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LGBTQ+
University to Rebrand 14 Campus Restrooms as ‘All Gender’
INDIANAPOLIS ― Officials at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis have announced a plan to re-label 14 restrooms across campus as “All Gender.” The Indianapolis Star reports the university announced the plan in a faculty newsletter Tuesday. The school also plans a new center at Taylor Hall for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students. Karen Dace is […]
Students
Texas Rejects Letting Academics Vet Public School Textbooks
AUSTIN, Texas ― Top Texas education officials rejected Wednesday letting university experts fact-check textbooks approved for use in public-school classrooms statewide, instead reaffirming a vetting system that has helped spark years of ideological battles over how potentially thorny lessons in history and science are taught. The Board of Education approves textbooks in the nation’s second-largest […]
Leadership & Policy
Students Want Woodrow Wilson’s Name Removed from Princeton
PRINCETON, N.J. ― Students staged a protest Wednesday inside the office of Princeton University’s president, demanding the school remove the name of former school president and U.S. President Woodrow Wilson from programs and buildings over what they said was his racist legacy. Princeton President Christopher Eisgruber told the students he agreed with them that Wilson […]
Students
Fighting Hawks Picked as University of North Dakota Nickname
FARGO, N.D. ― University of North Dakota backers have selected Fighting Hawks as the school’s new nickname, the school announced Wednesday. The predatory bird mascot was declared the winner after receiving 57 percent of the vote compared to 43 percent for Roughriders in the two-nickname runoff. The vote was open to people with UND ties, […]
Students
Michigan State University Sued Over Sexual Assault Claims
EAST LANSING, Mich. ― Four Michigan State University students filed a civil rights lawsuit Wednesday accusing the school and its leadership of a slow and inadequate response to their sexual assault complaints. The women said university administrators acted with “deliberate indifference” by failing to properly investigate and by violating school policies meant to prohibit harassment […]
Students
Kansas Student Leaders Say They’re not ‘mimicking Mizzou’
by Associated Press LAWRENCE, Kan. — Protest leaders at the University of Kansas said Monday that they’re pushing for changes that ensure problems faced by minority and other “marginalized” students are addressed swiftly and effectively, rather than “mimicking Mizzou” by seeking the ouster of administrators. Leaders of the Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk group in Kansas […]
Faculty & Staff
University of Wyoming to Hire a Diversity Coordinator
by Associated Press CASPER, Wyo. — The University of Wyoming president has announced plans to create a diversity coordinator position and form a committee tasked with increasing inclusivity on campus. The Casper Star-Tribune reports that university spokesman Chad Baldwin says the new position was created in response to concerns about the lack of diversity on […]
African-American
Brown University Students Demand Improved Race Relations
by Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A group of 35 graduate students at Brown University have joined together to demand that the Providence school’s administration makes an increased effort to improve race relations on campus. The Providence Journal reports the group, consisting of five graduate student organizations, co-authored a statement released Monday detailing its demands. […]
Students
Dartmouth Fraternity Being Investigated for Hazing
by Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. — A Dartmouth College fraternity put on probation three years ago for expecting pledges to drink saltwater and enter a kiddie pool filled with condiments is under investigation again for hazing. The national Sigma Alpha Epsilon organization released no details, including what the supposed hazing was or when it happened, […]
African-American
New Director Appointed at Jimmy Carter Presidential Library
by Associated Press ATLANTA — Meredith Evans has been named the new director of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum. Archivist of the United States David Ferriero announced Evans’ appointment on Monday. She begins work at the library in Atlanta on Nov. 29. Evans previously oversaw the Department of Special Collections at Washington University […]
African-American
Yale Announces Plan to Increase Diversity
Yale University announced earlier this month a $50 million plan to increase the diversity of faculty on campus.
Students
Brown Vowing Action After Officer Detains Dartmouth Student
by Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I.  – Brown University’s president is promising a full investigation and regular meetings on racial issues after a campus police officer handcuffed a student from another Ivy League school, an encounter officials called “heated and physical.” President Christina Paxson apologized in an email Saturday to the campus community for the “fear […]
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