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Students

Naval Academy to Discuss 2 Buildings Named for Confederates

WASHINGTON — A panel on memorials at the U.S. Naval Academy will discuss whether two buildings on the campus grounds should remain named after two American naval officers who fought for the Confederacy, the academy’s superintendent said Monday. Vice Adm. Ted Carter, who briefed the academy’s Board of Visitors about the building names at a […]

September 11, 2017

News Roundup

Nevada University Selling Coveted Violin to Fund Arts Building

RENO, Nev. — A Nevada university will soon put a coveted, high-priced Stradivarius violin on the auction block in order to pay for their new arts building. The Reno Gazette-Journal reports that the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents gave approval last week for the University of Nevada in Reno to sell the […]

September 11, 2017

News Roundup

$50M Gift Prompts New Name for Iowa State Business College

AMES, Iowa — Officials say the Iowa State University College of Business will be renamed because of a $50 million commitment from two California benefactors. The university said in a news release Monday that the college will be renamed the Debbie and Jerry Ivy College of Business, pending approval by the Iowa Board of Regents. […]

September 11, 2017

Students

Former Student Makes Diversity His Business on Campuses

Justin L. Brown created the Diversity Awareness Program (D.A.P.) as a sophomore in 2008 to help facilitate difficult conversations around diversity.

September 7, 2017

Faculty & Staff

3 Organizations Assert Support of Faculty Free Speech

As the school year begins at most college campuses, three major academic organizations are making clear their commitment to free speech for university professors.

September 7, 2017

Students

DeVos to Overhaul Title IX Guidance on Campus Sexual Assaults

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said that existing federal guidelines on campus sexual assault would be replaced with procedures that would respect the rights of both the accuser and the accused.

September 7, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Black Studies Faculty: Teaching Behind Enemy Lines

Being persecuted by the media and society is only one of the repercussions Black Studies faculty experience when they speak out on issues. Others include being terrorized by our own university administration, being sold out by other faculty, and being targeted by students who don’t agree with the material taught.

September 7, 2017

Sports

Colorado Coach Sued Over Handling of Abuse Allegations

DENVER — A woman who accused a former University of Colorado assistant football coach of domestic violence is suing the head coach and several university officials, claiming they knew of the abuse and tried to cover it up. The woman filed the lawsuit in federal court in Denver on Wednesday against head coach Mike MacIntyre […]

September 7, 2017

Students

Author Who Sees Race-intelligence Link Speaks at Harvard

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Students gathered at Harvard University on Wednesday to denounce a speech by an author who co-wrote a book discussing racial differences in intelligence and touched off a boisterous protest earlier this year in Vermont. Chanting “black, brown, Asian, white, Harvard united for human rights” and “you can’t turn us around,” dozens of […]

September 7, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Former ED Secretary John King Teaching at University of Maryland

Dr. John B. King, Jr. —former U.S. Secretary of Education and President and CEO of The Education Trust — is slated to teach an undergraduate course on education policy this fall as a visiting professor at the University of Maryland College of Education. “I’m excited to be a part of the University of Maryland community, […]

September 7, 2017

Leadership & Policy

White House Says HBCU Summit Still On Despite Reports

WASHINGTON — A mid-September conference on historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) remains on track, the White House said Wednesday, despite reports that it has been postponed. Omarosa Manigault Newman, an assistant to President Donald Trump and communications director for the White House Office of Public Liaison, said the summit has been moved to the […]

September 7, 2017

Students

New Report Brings Facts to Light on Minority Serving Institutions

The Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions report, backed by a campaign that utilized 52 data points for 52 weeks, highlights the contributions that MSIs make to higher education.

September 6, 2017