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Students

Clerical Oversight Shuts Down Michigan State Upward Bound Program

A technical error will cost Michigan State University about $480,000 in federal funding but it will be underserved high school students from Lansing, Mich., who will be short-changed.

April 13, 2017

Students

Student Affairs Key to Tackling Inequality

Student affairs has become a pathway through which institutions can more effectively address the inequities that continue to endure and manifest in the lives of students.

April 13, 2017

Students

Report: Associate’s Degree Worth $6K in Additional Pay

A new report from the Center for Analysis of Postsecondary Education and Employment shows that completing an associate’s degree results in an annual $6,000 bump in income.

April 13, 2017

Campus Climate

Auburn: White Nationalist Paying Rent, Security for Speech

AUBURN, Ala. — Auburn University says a White nationalist is paying $700 to rent a room where he’s scheduled to speak on campus next week. A school spokesman says Richard Spencer also must pay for security expenses such as police. Spencer operates the National Policy Institute and made waves last year by giving a Hitler […]

April 13, 2017

Sports

Florida House Passes Bill to Open Books of University Boosters

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida’s college athletic booster groups and university foundations would be forced to open their records to the public under a bill passed by the Florida House. The Florida House voted 115-0 Thursday to change a state law that allows university groups to keep most of their records private. If it becomes law […]

April 13, 2017

African-American

Auburn University Disavows ‘White Student Union’

AUBURN, Ala. — Auburn University officials are disavowing hate fliers found around campus and say they’re unfamiliar with a group claiming responsibility. A university statement says a group calling itself the Auburn White Student Union isn’t affiliated with the school. It calls the fliers “reprehensible.” Social media shows anti-Semitic leaflets that have been found around […]

April 12, 2017

Students

University of Kentucky Sports Scholar Finds Perfect Balance

Paul Sime knew early on that he had big aspirations. He has excelled both athletically and academically to the point that he has been named the male Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar of the Year by Diverse.

April 10, 2017

Latinx

Rodriguez: Do All Lives Matter?

It was a great forum and a great dialogue, but in a sense, it was the wrong question. The reason is that each time the answer will invariably mischaracterize, misdirect, or at best, deflect.

April 10, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Lessons for Administrators from the NBA’s MVP Race

This year’s race for the Most Valuable Player award of the National Basketball Association contains some insight and lessons for higher education administrators.

April 10, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Guillermo: Does Your Diversity Look Like Latest White House War Room?

When there’s a crisis on campus what does your institution’s “war room” look like? Is it even close to a perfect mirror of your campus community?

April 9, 2017

Students

Colleges, Universities Officially Cite Potential Harm of Travel Ban

With the second travel ban issued by President Donald J. Trump being held in abeyance, colleges and universities are urging a federal court that will hear the case to consider how the ban will undermine diversity in higher education.

April 9, 2017

Students

A Critical View of College Admissions

The entire admissions processes (barely changed over the decades apart from the introduction of technology) is troubling on so many levels that it is hard to describe the key levers for possible change.

April 9, 2017