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Students

HBCUs and the Nation’s Higher Ed Goals

HBCUs have played an indispensable role in the general development of our nation and the Black community.

April 19, 2017

Health

Experts: Cut to NIH Funding Would be ‘Devastating’

Experts say the White House’s proposed $5.8 billion cut to the National Institutes of Health would be “devastating to the American people” and a “dramatic setback to medical progress.”

April 19, 2017

Women

UC Berkeley Settles Sexual Harassment Suit for $1.7M

SAN FRANCISCO — The University of California’s governing board has agreed to a $1.7 million settlement that will be paid out over the next decade to an employee who accused the former dean of UC Berkeley’s law school of sexual harassment. Under terms of the settlement, the UC regents will pay the employee, Tyann Sorrell, […]

April 19, 2017

Sports

ACC Extends Deals With North Carolina Sites after Law Revision

GREENSBORO, N.C. — The Atlantic Coast Conference has added a replacement year to contracts for North Carolina venues that lost championships when the league relocated events due to a law limiting protections against LGBT people. The ACC had pulled 10 neutral-site championships for the 2016-17 season. The state passed a compromise bill to roll back […]

April 19, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Vermont’s College of St. Joseph Names 6th President

RUTLAND, Vt. — The interim president of the College of St. Joseph in Vermont now has the job full-time. The Rutland Herald reports Lawrence Jensen is the college’s sixth president. The chairman of the college’s board of trustees says Jensen is the “right choice” and praised his business experience. Over the past year under Jensen, […]

April 19, 2017

Students

Kansas State University Gets 5th Sex Assault Investigation

MANHATTAN, Kan. — The federal government is opening another investigation on how Kansas State University handles reports of off-campus sexual assaults. The Manhattan Mercury reports the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights opened the recent investigation in late March. The office hasn’t released any information pertaining to the new investigation. The university’s policy […]

April 19, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Fresno State Professor on Paid Leave for Anti-Trump Tweet

SAN FRANCISCO — Fresno State University in California says an American history professor who tweeted that President Donald Trump “must hang” will be on paid leave for the rest of the semester. The university says in a statement Tuesday that professor Lars Maischak has taken a voluntary leave of absence for the remainder of the […]

April 19, 2017

Students

Report: Community College Full-time Students More Likely to Graduate

Attending even just one semester of community college full-time, however, gives students a better chance of completing college, according to a report out on Wednesday.

April 19, 2017

Faculty & Staff

For USF Professor, Diversity Key for Best Public Policy

Dr. Richard Greggory Johnson III brings to the classroom an exemplary academic, professional and personal history that has shaped his passion for public policy, social equity and human rights.

April 18, 2017

African-American

Rights Advocates: Jackson a Troubling Choice for Acting Head of Office of Civil Rights

The person that U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos recently put in charge of her agency’s Office of Civil Rights is drawing a chorus of criticism from civil rights advocates and scholars over her historical hostility to racial preferences and other ideological stances.

April 18, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Pakistan Professor from Minority Ahmadi Sect Fatally Stabbed

LAHORE, Pakistan — Pakistani police say a university professor from the Ahmadi sect was found stabbed to death in what may be the latest in Islamic militant attack on members of the minority group. Officer Mohammad Ali says the 61-year-old microbiology professor Tahira Malik was found slain in the eastern city of Lahore, with several […]

April 18, 2017

Health

Penn State Launches New Research Effort to Help Abused Kids

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A new research program at Penn State is aiming to improve the health of neglected and abused kids and to test a new way to screen children for head injuries. The university said Tuesday it will be establishing the Center for Healthy Children at its main campus. The initiative is supported by […]

April 18, 2017