Tag: Minorities on Campus: Page 25

Students

The Whiter the School District, the Higher the Risk?

The recent presidential election outcome has inspired me to think about what it means to be labeled an at-risk student, as historically defined and currently executed.

January 9, 2017

Students

Missouri State University Settles with Student Who Wouldn’t Counsel Gays

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Missouri State University has agreed to pay $25,000 to a former student who sued after he was removed from a master’s degree counseling program because he said he wouldn’t counsel gay couples. Andrew Cash sued the university in April. The settlement with the Missouri State Board of Governors was final last month […]

January 9, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Diversity Scholar Shaun Harper Leaving Penn for Southern Cal

Dr. Shaun R. Harper, an expert on campus climate and racial equity, is leaving the University of Pennsylvania to join the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California.

January 8, 2017

Students

Immigrants Who Challenged In-state Tuition Policy Win Case

ATLANTA — A judge says the Georgia university system must allow immigrants to pay in-state tuition if they’ve been granted temporary permission by the federal government to stay in the U.S. Georgia’s state colleges and universities require verification of “lawful presence” in the U.S. for in-state tuition. The Board of Regents had said students with […]

January 3, 2017

Students

Faculty Engaging More in New Era of Activism

Staff and faculty are attempting to understand and even participate in student activism.

January 2, 2017

Health

Indiana University Alters Health Plans for Same-sex Partners

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — More than 20 Indiana University employees will lose health care coverage if they don’t marry their same-sex partners by the end of the month. The South Bend Tribune reports that university employees in same-sex relationships have relied on a domestic-partner health care policy offered since 2002. That benefit ends Dec. 31. […]

December 29, 2016

Students

Johns Hopkins’ Student Tutors Offer Youngsters Glimpse of Possibilities

The Johns Hopkins Tutorial Project is a program in which elementary school students get one-on-one help in reading and math from Hopkins students who volunteer.

December 28, 2016

Students

Rodriguez: Holidays with a Storm on the Horizon

There are indications that the Trump administration will be anti-education in general, anti-academic freedom specifically, and that it will be hostile to undocumented students.

December 26, 2016

Students

Colleges Debate Taking On ‘Sanctuary Campus’ Designation

In public statements and letters, college leaders argue that the concept of a sanctuary campus has no basis in law and that, ultimately, institutions will be required to follow immigration laws.

December 22, 2016

Students

How a Rural Community College Embraces Diversity

Outside the large urban areas, many of us in the United States live in areas where most people around us look, speak, and act like we do.

December 21, 2016

Faculty & Staff

Things in 2016 That Make These 2 Black Faculty Members Go Hmmmm

We found ourselves going hmmm in wonderful 2016 with all its post-modern, post-racial, 21st century glory, making America great—for some people — rhetoric.

December 21, 2016

Students

Washington State Seeks to Increase Foreign Students

SPOKANE, Wash. — Washington State University wants to increase the number of students from other countries who enroll at the Pullman-based school. The university this week signed an agreement with a company that recruits international students. The effort is part of the school’s goal to become one of the nation’s top 25 public research universities […]

December 20, 2016