Tag: Education: Page 71

Students

Two HBCU Presidents, Two Different Decisions

The leadership of two historically Black colleges and universities in Florida was on full display this past week, providing us with a glimpse of how important it is that college leaders listen carefully to their primary stakeholders: the students.

May 14, 2017

Students

Guillermo: Trump Uses Liberty Commencement to Justify Trump

After one of the worst weeks of his truth-challenged presidency, Donald Trump was fortunate to have a “just what the doctor ordered” platform: a commencement speech, and at Liberty University, at that.

May 14, 2017

Students

Diverse Docket: Path Cleared for Bias Suit

A federal judge ruled that an alum who earned a master’s degree at the Tampa campus of a Puerto Rico-based university can pursue her discrimination suit accusing the school of targeting low-income Latinos for its “sham” programs.

May 14, 2017

African-American

NAFEO Pushed for White House Initiative Move

Lezli Baskerville said NAFEO had recommended that the initiative be placed in The White House, “reporting to a senior executive to the President.”

May 14, 2017

African-American

4 Among List of White House Initiative Executive Director Candidates

Diverse has obtained the names of four individuals whose names have been floated for the post, including two who held it under previous administrations.

May 14, 2017

Students

Rodriguez: Diaz Epitomizes Education and Responsibility

How time flies. Watching Cynthia Diaz at this year’s Centro Guerrero convocation at the University of Arizona brought back memories of when I first saw her.

May 12, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Hine Retiring from Northwestern U. Endowed Professorship

Dr. Darlene Clark Hine — known in the academy as the dean of African-American women’s history — is retiring from her endowed professorship at Northwestern University.

May 12, 2017

Students

The African-American College Experience and Student Loan Debt

The cost of college has spiraled beyond the reach of many families and is leaving millions of students and graduates with debts that are keeping them from realizing their financial goals.

May 12, 2017

Students

Texas Senate Votes to Bar College ‘Free Speech Zones’

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Senate has given preliminary approval to barring universities from establishing so-called “free speech zones” which are sometimes used to confine demonstrations to certain areas of campus. Supporters of the ban say using the free speech zones actually prohibits speech by implying free expression is not allowed across the rest of […]

May 11, 2017

Students

Report: Minnesota Athletics Official Broke Harassment Policy

MINNEAPOLIS — The University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents has launched an investigation into a leak of confidential information regarding the latest in a long line of sexual harassment allegations to be leveled against the school’s athletic department. Regent Chairman Dean Johnson said a closed-door meeting was held on Thursday, one day after a television […]

May 11, 2017

Students

Civil Rights Should be Part of UNC’s Mission, Speakers Say

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — A campus that protects a statue honoring White supremacy in the Civil War should balance that support by continuing to train law students who will fight social injustice, the head of the school’s Center for Civil Rights told a panel Thursday. Ted Shaw, director of the UNC Center for Civil Rights, […]

May 11, 2017

News Roundup

Groups, Students at Odds Over University Free Speech Bill

MADISON, Wis. — A Republican plan to punish students who disrupt free speech on college campuses ran into opposition Thursday at its first public airing in the Legislature, with critics saying it impedes the very thing it seeks to protect. The Assembly’s higher education committee held a hearing on the proposal backed by Rep. Jesse […]

May 11, 2017