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Students

Law Graduate Gets Her Day in Court, Suing Law School

Nearly a decade has passed since an aspiring young lawyer in California, Anna Alaburda, graduated in the top tier of her class, passed the state bar exam and set out to use the law degree she had spent about $150,000 to acquire. But on Monday, in a San Diego courtroom, she will tell a story […]

March 7, 2016

Students

Honoring Daisy Bates

Among the 2016 National Women’s History Month honorees of the National Women’s History Project is Daisy Bates, a civil rights pioneer. Diversebooks.net is proud to offer two books that feature her. They are:

March 5, 2016

Students

Professor Accused of Sexual Harassment to Return to UCLA

LOS ANGELES ― Students, faculty and others demonstrated at the University of California, Los Angeles, against a settlement that will allow the return of a history professor who was accused of sexual harassment. More than 75 people rallied Wednesday against the decision involving Mideast specialist Gabriel Piterberg, who was accused by two female graduate students, […]

March 3, 2016

News Roundup

Data Breach Targets Illinois State University Payroll

NORMAL, Ill. ― An apparent information breach at Illinois State University allowed someone to divert the direct-deposit payroll payments of more than a dozen faculty and staff members to another account, according to university officials. The breach appears to be limited to 13 of the school’s employees, and it involved a total of about $50,000, […]

March 2, 2016

LGBTQ+

Transgender Student Elated Governor Vetoed Bill

PIERRE, S.D. ― A transgender high school student in Sioux Falls says that he’s elated that Gov. Dennis Daugaard vetoed a bill that would have required transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms matching their sex at birth. Thomas Lewis says he’s had a lot of support at Lincoln High School. But he says […]

March 1, 2016

Students

Agency Probes Notre Dame for Possible Title IX Violations

SOUTH BEND, Ind. ― The University of Notre Dame is among more than 165 colleges under federal investigation for possible violations of Title IX, a gender-equity law, related to sexual violence on campus. As of Feb. 24, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights was investigating 208 cases for issues of sexual violence […]

March 1, 2016

Students

Missouri Chancellor Condemns Pro-Hitler Flyer Found in Dorm

COLUMBIA, Mo. ― Police on the University of Missouri’s Columbia campus are investigating and the interim chancellor is condemning an anti-Semitic posting on a residence hall’s bulletin board. Police Maj. Brian Weimer said Tuesday the flyer scrawled in magic marker with the words “Hitler rules” was found early Monday on a Gateway Hall bulletin board. […]

March 1, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Key Regents Weren’t Told About U. of Iowa Official’s Incident

IOWA CITY, Iowa ― Regents responsible for overseeing campus safety issues at the University of Iowa say they were never told about an incident in which the school’s public safety director is accused of interfering and lying during a hit-and-run investigation of his stepson. Leaders of the Iowa Board of Regents’ subcommittee on campus safety […]

March 1, 2016

Faculty & Staff

Joseph Continues to Bridge Eras of Social Change

James A. Joseph says that a friend of his sums up his life thusly: “It’s interesting to see that wherever you were, you were always a troublemaker.”

March 1, 2016

Students

University of Texas System Police Get Guidelines for Sex Assault Responses

AUSTIN, Texas ― The University of Texas System announced science-based guidelines Tuesday to help police for all 14 campuses better respond to sexual assault victims. UT System officials said in a statement that the 170-page report detailing the guidelines is a “victim-centered blueprint” to assist the system’s 600-person police force in engaging with and understanding […]

March 1, 2016

Faculty & Staff

University of New England Professor Sues School

BIDDEFORD, Maine ― A University of New England professor is suing the college, alleging officials took away some of her teaching duties and responsibilities after she accused her department chairman of sexual harassment. The Portland Press Herald reports associate professor Lara Carlson is accusing the Biddeford-based private university of violating her civil rights under Title […]

March 1, 2016

News Roundup

Trump: Judge’s Ethnicity Matters in Trump University Suit

BENTONVILLE, Ark. ―Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is trying to deflect attention from a class-action civil lawsuit involving the former Trump University by pointing to the ethnic background of the judge in the case. Asked on “Fox News Sunday” what U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel’s ethnicity has to do with the lawsuit against him, Trump […]

February 28, 2016