Tag: Diversity: Page 97

Students

Wisconsin Students Push for Hmong-American Studies Program

MADISON, Wis. — A group of Hmong-American undergraduates is pushing administrators at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to hire more faculty who study the ethnic group and to launch a program through which students can earn a certificate in Hmong-American studies. The Wisconsin State Journal reports that several students of Southeast Asian descent formed the Hmong-American […]

April 17, 2017

Students

Private Colleges Group Slams U. Northern Iowa Lobbying Push

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — A group representing private colleges is slamming the University of Northern Iowa’s attempt to get a piece of its schools’ state financial aid program as “despicable and greedy.” UNI’s Panther Caucus said in an email Friday that “it’s not fair” UNI students are shut out of the $50 million Iowa Tuition […]

April 17, 2017

Latinx

Rodriguez: Resistance or Permanent State of Insurrection?

People of Mexican descent that live in this country, live in a permanent state of dehumanization and thus also part of a permanent state of insurrection that, technically, can never end.

April 16, 2017

Students

Guillermo: New York Codifies an Orwellian ‘Tuition-free’ College Plan

Here’s a word of caution. When a politician uses the word “free,” have your hand on your wallet and one foot out the door.

April 16, 2017

Students

Admissions Leaders: Give Prospects Unfiltered View of Campus Life

Experts say colleges and universities should do more to give prospective students a more authentic experience as opposed to just presenting them with brochures filled with pictures of happy-looking students.

April 16, 2017

Students

Brown University to Drop Fee for Low-income Applicants

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Brown University will automatically waive the application fee for low-income students. A group of students from Ivy League schools asked the schools to automatically waive the fee for applicants who are low-income or the first in their families to attend college. A letter to the schools was penned by Brown senior Viet […]

April 16, 2017

Students

Will Free College Offer Catch Fire? NY Details Raise Doubts

ALBANY, N.Y. — Will New York’s first-in-the-nation free tuition program for middle-class college students spread to other states? That’s the hope of proponents such as Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, who made debt-free college a key talking point in their Democratic presidential campaigns. And that’s the prediction of its main champion, Democratic New York Gov. […]

April 16, 2017

Asian American Pacific Islander

Harassment Accuser Condemns UC Berkeley Deal

BERKELEY, Calif. — A woman who sued the University of California and the former dean of UC Berkeley’s law school for sexual harassment is outraged that the school is allowing him to keep his tenured professorship, she announced Saturday. “This deal insults all who suffer harassment at the hands of those with power and privilege,” […]

April 16, 2017

News Roundup

Professor Sues Wal-Mart Over ‘Clean Toilets’ Description

BOZEMAN, Mont. — A Montana State University professor is suing Wal-Mart for libel after he says an employee at the Bozeman store listed his occupation on a fishing license as a “toilet cleaner.” Gilbert Kalonde, assistant professor of technology education at MSU, filed the suit this past week in Gallatin County District Court. Kalonde is […]

April 16, 2017

Sports

Ex-official’s Trial to Focus on Bias Claims Against Iowa AD

DES MOINES, Iowa — The former associate athletic director at the University of Iowa will square off against the school in a trial Monday that centers on her claim that she suffered discrimination as a gay female who fought bias in college sports. The trial in a lawsuit brought by Jane Meyer is expected to […]

April 16, 2017

Campus Climate

Fresno State Professor Apologizes for Anti-Trump Tweet

SAN FRANCISCO — An American history professor at Fresno State University in California apologized Thursday for a tweet that said President Donald Trump “must hang” to save American democracy. The professor, Lars Maischak, said he has temporarily left Fresno while the university is on spring break, after receiving death threats and hundreds of hate emails […]

April 16, 2017

Students

Clerical Oversight Shuts Down Michigan State Upward Bound Program

A technical error will cost Michigan State University about $480,000 in federal funding but it will be underserved high school students from Lansing, Mich., who will be short-changed.

April 13, 2017