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News Roundup

New York College Alters Sign Bearing Trump Ally’s Name

ALLEGANY, N.Y. — A New York college has altered the sign at a student apartment building bearing the name of a major benefactor and Donald Trump supporter who insulted President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama. The sign outside the building on the St. Bonaventure University campus had read “Paladino House.” Carl Paladino is a Buffalo […]

March 28, 2017

African-American

The Scapegoating of Black Men

Last week, an 18-year-old White woman from Denison, Texas, Breana Talbott, was arrested and charged with a Class B misdemeanor for making a false report of being raped.

March 27, 2017

Students

UMass Amherst African-American Studies Program Comes of Age

Two decades after the creation of its doctoral program in Afro-American studies, UMass Amherst has proved to be a leader in training the next generation of scholars.

March 27, 2017

African-American

Some Black Employees Toil in Sunken Place University

The underlying theme of the hit movie “Get Out” is about a mind control process that conditions Black people to accept a marginalized status and continually choose to go into the back doors of life.

March 26, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Sharpton: Higher Ed Diversity in Jeopardy in Trump Era

If President Donald J. Trump succeeds in getting Neil Gorsuch confirmed as the next Supreme Court justice, the use of race as a factor in college admissions will be just “one seat away” from extinction, activist and civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton predicted.

March 23, 2017

Students

State-focused Leaders Backing Free K-14 System

Advocates say policymakers and higher education leaders should initiate a national discussion to establish a free and universal K-14 system to reduce disparities and make college more accessible.

March 22, 2017

Asian American Pacific Islander

Asian-American Studies Pioneer Philip Choy Dies

A self-trained historian who was part of a teaching tandem behind the first college-level, Chinese American course in this country has died. Philip P. Choy, 90, passed away at his San Francisco home last week.

March 21, 2017

Latinx

Who Counts as an American?

The question that is being asked by the Trump administration is, who is an American? The easy answer, as we are seeing, is a throwback to the 1950s.

March 21, 2017

Students

Eastern Michigan U. Denounces Card with White Nationalist Information

YPSILANTI, Mich. — Eastern Michigan University’s president is denouncing a business card with White nationalist information that was found at a campus library. The Ann Arbor News reports that school President James Smith issued an email to faculty, staff and students Monday assuring them that investigating the card found at Bruce T. Halle Library is […]

March 21, 2017

African-American

Federal Judge Rejects Bias Suit Against Portland State

A federal judge in Oregon has rejected a race and national origin discrimination suit by a student who failed a final chemistry exam after Portland State University officials determined he had sent someone else to take the test.

March 15, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Hrabowski: For Change, Diversifying Professoriate a Must

Though the discourse of diversity on campus has been subsumed by a “bigger political landscape,” America’s colleges and universities still must fight to make the professoriate more reflective of the nation as a whole.

March 14, 2017

Leadership & Policy

ACE Speaker Shares Approach to Uncovering Bias in Tenure, Promotion

“It’s not enough to hire diverse faculty,” said Stephen Jordan, president of Metropolitan State University of Denver. “You’ve got to get them to promotion and tenure.”

March 13, 2017