Tag: Minorities on Campus: Page 47

News Roundup

Wheaton College Professor Put on Leave for Wearing Hijab

CHICAGO ― A professor at a suburban Chicago Christian college who has been placed on administrative leave after donning a headscarf to demonstrate solidarity with Muslims said Wednesday that her actions are demonstrations of her own faith. Larycia Hawkins, who is a Christian and an associate professor of political science at Wheaton College, a private […]

December 16, 2015

Students

The Silent Minority: Hmong Women in Higher Education

Despite a history lacking a value on education for women, today Hmong women are actively pursuing degrees in higher education.

December 15, 2015

Students

Social Media Will Broadcast the 2015 ‘Revolution’

In the 1970s Gil Scott-Herron decreed that the revolution will not be televised; however, students in 2015 have taken up a revolutionary insurgence vis-a-vis multiple forms of “social” media.

December 14, 2015

MSIs

In Case You Missed It…

Terrorist Fear Emerges as Biggest Threat to Diversity on Campus and Our Nation Scalia’s ‘Mismatch Theory’ a Foe to Diversity, Inclusion Raising Consciousness for the Future of Higher Education Studies Show MSIs Best Value in Higher Education

December 10, 2015

Students

Winthrop Drops Name of White Supremacist from Award

ROCK HILL, S.C. ― Winthrop University’s top academic award will no longer bear the name of avowed segregationist and former South Carolina governor “Pitchfork” Ben Tillman. Media outlets report the university’s president Dan Mahony told faculty, staff and students in an email Friday that the university will discontinue the 75-year-old Tillman Award. Instead, the students […]

December 10, 2015

Students

No Disciplinary Action Taken after Alleged Racist Frat Party

NEW HAVEN, Conn. ― No disciplinary action will be taken against any students or student groups at Yale University involved in allegations of racism at a fraternity party held by Sigma Alpha Epsilon in October. At the party in question, students complained that the fraternity denied entrance to minorities. Men at the door were […]

December 10, 2015

Students

Penn Latest to Rename Dorm ‘Masters’ over Racial Concerns

PHILADELPHIA ― The University of Pennsylvania has become the latest Ivy League institution to drop the title “master” to refer to student dorm leaders following weeks of protests against racial insensitivity on college campuses across the country. Penn decided to change the name from faculty “masters” to faculty “directors” to refer to the tenured, full-time […]

December 9, 2015

Students

Yale Teacher Resigns Over Offensive Halloween Costume Email

NEW HAVEN, Conn. ― A Yale University faculty member who sparked protests when she said students should be free to push boundaries with Halloween costumes, even to the point of offense, resigned from her teaching position, the school announced Monday. Erika Christakis chose not to continue teaching in the spring semester, the university said on […]

December 8, 2015

Sports

University of Maryland President Urges Stadium Name Change

BALTIMORE ― Former University of Maryland President H.C. “Curley” Byrd’s name should come off of Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium because he worked to maintain racial segregation and endorsed “separate but equal” education, the current president said Monday. Wallace D. Loh said in emails and letters to the university community and the Board of […]

December 7, 2015

Students

For Student Protestors, Standard ‘Lip Service’ Insufficient

Expert says the country is failing to realize the impact of a number of micro-aggressions and conditions facing Black students and faculty members on their campus experiences.

December 3, 2015

Home

Supreme Court Preparing to Tackle Fisher Case, Campus Diversity Again

The case questions the constitutionality of holistic admissions practices, which consider race, among other factors, in order to create a diverse and racially representative student body.

December 3, 2015

African-American

At UMD, New Frederick Douglass Square Illustrates State’s Racial Duality

Maryland and its flagship campus’ celebration of diversity and inclusion served as an ironic contradiction of the state’s own participation in the limited opportunities for and representations of Black students within its borders.

November 24, 2015