Tag: Diversity: Page 217

African-American

At UMD, New Frederick Douglass Square Illustrates State’s Racial Duality

Maryland and its flagship campus’ celebration of diversity and inclusion served as an ironic contradiction of the state’s own participation in the limited opportunities for and representations of Black students within its borders.

November 24, 2015

Students

The Folly of Safe Space on Campus

If college is supposed to prepare one for life “in the real world,” should we continue to expect these things to change on campus?

November 24, 2015

Students

Washington University Cancels Classes Over Hate Speech

SEATTLE  — After a racist thread on social media sparked outrage on a quiet Washington state campus, college officials sent students home a day early for the Thanksgiving holiday. Western Washington University sent out an alert cancelling classes and an email to students just after 6 a.m. Tuesday from President Bruce Shepard. It is unknown […]

November 24, 2015

Students

University of Kentucky to Cover Controversial Campus Mural

LEXINGTON, Ky. ― Nine years after his predecessor rejected calls to remove a controversial Great Depression-era campus mural that featured Black workers toiling in a tobacco field, University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto has decided to cover the painting until a more permanent solution is found. Capilouto wrote on the school’s website Monday that he […]

November 24, 2015

Students

NYC Mayor: Yale Should Drop Name of Slavery Defender

NEW YORK ― New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is siding with his son who wants Yale University to drop the name of a U.S. vice president who defended slavery from a residential hall. The Democratic mayor and Yale alumnus told reporters on Monday he “absolutely” favors stripping the name of John C. Calhoun […]

November 24, 2015

African-American

Diverse Conversations: 4 Ways HBCUs Can Prepare Students for Lack of Workplace Diversity

There has to be a blending of what is actually happening in the workplace with what the ideal can be with the right people who work for it.

November 23, 2015

African-American

In Malaysia, Obama Says Education an Anti-Terrorism Strategy

After Paris, Obama speaks to college students in the YSEALI Program in Malaysia.

November 22, 2015

Students

Texas Rejects Letting Academics Vet Public School Textbooks

AUSTIN, Texas ― Top Texas education officials rejected Wednesday letting university experts fact-check textbooks approved for use in public-school classrooms statewide, instead reaffirming a vetting system that has helped spark years of ideological battles over how potentially thorny lessons in history and science are taught. The Board of Education approves textbooks in the nation’s second-largest […]

November 18, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Students Want Woodrow Wilson’s Name Removed from Princeton

PRINCETON, N.J. ― Students staged a protest Wednesday inside the office of Princeton University’s president, demanding the school remove the name of former school president and U.S. President Woodrow Wilson from programs and buildings over what they said was his racist legacy. Princeton President Christopher Eisgruber told the students he agreed with them that Wilson […]

November 18, 2015

Students

Fighting Hawks Picked as University of North Dakota Nickname

FARGO, N.D. ― University of North Dakota backers have selected Fighting Hawks as the school’s new nickname, the school announced Wednesday. The predatory bird mascot was declared the winner after receiving 57 percent of the vote compared to 43 percent for Roughriders in the two-nickname runoff. The vote was open to people with UND ties, […]

November 18, 2015

Faculty & Staff

University of Wyoming to Hire a Diversity Coordinator

by Associated Press CASPER, Wyo. — The University of Wyoming president has announced plans to create a diversity coordinator position and form a committee tasked with increasing inclusivity on campus. The Casper Star-Tribune reports that university spokesman Chad Baldwin says the new position was created in response to concerns about the lack of diversity on […]

November 18, 2015

Sports

2 More Fired, 3 Cleared in UNC Review after Cheating Scandal

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. ― The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is firing two employees and barring a former associate dean from leadership positions after an investigation described their roles in the school’s academic fraud scandal, the school said Thursday. The moves mean seven people have been fired, resigned or disciplined since former U.S. […]

November 13, 2015