Tag: Minorities on Campus: Page 18

Students

Student Affairs Key to Tackling Inequality

Student affairs has become a pathway through which institutions can more effectively address the inequities that continue to endure and manifest in the lives of students.

April 13, 2017

Students

Diverse Docket: College’s Religious Affiliation no Shield Against Bias Complaint

A private college’s religious affiliation doesn’t automatically shield it from liability for racial discrimination, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has ruled.

April 12, 2017

African-American

Auburn University Disavows ‘White Student Union’

AUBURN, Ala. — Auburn University officials are disavowing hate fliers found around campus and say they’re unfamiliar with a group claiming responsibility. A university statement says a group calling itself the Auburn White Student Union isn’t affiliated with the school. It calls the fliers “reprehensible.” Social media shows anti-Semitic leaflets that have been found around […]

April 12, 2017

Asian American Pacific Islander

Conference Helps AAPI Attendees Work Through Frustrations

The Asian Pacific Americans in Higher Education conference has increasingly become a venue for undergraduate and graduate students to find common ground in their educational and life journeys.

April 11, 2017

Home

Education Summit Highlights Challenging Climate on Campuses

Issues in higher education figured prominently at the summit, which touched on topics that ranged from diversity and inclusion to free speech on campus.

April 11, 2017

Students

Rollins College: Student Suspended Over Post, not Professor Fight

WINTER PARK, Fla. — Officials at a Florida university say a Christian student who got into an argument with his Muslim professor was suspended for social media comments made to another student, not because of the confrontation with the professor. Rollins College President Grant Cornwell told the Orlando Sentinel on Monday that someone had complained […]

April 11, 2017

Students

University of Kentucky Sports Scholar Finds Perfect Balance

Paul Sime knew early on that he had big aspirations. He has excelled both athletically and academically to the point that he has been named the male Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar of the Year by Diverse.

April 10, 2017

Students

Colleges, Universities Officially Cite Potential Harm of Travel Ban

With the second travel ban issued by President Donald J. Trump being held in abeyance, colleges and universities are urging a federal court that will hear the case to consider how the ban will undermine diversity in higher education.

April 9, 2017

LGBTQ+

Transgender University Employees Sue Over Insurance Cuts

MADISON, Wis. — Two transgender University of Wisconsin employees are suing the state’s insurance board and the UW System after it stopped covering sex reassignment procedures. The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Wisconsin on Friday filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of anthropology graduate student Alina Boyden and cancer researcher Shannon Andrews. […]

April 9, 2017

Sports

Martin Learned to be Game-Changer Off the Field

Although he was the first Black football player at North Carolina State University, Dr. Marcus L. Martin will be the first to admit that he didn’t exactly make an indelible impression as a student-athlete.

April 6, 2017

Students

Study: Black Teachers Bolster Black Student Achievement

Having at least one Black teacher in the third through fifth grade “significantly reduces” the likelihood that Black male students will drop out of high school and increases the likelihood that both Black male and female students will aspire to attend college, according to a new study.

April 6, 2017

LGBTQ+

Court: Civil Rights Law Prohibits Discrimination of LGBT

CHICAGO — A federal appeals court ruled for the first time Tuesday that the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects LGBT employees from workplace discrimination, setting up a likely battle before the Supreme Court as gay rights advocates push to broaden the scope of the 53-year-old law. The 8-to-3 decision by the full 7th U.S. Circuit […]

April 5, 2017