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Former Harlem Drug Dealer Celebrates Columbia University Graduation After Long Road Back From Prison

After 67 years, two prison stints and so many arrests he’s lost count, a former Harlem drug dealer graduated from Columbia University as the oldest member of his class. David Norman shed his dark past for a cap and gown Wednesday after earning his long-awaited bachelor’s degree in philosophy. “It’s always possible to pursue your […]

May 22, 2016

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Professors Group Faults Firing of Missouri Professor

COLUMBIA, Mo. ― An investigation by a national professors group has found that the University of Missouri Board of Curator likely bowed to political pressure when it fired an assistant professor over her role last year in a race-related student protest. The American Association of University Professors said a three-member investigating committee of professors from […]

May 19, 2016

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BYU Launches Sexual Assault Policy Feedback Website

SALT LAKE CITY ― Brigham Young University launched a website for people to provide feedback on the school’s sexual assault policy, and is looking into revisions such as an amnesty clause that could give victims immunity from honor code violations committed in the lead-up to a sexual assault. The Mormon-owned school launched the website Thursday, […]

May 19, 2016

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Teen graduates from high school and college — in same weekend!

Before Antonette White had a high school diploma, she already had a college degree. Antonette, 17, had a weekend to remember when she attended her junior college graduation at Illinois Central College this past Saturday and then her graduation from Dunlap High School a day later. Read the full story via TODAY.

May 17, 2016

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At Rutgers, Obama Casts Trump Philosophy as One of Ignorance, Isolation

WASHINGTON ― President Barack Obama cast Donald Trump’s positions on immigration, trade and Muslims as part of an ignorance-and-isolation philosophy that the president says will lead the U.S. down the path of decline. Obama used his commencement speech Sunday at Rutgers University to tear into the presumptive Republican nominee, without ever mentioning his name. Time […]

May 16, 2016

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Coalition for Graduate Students Sues University of Missouri

COLUMBIA, Mo. ― A coalition elected to represent graduate students in collective bargaining at the University of Missouri filed a lawsuit Wednesday asking university officials to recognize it as a bargaining unit. In a lawsuit filed in Boone County Circuit Court, the Coalition of Graduate Workers, which is affiliated with the Missouri National Education Association, […]

May 12, 2016

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Diverse Conversations: How Racial Stereotyping Hurts College Campuses

Racial profiling happens and it’s dangerous ― even on college campuses, which are often advertised as some of the most progressive places in the country.

May 12, 2016

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High-tech Devices Take Cheating to New Level in Thai Schools

BANGKOK ― Glasses with embedded cameras and smartwatches with stored information seem like regular spy equipment for the likes of James Bond, but for three students applying to medical school in Thailand, they were high-technology cheating devices. Bangkok’s Rangsit University canceled its examinations on Saturday and Sunday for admission to its medical and dental faculties […]

May 11, 2016

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UNC President on LBGT Law: Colleges Can’t Run Without Fed Funds

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. ― Leaders of North Carolina’s public universities met Tuesday to grapple with a looming threat that the federal government could withhold billions of dollars if the state loses a legal battle over transgender students and bathrooms. A North Carolina law adopted in March requires transgender people to use the bathroom or locker […]

May 11, 2016

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Virginia Tech to Present Honorary Degree to First African American Student

Virginia Tech will be handing out a lot of degrees during their commencement ceremonies on May 13th, however, one is especially dear to the Virginia Tech community. Irving Peddrew III will be presented with an honorary Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering at the ceremony in Lane Stadium. Peddrew is the first African American […]

May 9, 2016

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This ‘Sister Circle’ of 8 Indiana Women Is Making History

They’re called the “great eight.” They are women, they are African-American, and they are making history this weekend. All are receiving Ph.D. degrees from the Indiana University School of Education. Demetrees Hutchins, Shannon McCullough, Nadrea Njoku, Juhanna Rogers, Johari Shuck and Jasmine Haywood have earned doctorates in the field of higher education and student affairs. Tiffany Kyser and Jada Phelps Moultrie earned doctorates in urban […]

May 8, 2016

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Man to Graduate from Tennessee State After 31 Years

Jerry Priddy picked up his cap and gown Monday, and it wasn’t long before his mother persuaded him to slip them on for an impromptu dress rehearsal for his graduation from Tennessee State University. Priddy and his mother laughed together as he posed for pictures — a familiar scene playing out in living rooms and residence halls across […]

May 5, 2016