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Students

Sides Not Close in Maryland HBCU Remedy Trial

The plaintiffs and those representing the state of Maryland are still apparently far apart when it comes to how to remedy a segregated higher ed system that has disadvantaged Maryland’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU). In the ongoing remedial bench trial in Baltimore, testimony on behalf of the state has put the price tag […]

February 9, 2017

Faculty & Staff

3 Clemson Professors not Eating to Protest Trump Travel Ban

CLEMSON, S.C. — Three Clemson University professors are refusing to eat for nearly a week to protest the university’s failure to demand that President Donald Trump rescind an executive order banning travel to the U.S. from seven majority Muslim countries. The professors started “The Fast Against Silence” Monday morning and plan to not eat again […]

February 8, 2017

Students

Student Dead After Fall at Penn State; Frat Did Not Seek Help for 12 Hours

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Police say a Penn State University fraternity did not summon paramedics for a student who fell down a stairwell until about 12 hours after the incident. He later died. Authorities say 19-year-old Timothy Piazza of Lebanon, New Jersey, died Saturday at Hershey Medical Center. State College police found Piazza unconscious on […]

February 8, 2017

Students

Ground-level Support Helps Solve FAFSA ‘Riddle’

Until the FAFSA sees a dramatic overhaul, the best and perhaps only answer to addressing some of its perceived weaknesses is a boots on the ground approach.

February 8, 2017

Students

DeVos Touts Merits of Diversity, Inclusion in Debut

Newly minted U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos made her debut at the agency she now oversees with a call for unity, a bit of self-deprecating humor, and a thoughtful emphasis on diversity and inclusion.

February 8, 2017

African-American

Professor Uses Interactive Technology to Tell Emmett Till Story

Lawrence, Kansas is a long way from Sumner, Mississippi but Dr. David Tell of the University of Kansas is shortening the distance with his research, scholarship and actions related to the 1955 murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till.

February 7, 2017

Students

University of Wisconsin Student Abandons Plans for Pro-White Group

MADISON, Wis. — A University of Wisconsin student trying to form a pro-White group has abandoned his efforts after intense backlash from other students and university officials. American Freedom Party National Chairman William Johnson confirmed Monday that Daniel Dropik is no longer forming a Madison chapter after an Associated Press reporter noticed the group’s website […]

February 7, 2017

African-American

Antebellum Slave Tax has Lingering Effect in Alabama

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — In the late spring or early summer of 1822, a man named Bolling Hall made a list of all his property before taking it to the Autauga County assessor and paying his taxes. On the left side of a piece of parchment, Hall listed hundreds of acres of land he’d acquired since […]

February 7, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Bill Seeks to End Tenure System in Missouri

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Missouri lawmaker who is proposing eliminating tenure for professors at all of the state’s two- and four-year public colleges and universities says tenure is an outdated system that is no longer needed to protect teachers from being unjustly fired. Rep. Rick Brattin, a Harrisonville Republican, said eliminating tenure would save […]

February 6, 2017

Students

Guillermo: How Far are Colleges, Scholars Ready to Go Against Trump?

As the legal back and forth on the Trump executive order is creating a public mini-course on constitutional law and presidential power, it’s clear higher ed has an opinion about closing of borders to immigrants from seven majority-Muslim countries.

February 5, 2017

Students

ACLU: Time Not Right for National Student ID

The ACLU told the Education Writers Association that a national student ID that would help track outcomes would be subject to misuse as a result of the Trump administration’s “outward hostility” to immigrants and Muslims.

February 5, 2017

Students

Court Filing Details of Former Baylor Coach Art Briles’ Conduct

WACO, Texas — A new court filing detailed allegations that former Baylor University football coach Art Briles ignored sexual assaults by players, failed to alert university officials or discipline athletes and allowed them to continue playing. The filing is in response to a lawsuit against Baylor and several officials including interim President David Garland by […]

February 5, 2017