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Students

Syracuse’s Boeheim Against Paying Student Athletes

Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim isn’t on board with paying college athletes.

October 2, 2013

Students

Dr. Maya Angelou Wins High Honor

The National Book Foundation, presenter of the National Book Awards, announced that it would award its 2013 Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community to Dr. Maya Angelou at the 64th National Book Awards Ceremony in New York on November 20 in New York.

September 30, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Diverse Conversations: The Spirit of a Trailblazer

Dr. Pamela Gunter-Smith recently broke the glass ceiling to become the first female and first African-American president of York College of Pennsylvania.

September 23, 2013

Sports

Give Them the Chance to be Young, Gifted and Black

I have often said that if you are Black and male, when you leave the house, you may never see it again. Why? The chances of us being shot or killed are pretty high.

September 19, 2013

Students

Millennials the Victims of Circumstances

I would argue that circumstances have treated Millennials poorly as they have reached young adulthood and their post college years.

September 18, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Diverse Docket: TSU Wins Race, Gender Bias Suit; Will Head to Court for Retaliation Claim

Tennessee State University will face a jury trial in November for a retaliation claim made by a financial aid counselor who was demoted after being passed over for a promotion.

September 15, 2013

Students

September 12 Issue

The Doctor Is In: Dr. Wayne Howard is tackling a host of new challenges as provost of Howard University; Untenured female scholars pressured to delay motherhood; SARA aims to standardize distance learning credentialing.

September 11, 2013

LGBTQ+

Lavender Law Conference to Address Landmark SCOTUS Decisions

The upcoming conference of the National LGBT Bar Association will give academics a chance to discuss how the Supreme Court’s repeal of Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act will impact what’s taught in the classroom.

August 8, 2013

African-American

In Architecture, African-Americans Stuck on Ground Floor in Terms of Numbers

Fewer than 2 percent of the 105,000 licensed architects in the USA are African-American, according to the National Association of Minority Architects.

August 5, 2013

African-American

What if the ‘Perpetually Horny Middle-Aged Man’ in the News Was a Person of Color?

We live in a sex-crazed culture.

July 29, 2013

Home

Diverse Docket: New Jersey University Lawful in Terminating Former Black General Counsel

A state appeals court says The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey was legitimate for firing former Black general counsel during a Medicaid fraud investigation.

July 28, 2013

LGBTQ+

Students Ask Feds to Investigate USC Rape Cases

University of Southern California students have filed a federal complaint alleging the school ignored or mishandled sexual assault and rape cases.

July 23, 2013