Tag: Law: Page 90

Students

The Hero Was Asian American in Latest University Shooting, And So Was the Victim

In a colorblind world, unless people come forward and self-identify, it’s hard to get confirmation on a person’s race or ethnicity.

June 9, 2014

HBCUs

ASSISTANT PROF. OF ENVIRONMENTAL & INTERIOR DESIGN

Mesa Community College anticipates the following residential faculty positions in Fall 2016 and invites applications from candidates who demonstrate a commitment to service excellence, innovation, student success, and integrity.

June 8, 2014

HBCUs

Instructional Specialist

Several tenure-track positions and one clinical rank academic position are available in various schools and colleges starting in the Fall semester, 2016. Interested candidates should review the application requirements and submit their application at the listed website.

June 8, 2014

African-American

Ex-Offender/Law School Grad’s White House Access Plight Brings Reality to Table

When a delegation went to the White House recently to deliver a set of policy recommendations related to President Barack Obama’s “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative, one brother was kept out — ostensibly because of his background as an ex-offender.

June 8, 2014

Sports

Ohio Bill Says College Athletes Aren’t Employees

COLUMBUS, Ohio ― Ohio lawmakers have passed a budget proposal that says college athletes are not public employees under state law.

June 5, 2014

Students

Maryland Universities Updating Sexual Misconduct Policy

A Board of Regents committee is considering changes such as barring schools from requiring mediation between an alleged victim and the accused.

June 3, 2014

Sports

Too Many Potential Elliot Rodger Types Perceived as Normal

As a father of a college-age daughter, I worry more about all the minor league Elliots still out there.

June 2, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Those Who Lived It See Unresolved Issues of Brown v. BOE Today

The panel, “Educational Success for Black Men and Boys in a Post Brown v. Board of Education Era,” addressed issues of continuing inequality in the U.S. school system at the Rayburn House.

June 1, 2014

LGBTQ+

University of Arkansas Reverses Course on Gay Health Benefits

The University of Arkansas System has reversed its decision to include same-sex couples in the health benefits that is offered to spouses.

May 21, 2014

Students

South Carolina Panel Rejects Sale of Charleston School of Law

A committee of the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education is recommending that the sale of Charleston School of Law to a for-profit company be denied.

May 20, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Social Activism Loses ‘Peaceful Warrior’ Vincent Harding

He was a renaissance man. A productive scholar, who wrote about the Civil Rights Movement, not as a distant outsider but as one who was intimately involved in the day-to-day struggles of Blacks in the American South.

May 20, 2014

African-American

Low Profile of New President of NAACP Might Be Obstacle for Group’s Growth

Cornell Brooks does not come to the job with national name recognition, which experts say is critical to helping push the organization forward.

May 19, 2014