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Students

Experts: Billing of Foreign Students a Gray Area

A group of Alabama State University students from Nigeria are suing over how the university used funds their government paid, but they may face a rocky legal road.

September 18, 2016

Sports

Mike Lonergan Out as George Washington University Coach after Investigation

WASHINGTON ― George Washington University has fired basketball coach Mike Lonergan. University provost Forrest Maltzman announced the move in a statement Saturday, which said Lonergan was no longer coach following an internal investigation. “The university has created and is committed to maintaining a community where all students, faculty and staff feel welcome and comfortable,” Maltzman […]

September 18, 2016

Students

Diverse Docket: Judge Rules Title IX Suit Against University of Kentucky can go Forward

A former University of Kentucky student who claims she was raped in her dorm can pursue a Title IX suit because there was enough evidence that the school repeatedly botched its disciplining of her alleged attacker, a federal judge has ruled.

September 18, 2016

Students

Arizona State Aggressively Opening Doors for First-generation Students

American Dream Academy, an Arizona State University program, works directly with high schools and parents to ensure that first-generation students are admitted to college.

September 18, 2016

Campus Climate

Ex-Berkeley Law School Dean Sues Over Sex Harassment Probe

SAN FRANCISCO ― The former dean of the University of California, Berkeley law school filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing school officials of singling him out because of his race for a second investigation of sexual harassment allegations. The University of California treated White faculty members and administrators found to have committed sexual misconduct more leniently […]

September 15, 2016

Students

2 Black Athletic Conferences Rethinking Holding Tournaments in North Carolina

Two Black athletic conferences have not moved scheduled championship events out of North Carolina in the wake of the state’s passage of a controversial law restricting transgender bathroom use but have not ruled it out.

September 15, 2016

Students

Mangum Out as Florida A&M University President

Florida A&M University on Thursday announced the departure of Dr. Elmira Mangum, its embattled president of two years, and the immediate appointment of scientist Larry Robinson as interim president.

September 15, 2016

Students

California Puts High School Ethnic Studies Officially on the Books

California’s Governor Jerry Brown has signed a bill that will now mandate the teaching of ethnic studies in every public high school across the state.

September 15, 2016

Students

Laramie County Community College Accused of Discrimination

CHEYENNE, Wyo. ― Laramie County Community College is under federal investigation for a sexual discrimination complaint. The student body was informed Friday that the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights opened an investigation in February into allegations that the college had discriminated on the basis of sex in its response to a complaint […]

September 14, 2016

Students

University of Missouri Aims to Increase Minority Faculty

COLUMBIA, Mo. ― The University of Missouri says it’s putting $1.6 million toward doubling its numbers of minority faculty to 13 percent in four years. University leaders met on the Columbia campus Tuesday to discuss efforts in the past year to improve diversity, inclusion and race relations, The Kansas City Star reports. Kevin McDonald, interim […]

September 14, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Chicago State President’s Separation Agreement on Agenda

CHICAGO ― Trustees at Chicago State University plan Friday to vote on a “separation agreement” for the school’s president, who has had the position for nine months. The Chicago Tribune reported Wednesday that Chicago State’s board of trustees’ agenda for Friday’s meeting includes the agreement vote and naming an interim president. President Thomas Calhoun Jr. […]

September 14, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Bowie State University President Mickey Burnim to Retire Next Year

Dr. Mickey L. Burnim, who helped Bowie State University rise in presence among Maryland’s state-controlled colleges and universities, has advised the university’s community family he will retire next June after 10 years as president.

September 14, 2016