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Students

We Have Your Back: How Educators Can Support Undocumented Students

We have found seven ways that educators can support undocumented college students.

February 13, 2017

Students

College Students Finding Their Roots

Colleges and universities are using AfricanAncestry.com to connect students with their background and heritage.

February 13, 2017

Students

Elon University President to Step Down When Successor Picked

ELON, N.C. — The president of Elon University plans to leave the post when a replacement is found. The school said in a news release Monday that Leo Lambert has decided to step down and will take a year off. He will serve as president emeritus and a professor after the sabbatical. Lambert has been […]

February 13, 2017

News Roundup

Fake News 101: The New Civics Course in U.S. Schools?

WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. — Teachers from elementary school through college are telling students how to distinguish between factual and fictional news – and why they should care that there’s a difference. As Facebook works with The Associated Press, FactCheck.org and other organizations to curb the spread of fake and misleading news on its influential network, teachers […]

February 13, 2017

Students

Iowa State University Loses Appeal in Marijuana T-shirt Case

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa State University has lost an appeal in a federal free speech lawsuit that affirms student rights regardless of political viewpoint. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Monday that ISU administrators including President Steven Leath violated First Amendment rights of two students who were top officers of the ISU […]

February 13, 2017

Students

The Continued Undermining of Black History

President Trump in his awkward and ill-informed efforts to salute the accomplishments of Black Americans actually managed to marginalize and obscure the important contributions that were made by these individuals and their contemporaries.

February 12, 2017

Students

Yale Removes Slave Proponent’s Name from Residence Hall

After a wave of student protests, Yale University announced over the weekend that it would remove the name of John C. Calhoun—a Yale alumnus—who was a proponent of slavery, from an undergraduate residence hall.

February 12, 2017

Students

Guillermo: Under Trump, Education Loses Out to Distractions

After just three weeks, you’ve got to hand it to Trump 45. He’s terrorized us all and shaken up politics in America.

February 12, 2017

African-American

Offspring Ensure Civil Rights Icons’ Work Lives On

The children of 1960s civil rights icons pay homage to their parents’ legacies by tackling social justice issues.

February 12, 2017

Leadership & Policy

St. Joseph’s College Alumni Try to Save Their Alma Mater

RENSSELAER, Ind. — St. Joseph’s College alumni are trying to figure out how they can keep their alma mater open despite plans to temporarily suspend operations due to financial trouble. Alumni say they knew little about the college’s financial standing before the board of trustees decided Feb. 3 to close for at least the 2017-18 […]

February 12, 2017

African-American

Digital Archives Gives Access to African American History

MINNEAPOLIS — A University of Minnesota-led digital archive of African American historical materials is now free and accessible online to the public. The university’s Umbra search includes handwritten 17th-century letters, underground hip hop albums from the 1970s and a whole of other artifacts, the Minnesota Daily reported. Cecily Marcus, curator of the Archie Givens, Sr., […]

February 12, 2017

Students

Appellate Court Overturns College Tuition-payment Order

CAMDEN, N.J. — A divorced couple cannot be forced to pay college tuition for their estranged daughter, a state appellate court ruled. Caitlyn Ricci has argued that her parents should pay portions of the costs she incurred while attending the former Gloucester County College and later, Temple University, where she enrolled without her parents’ blessings. […]

February 12, 2017