Tag: Diversity: Page 64

Students

Some 2-year Colleges Test-driving New Model

Dougherty Family College is among a wave of two-year colleges that offer associate’s degrees but are not the standard community college in other ways.

June 25, 2017

Students

Homeless College Students a Growing Concern on Campuses

DETROIT — Jennifer Carr knows she’s not the profile of a typical college student. The Detroit-area woman is 37 and has battled alcohol and heroin addiction. She’s also been homeless in the past and even now is categorized as someone who is precariously housed. Carr’s story is not unusual. Studies suggest thousands of students at […]

June 25, 2017

Students

Report: Losses Mount at Bethune-Cookman University

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — A historically Black university in Florida is dealing with mounting financial problems. The Daytona Beach News-Journal reported Sunday a review of tax documents showed annual losses at Bethune-Cookman University have climbed over a three-year period from $254,000 to $17.8 million. The paper said that tax returns show that salaries are increasing […]

June 25, 2017

Sports

Ex-Florida State Star Myron Rolle Ready to Begin Med School Residency

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Myron Rolle has accomplished many things on and off the field. His biggest ones, though, might still be coming up. Rolle’s dream of becoming a doctor came to fruition on May 20 when he graduated from Florida State’s College of Medicine. The former All-American safety and Rhodes Scholar has not had much […]

June 25, 2017

Faculty & Staff

N.J. College: Professor Fired for Racially Insensitive Remarks

NEWARK, N.J. — A New Jersey community college has fired an adjunct professor after officials say she made racially insensitive comments on Fox News. Essex County College’s president announced the decision Friday, two weeks after Lisa Durden’s appeared on “Tucker Carlson Tonight.” College officials said they received complaints about Durden’s interview with Carlson. Durden, who […]

June 25, 2017

News Roundup

Professor: North Korea Detainee Got What He ‘Deserved’

WILMINGTON, Del. — The University of Delaware is distancing itself from comments made by an adjunct professor after she said a college student who died after being held by North Korea “got exactly what he deserved.” The Wilmington News Journal reports that anthropology professor Kathy Dettwyler said on her personal Facebook page that Otto Warmbier […]

June 25, 2017

Community Colleges

Mississippi’s Largest Community College Warned by Accreditor

JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi’s largest community college has been put on warning by its accrediting body, which cited financial problems and other issues. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, in a statement Friday, said that Hinds Community College was sanctioned because it’s violating accrediting rules related to a sound financial base […]

June 25, 2017

Sports

Texas Ex-track Coach’s Discrimination Lawsuit Can Go Forward

AUSTIN, Texas  — The Texas Supreme Court on Friday refused to block a sex and race discrimination lawsuit filed against the University of Texas by former women’s track coach Bev Kearney, who was forced out after the school learned of a romantic relationship with one of her athletes a decade earlier. Kearney’s lawsuit claims that […]

June 25, 2017

News Roundup

University of Missouri Revokes Bill Cosby’s Honorary Degree

COLUMBIA, Mo. — The University of Missouri’s Board of Curators has voted unanimously to revoke an honorary degree it granted to Bill Cosby. University system President Mun Choi recommended that the board strip the comedian of a doctorate in humane letters he received in 1999. Choi cited allegations from several women that Cosby sexually assaulted […]

June 25, 2017

Sports

Brienne Minor: Michigan’s Tennis Hidden Figure

Brienne Minor is a tennis player at the University of Michigan where she recently won the NCAA Division I women’s singles championship. By the way, she is Black.

June 22, 2017

Students

Outgoing President Pruitt Urges New View of Adult Learning

Adult learners always have been a part of the fabric of American higher education, although policy discussions up until recently have primarily centered around the needs of students who are just leaving high school.

June 22, 2017

Asian American Pacific Islander

Scholar Documents Economic War on Chinese Restaurants

University of California, Davis law professor Gabriel “Jack” Chin and research assistant John Ormonde have uncovered evidence of economic bias over the years against Chinese restaurants through a search of digital archives.

June 22, 2017