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Campus LGBTQ Organizations Hit Their Stride

Faculty and staff LGBTQ caucuses, or standing committees as they are sometimes known, have been instrumental in encouraging college administrations to create more inclusive campus environments.

June 5, 2017

Faculty & Staff

BYU Professor Denied Spot in GOP Race for Chaffetz Seat

SALT LAKE CITY — A judge has denied a Brigham Young University professor’s emergency request to be allowed to run in a packed Republican field to replace outgoing Rep. Jason Chaffetz. Chia-Chi Teng is teaching in China this summer. He tried to file to run in a special election via video conference before last week’s […]

June 4, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Remembering Samuel DuBois Cook

Higher education stalwart Dr. Samuel DuBois Cook, a political scientist and human rights activist, died Monday in Atlanta at age 88.

June 1, 2017

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Inclusion as a Process for Embracing Diversity Toward Better Learning

Fully two-thirds of the current U.S. population have not completed a four-year college degree.

June 1, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Princeton Professor Cancels Lectures After Speech Leads to Threats

TRENTON, N.J. — A Princeton University professor says she canceled lectures this week after receiving death threats following a commencement address in which she called President Donald Trump “a racist and sexist megalomaniac.” Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, an assistant professor of African American Studies at the Ivy League school in New Jersey, spoke to graduates at Hampshire […]

June 1, 2017

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NCORE Kicks Off with Call to Activism

The proliferation of racist incidents on college campuses, as well as the spate of police shootings of unarmed Black men and efforts by some states to engage in voter suppression were cited as reasons why NCORE still needs to exist.

May 31, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Diverse Docket: Bias Suit Against Va. Union May Proceed

A White former assistant professor can seek damages from Virginia Union University for alleged discrimination in its decision not to renew her contract but not for a reprimand she received, a federal judge ruled.

May 30, 2017

Faculty & Staff

UNC Responds to 3rd Set of NCAA Charges in Academic Case

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina has responded to the third set of charges it received from the NCAA in the long-running academic fraud case. The 102-page document released Thursday marked the latest step in the seven-year investigation. UNC faces five top-level charges, including lack of institutional control, in the multiyear probe centered on irregular courses […]

May 25, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Wilberforce University Announces Layoffs, Pay Cuts to Handle Debt

WILBERFORCE, Ohio — One of the country’s oldest historically Black private colleges is laying off workers and imposing steep pay cuts in an ongoing struggle to survive. Wilberforce University cut $750,000 from its payroll last year, but the president of the small Ohio school says that’s not enough to deal with large debts that threaten […]

May 24, 2017

Students

Inbound Recruitment Creates More Inclusive Workplaces

Universities have something all companies want: future employees. Students are essentially the “product” that businesses demand so that they can stay competitive and grow.

May 23, 2017

Students

Title IV Funds Withheld from 5 Campuses in Puerto Rico During Strike

Adding to the University of Puerto Rico’s financial woes, the Department of Education has rescinded the eligibility of five of the system’s 11 campuses for Title IV programs due to the ongoing student strike.

May 17, 2017

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Intondi Changing Lives Through Education and Civic Engagement

Dr. Vincent Intondi not only propels meaningful discussion in the classroom, but he also creates space on campus for thoughtful conversation and solidarity.

May 16, 2017