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Students

The Folly of Safe Space on Campus

If college is supposed to prepare one for life “in the real world,” should we continue to expect these things to change on campus?

November 24, 2015

Students

Washington University Cancels Classes Over Hate Speech

SEATTLE  — After a racist thread on social media sparked outrage on a quiet Washington state campus, college officials sent students home a day early for the Thanksgiving holiday. Western Washington University sent out an alert cancelling classes and an email to students just after 6 a.m. Tuesday from President Bruce Shepard. It is unknown […]

November 24, 2015

Students

University of Kentucky to Cover Controversial Campus Mural

LEXINGTON, Ky. ― Nine years after his predecessor rejected calls to remove a controversial Great Depression-era campus mural that featured Black workers toiling in a tobacco field, University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto has decided to cover the painting until a more permanent solution is found. Capilouto wrote on the school’s website Monday that he […]

November 24, 2015

Students

NYC Mayor: Yale Should Drop Name of Slavery Defender

NEW YORK ― New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is siding with his son who wants Yale University to drop the name of a U.S. vice president who defended slavery from a residential hall. The Democratic mayor and Yale alumnus told reporters on Monday he “absolutely” favors stripping the name of John C. Calhoun […]

November 24, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Brown University Announces $100M Plan on Racism, Diversity

PROVIDENCE, R.I. ― Brown University says it plans to spend $100 million over the next decade to address diversity and racism on the campus. Brown President Christina Paxson unveiled the 19-page draft action plan and thanked students who have called attention in recent months to issues of injustice at the Ivy League school. The Providence […]

November 22, 2015

African-American

In Case You Missed It…

Tragedy in Paris Steve Fund Challenging Views of Mental Health in Minority Communities    Failing Grade: Why There Aren’t More African-American Teachers in Classrooms Mizzou and the Future of Black Student-Athletes’ Protests

November 20, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Students Want Woodrow Wilson’s Name Removed from Princeton

PRINCETON, N.J. ― Students staged a protest Wednesday inside the office of Princeton University’s president, demanding the school remove the name of former school president and U.S. President Woodrow Wilson from programs and buildings over what they said was his racist legacy. Princeton President Christopher Eisgruber told the students he agreed with them that Wilson […]

November 18, 2015

Faculty & Staff

University of Wyoming to Hire a Diversity Coordinator

by Associated Press CASPER, Wyo. — The University of Wyoming president has announced plans to create a diversity coordinator position and form a committee tasked with increasing inclusivity on campus. The Casper Star-Tribune reports that university spokesman Chad Baldwin says the new position was created in response to concerns about the lack of diversity on […]

November 18, 2015

Students

Brown Vowing Action After Officer Detains Dartmouth Student

by Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I.  – Brown University’s president is promising a full investigation and regular meetings on racial issues after a campus police officer handcuffed a student from another Ivy League school, an encounter officials called “heated and physical.” President Christina Paxson apologized in an email Saturday to the campus community for the “fear […]

November 15, 2015

Sports

2 More Fired, 3 Cleared in UNC Review after Cheating Scandal

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. ― The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is firing two employees and barring a former associate dean from leadership positions after an investigation described their roles in the school’s academic fraud scandal, the school said Thursday. The moves mean seven people have been fired, resigned or disciplined since former U.S. […]

November 13, 2015

Students

Southern California College Dean Resigns Amid Racial Issues

CLAREMONT, Calif. ― The dean of students at a small Southern California college resigned Thursday after protests linked to racial concerns on campus. Mary Spellman, who held the position at Claremont McKenna College since 2010, announced her resignation in an email to students. “I believe it is the best way to gain closure of a […]

November 13, 2015

Students

R.I.P.: The Tired Myth of the Apathetic Black Student

We should all be finally noticing the new — really the old — Black student activism and it’s been a long time coming.

November 11, 2015