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Students

Conservative Professors: Where’s Our Inclusion on Campus?

In the academy, liberal or far-left professors outnumber their ideologically opposite colleagues nearly 5 to 1, based on a UCLA survey. If we promote diversity in race, gender and religion within the student body, shouldn’t diversity of thought be just as important?

September 14, 2017

Students

Professor Aims to Honor St. Cloud State’s First African-American Alumna

Earlier this summer, Dr. Christopher Lehman, a professor and chair of the Ethnic Studies Department, had the idea to rename the 51 Building after Ruby Cora Webster, the first African-American student to have graduated from St. Cloud State University.

September 12, 2017

Students

Howard University Moves Up in 2018 Best College Rankings

US News & World Report’s annual rankings of the nation’s colleges and universities shows that Howard University, a historically Black college in Washington, D.C., has risen 14 slots since last year to 110th in the National Universities category. “The things that we’ve been doing at the university are really aimed at academic excellence and ensuring […]

September 12, 2017

Students

Activist Angela Davis to speak at Ball State

MUNCIE, Ind. — Social activist Angela Davis is coming to Ball State University to discuss institutional racism in the nation’s prisons. The 73-year-old academic who’s known for her work on economic, racial and gender justice will speak Sept. 22 at Emens Auditorium in a free event open the public. Davis was a University of California, […]

September 12, 2017

Students

Indiana University Police Hires Chief Diversity Officer

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — The Indiana University Police Department has appointed its first chief diversity officer. Wayne James became chief diversity officer Sept. 4, The Herald Times reported. University Superintendent of Public Safety Benjamin Hunter said he picked James because of his work as chief of police for the northwest campus. James will continue to serve […]

September 12, 2017

Students

20 Years Later, Scholar Says Racism Remains Relevant Discussion in Classroom

Two decades after the release of Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria by Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum, the text continues to be used in classrooms across the nation.

September 11, 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

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

African-American

DeVos Met With Experts Before Postponing HBCU Week Conference

Prior to last Friday’s announcement of the postponement of the annual White House Initiative on HBCUs conference, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos discussed the conference at a private meeting in Florida with education leaders of that state.

September 5, 2017

Sports

Craig Littlepage Retiring as University of Virginia’s Athletic Director

Craig Littlepage is retiring after 16 years as Virginia’s athletic director. Littlepage made the announcement Tuesday and added that he will remain in the job until a replacement is hired, then transition into a role in the university president’s office. He became the first Black athletic director in Atlantic Coast Conference history when he was […]

September 5, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Ohio State Ex-director Strayhorn Resigns Over Speaking Fees Questions

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A tenured Ohio State professor has resigned after a review alleged he improperly accepted up to $200,000 for speaking engagements across the country. The Columbus Dispatch reports Dr. Terrell Strayhorn left the College of Education and Human Ecology in May after being fired two months earlier as director of the university’s Center […]

September 4, 2017