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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

Students

Student Won’t Receive Degree Despite Disability Accommodation

A nursing student who failed a mandatory test four times in a required course despite disability accommodation isn’t entitled to her bachelor’s degree, a federal judge in Covington, Kentucky, has ruled.

December 13, 2015

African-American

The Supreme Court’s rehash of Fisher and Affirmative Action

Scalia revival of “mismatch” idea gets most of the headlines.

December 13, 2015

African-American

A Crisis in Black Leadership? : Let Us Call a Spade a Spade

For many, me included, it is time that we as Black people in America critically examine the effectiveness of the leadership that we are providing to empower ourselves and other Black people in the Diaspora.

December 13, 2015

News Roundup

2 Top U. of Louisville Officials on Leave in Ongoing Investigation

LOUISVILLE, Ky. ― Two top University of Louisville officials have been placed on leave in an ongoing investigation. The Courier-Journal reports in an email Wednesday, President James Ramsey announced that Dr. David Dunn and Priscilla Hancock will be on leave effective immediately. Dunn is the executive vice president for health affairs and Hancock is the […]

December 10, 2015

African-American

Man sues College of Charleston Citing Racial Discrimination

CHARLESTON, S.C. ― An employee at the College of Charleston has filed a federal lawsuit against the school, saying it failed to respond to complaints that his supervisor used the N-word and drew a racially insensitive picture of a black man while on the job. The Post and Courier reports Frederick Fortner, a Black man, […]

December 10, 2015

Students

Catholic University Students Shelter in Place a 2nd Time

WASHINGTON ― Catholic University of America students again were warned to shelter in place and police say a suspicious person was located before the shelter-in-place order was lifted. An initial notice on the school’s website Tuesday evening said city police and university public safety officers were on campus in response to a “possible armed suspect.” […]

December 9, 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

Community Colleges

Connecticut Community Colleges Arming Security Personnel

A Connecticut Board of Regents spokesman said that the board had been working toward a decision on arming security personnel at community colleges since 2012 in the wake of a number of mass shootings across the nation.

December 3, 2015

Faculty & Staff

University of Missouri Faculty Suggest Revoking Cosby Degree

COLUMBIA, Mo. ― The University of Missouri Faculty Council has voted to recommend rescind an honorary doctorate given to Bill Cosby. The Columbia Missourian reports the council, which is made up of elected representatives of campus faculty, voted Nov. 5 to take back Cosby’s honorary doctorate in humane letters. Ben Trachtenberg, chair of the Faculty […]

December 2, 2015

News Roundup

Brown University Asks Judge to Dismiss Gender Bias Lawsuit

PROVIDENCE, R.I. ― Brown University officials have asked a federal court judge to dismiss a lawsuit alleging gender bias brought by a male student who was suspended after being accused of sexual assault. The Providence Journal reports the Ivy League university’s attorney, Steven Richard, argued that the student’s complaint is “overwrought” with innuendo and doesn’t […]

December 2, 2015

Leadership & Policy

ALLISON GARRETT

ALLISON GARRETT has been named president of Emporia State University, effective in January. She is executive vice president at Abilene Christian University in Texas. Garrett earned a bachelor’s from Oklahoma Christian University, a juris doctor from the University of Tulsa and a master’s from Georgetown University Law Center.

December 2, 2015