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Leadership & Policy

Drexel University Rescinds Honorary Degree for Bill Cosby

PHILADELPHIA ― Drexel University has joined a number of other schools in rescinding an honorary degree awarded to Bill Cosby amid accusations of sexual assault. Drexel President John A. Fry says the misconduct that came to light in a deposition given by Cosby “stands in clear opposition” to the Philadelphia school’s values. He says in […]

November 12, 2015

Students

Regents Approve Albany State, Darton State Merger

The University System of Georgia Board of Regents voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the merger of Albany State University and Darton State College, a move pushed forward by system Chancellor Henry “Hank” M. Huckaby. Huckaby, who presides over 30 public colleges and universities across the state and oversees an $8.1 billion annual budget, says that […]

November 11, 2015

Students

Yale Students March Over Concerns About Racial Sensitivity

Hundreds of Yale students and supporters marched across campus Monday to protest what they see as racial insensitivity at the elite Ivy League school

November 9, 2015

Sports

Yale University Officials Respond to Discrimination Concerns

Yale University officials have responded to complaints regarding a perceived antagonistic atmosphere toward minority students at the prestigious Ivy League institution.

November 8, 2015

Sports

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Williams Ensuring Cal Accountable to Athletes ‘The Pipeline Project’ Aims to Save Kids Who Don’t Make it to Higher Ed ‘Institution Builder’ Professor Terry Kershaw Dies   Are Smart Drugs Good for College Students?

November 6, 2015

Students

Colorado County Bullish on Pot Starts New Weed Scholarship

A Colorado county that boasts the world’s largest outdoor marijuana farm and has been actively courting the new pot industry has approved the world’s first marijuana-funded college scholarship.

November 4, 2015

Faculty & Staff

South Carolina State Responds to Segregation Lawsuit

South Carolina’s only historically Black public university says that it has immunity and that current and former students who brought a federal court lawsuit alleging that the state operates a segregated system of higher education have no standing to sue.

November 2, 2015

Leadership & Policy

After Narrow Vote, FAMU Board Chairman Resigns

Saying that his current relationship with Florida A&M University President Elmira Mangum is “broken and irreparable,” the chairman of the university board stepped down from his post on Friday.

October 25, 2015

African-American

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What Donald Trump Sees When He Sees an Asian College Kid’s Face When Free Speech Becomes Unfree Speech UDC President: America Needs to Address Relationship With Black Men Duncan’s Tenure Marked by Mixed Reviews

October 23, 2015

African-American

South African President to Meet Students Protesting Tuition Hikes

Thousands of South African university students demonstrated outside the headquarters of the country’s ruling African National Congress party and a courthouse on Thursday, pressing a nationwide campaign against tuition hikes that they say should be scrapped.

October 22, 2015

Faculty & Staff

PSYCHE WILLIAMS-FORSON

PSYCHE WILLIAMS-FORSON has been appointed an additional post of chair of the Department of American Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park. She is an associate professor at the University of Maryland, College Park. Williams-Forson earned a bachelor’s from the University of Virginia, and a master’s and a doctorate from the University of Maryland, College Park.

October 20, 2015

African-American

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STEM Initiative to Focus on Minority Women, Girls Race a Factor in Access to Education in Latin American Diaspora Colleges, Corporations Work Together on Inclusion History Leads to Diversity When it Comes to Asian Americans

October 9, 2015