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Court Rules Against Accrediting Agency of ITT Tech, Corinthian Colleges

The Accrediting Council on Independent Colleges and Schools — the accrediting agency that had oversight for two recently collapsed for-profit schools — lost its bid to stop the U.S. Department of Education from terminating its federal recognition.

February 21, 2017

Students

Guillermo: Asian American History Shows Why Travel Ban Unjust

The media mostly forgot that Sunday marked the 75th anniversary of President Roosevelt signing an executive order authorizing the roundup and incarceration of 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry.

February 20, 2017

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Scholars: At its Core, Feminism Universal

Black transnational feminisms simply means understanding the ways in which Black women across nationalities are faced with many of the same issues.

February 20, 2017

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University of Alaska System Agrees to Resolve Issues in Federal Review

JUNEAU, Alaska — The University of Alaska system has agreed to resolve issues stemming from a federal review of its handling of campus sexual assault and sexual harassment cases. The agreement, signed by system President Jim Johnsen on Friday and released Monday, outlines steps the system will need to take over the next several years. […]

February 20, 2017

African-American

Advocates Cautiously Optimistic About Potential Executive Order on HBCUs

While there has been no word from the White House on when the order might be released and what directives it might contain, organizations have laid out their own proposals for what the order could accomplish.

February 19, 2017

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Professor: Implementation of Leaked Immigration Proposal Would be ‘Cataclysmic’

A leaked memo that included plans to use the National Guard to round up unauthorized immigrants, some scholars say, harks back to — and portends — one of the darkest chapters in American history.

February 19, 2017

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Bob Jones U to Get Tax-exempt Status Back After 30 Years

GREENVILLE, S.C. —A conservative Christian university in South Carolina is getting its federal tax-exempt status back 30 years after losing it over a ban on interracial dating. Bob Jones University President Steve Pettit told The Greenville that the ban was dropped in 2000 and a former university president apologized for discrimination eight years later. But […]

February 19, 2017

Women

UVa Administrator Files Gender Discrimination Lawsuit

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — An administrator at the University of Virginia is suing the school for alleged gender and disability discrimination. Media outlets report UVA assistant vice provost Becky Ackerson filed a lawsuit against the UVA Board of Visitors Wednesday claiming the school knowingly paid her less than male counterparts. According to the lawsuit, Ackerson was […]

February 16, 2017

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University of Kansas Campus Police Prepare for Concealed Carry

LAWRENCE, Kan. — The University of Kansas Office of Public Safety is planning to add more positions and new equipment to prepare for allowing concealed handguns on campus. Police Chief Chris Keary tells the Lawrence Journal-World that the office is adding three police officers to patrol busy areas of campus, four portable metal detectors and […]

February 16, 2017

Students

Experts: Private Lenders Could Complicate Student Loan Program

If private lenders are allowed back into the federal student loan program — a program from which they were removed during the Obama administration — it would preclude “universal access to student loans at universal terms,” a new paper released Wednesday states.

February 15, 2017

Students

Colorado State Suspends Grant Program after Lawsuit from Student Group

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Colorado State University has temporarily suspended a grant program that helps student organizations plan educational and cultural events in the wake of a lawsuit brought by an anti-abortion student group. The Coloradoan reported Tuesday that the Diversity Grant awards up to $600 per semester to student groups and academic departments for […]

February 15, 2017

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Alabama House Votes to Block Money to ‘Sanctuary Campuses’

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama House of Representatives voted Tuesday to block state funds to colleges and universities that declare themselves so-called sanctuary campuses for immigrants in the country illegally. House members voted 72-28 for the bill to authorize the attorney general to block state funds to colleges that do not follow state and federal […]

February 15, 2017