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Leadership & Policy

Alecia DeCoudreaux – President, Mills College

DeCoudreaux had a distinguished career as a lawyer and senior executive at Eli Lilly and Company before becoming president of Mills College in July 2011. She has served as a trustee and board chair at Wellesley College, director of the Wellesley College Alumnae Association, honorary director of the Indiana University Foundation and a member of […]

April 25, 2014

Students

Gilda R. Daniels – Associate Professor of Law, University of Baltimore

A voting rights expert, Daniels is an associate professor of law at the University of Baltimore School of Law, where she teaches critical legal theory, election law and civil procedure. Her scholarship focuses on the intersections of race, law and democracy. Her law review articles have appeared in the Cardozo Law Review, the Denver University […]

April 25, 2014

Leadership & Policy

University of North Carolina Reading Specialist Says She’s Resigning

The reading specialist who questioned the literacy level of athletes who were admitted to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill says she’s resigning at the end of the semester.

April 22, 2014

Sports

Did Big Time Football Trump Justice at Florida State University?

Investigation shows Florida State University and Tallahassee cops botched case of rape suspect and Heisman winner Jameis Winston.

April 21, 2014

African-American

Feds Probe How UC Berkeley Responds to Sexual Assaults

Federal officials are investigating how the University of California, Berkeley responds to reports of campus sexual assaults.

April 20, 2014

Students

Ky. Supreme Court: Former Seminary Professor Can Proceed with Suit

Dr. Jimmy Kirby, a tenured professor who was fired from Lexington Theological Seminary in 2009, can proceed with a lawsuit against his former employer.

April 20, 2014

Students

Group of Law Students Want Confederate Flags Removed at Washington and Lee University

A group of law students at Washington and Lee University is demanding the school banish the Confederate flag from its Lexington campus and repudiate one of its namesakes, Gen. Robert E. Lee.

April 17, 2014

African-American

Virginia College ‘Free-Speech Zones’ Latest to Fall

Thomas Nelson Community College student Christina Parks was barred from preaching on campus.

April 13, 2014

Home

President Accuses Republicans of Assault on Voting Rights

President Obama delivered a fiery speech before the annual National Action Network’s convention and accused the GOP of an assault on voting rights.

April 13, 2014

African-American

In Case You Missed It…

Three HBCU Presidents Announce Retirements U.S. Presidents Gather to Commemorate 50th Anniversary of Civil Rights Act Florida A&M Fears Lawmaker Trying to Turn Back Clock Researchers Discuss Role of HBCUs in Supporting School-age Black Males

April 11, 2014

Students

Ohio Bill Says College Athletes Aren’t Employees

An Ohio legislative panel changed a budget bill on Monday to make clear that college athletes are not employees under state law.

April 8, 2014

Home

Former U.S. Attorney General Gonzales Named Dean of Belmont U. College of Law

Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has been named dean of Belmont University’s College of Law.

April 3, 2014