Tag: Race: Page 50

Faculty & Staff

Harris-Perry Leaving Tulane for Wake Forest

MSNBC television host is leaving her teaching job at Tulane University to become a presidential chair at her alma mater.

April 13, 2014

Students

Ohio Bill Says College Athletes Aren’t Employees

An Ohio legislative panel changed a budget bill on Monday to make clear that college athletes are not employees under state law.

April 8, 2014

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New Trinity College President’s Goal: ‘Spread Education Outside of Its Walls’

Dr. Joanne Berger-Sweeney is the first African-American and the first woman to hold the post at the private liberal arts college founded in 1823.

March 31, 2014

Students

Making Culturally Relevant Pedagogy Relevant to Aspiring Teachers

We convey information about the student populations teachers will work with, but we don’t ensure it translates into the skills necessary to effectively teach these populations.

March 19, 2014

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Female Presidents in Higher Ed Pay Price for Breaking Mold

Questions abound about the challenges faced by women and, specifically, women of color who hold leadership positions at the nation’s colleges when they make unpopular decisions.

March 18, 2014

Opinion

If You Dare to Discuss Racial Issues, Then You Are a Racist

Affirmative Action foes are using intimidation and harassment tactics to scare anyone who might support SCA5, namely by calling them racists.

March 16, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Diverse Docket: Southern Miss Wins Race, Origin, Ethnic Suit from Former Grad Student

Court of Appeals upholds decision that dismissed the case of Maria Salcido vs. the University of Southern Mississippi for race, national origin and ethnic discrimination.

March 16, 2014

Faculty & Staff

South Puget Sound CC: Barring Whites from Diversity ‘Happy Hour’ a Mistake

South Puget Sound Community College says it was a mistake for an employee group to invite only people of color to a diversity “happy hour.”

March 13, 2014

MSIs

Moving Beyond the Nasty in SCA-5, California’s New Affirmative Action Debate

The battle lines are being drawn along party and racial lines.

March 10, 2014

Opinion

The Backlash of ‘12 Years a Slave’

Predictably, many of the conversations turned to race after moment of triumph for ’12 Years a Slave.’

March 9, 2014

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President Obama Takes Issue of At-risk Boys of Color to Heart

Speaking in the East Room of the White House yesterday, Obama talked personally about the challenges that young boys of color face, drawing from his own personal experiences growing up in a household without a father.

February 27, 2014

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MIT Apologizes for Mistaken Acceptance Emails

Officials at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are apologizing after erroneously telling some applicants that they had been accepted.

February 12, 2014