrest of HBCU Students
Six police officers in Atlanta, Georgia, were on Tuesday charged following the violent arrest Saturday of two Black students from the historically Black Spelman and Morehouse colleges amid protests against the death of George Floyd, reported the Daily News. The students, Taniyah Pilgrim, 20, and Messiah Young, 22, were sitting in their car in traffic [âŚ]
News Roundup
New Review Says HBCU Texas Southern Gave $2 Million in Aid to Unqualified Students
From fall 2017 through 2019, the historically Black Texas Southern University gave $2 million in aid to unqualified students and also admitted many who didnât meet academic requirements, concluded an external review of admissions irregularities at the beleaguered institution, reported The Texas Tribune. These revelations come on the heels of the February termination of then [âŚ]
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