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LGBTQ+

New Kansas Law Lets Campus Religious Groups Restrict Members

By Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas’ conservative Republican governor signed legislation Tuesday allowing faith-based groups at college campuses to restrict membership to like-minded people, likely putting the state on a collision course with civil liberties groups. The GOP-dominated Legislature approved the legislation earlier this month, even though the U.S. Supreme Court ruled nearly six […]

March 22, 2016

Students

The Benefits of Campus Activism

Student unrest and campus activism historically has been responsible in many ways for bringing about justifiable and positive changes in academe.

March 21, 2016

Students

Diverse Docket: Nigerian-born Student Loses Bias Suit

A Nigerian-born graduate student who failed his doctoral qualifying exam three times has lost a lawsuit accusing Golden Gate University of discrimination and other claims.

March 18, 2016

African-American

Professor Says Only Law Can Cure Bias, Racism in Health Care

Dayna Matthew says that, when it comes to eliminating the racial disparities that plague America’s health care system, the cure is to be found in the law.

March 18, 2016

Students

Free Speech Bill Withdrawn After Islamic State Comments

NASHVILLE, Tenn. ― A Republican lawmaker on Thursday defended his comments that free speech rights on Tennessee college campuses should apply to everyone ― even recruiters for the Islamic State group. State Rep. Martin Daniel of Knoxville said on the floor of the state House that he supports First Amendment rights for people and groups […]

March 17, 2016

Community Colleges

Kansas House OKs Campus Faith Groups Restricting Membership

TOPEKA, Kan. ― Kansas lawmakers on Wednesday approved a long-delayed proposal allowing faith-based groups on college campuses to restrict their membership to like-minded people. Nearly a year after the Senate approved the bill, the Republican-controlled House voted 81-41 to send the bill to Gov. Sam Brownback, a strong supporter of religious rights. Supporters have said […]

March 16, 2016

Students

Missouri Interim President: Faculty on Frontline of Quest for Diversity

The National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education and the American Council on Education held joint sessions at their co-located annual meetings on Tuesday with a heavy diversity emphasis.

March 16, 2016

Students

50 Years of Access in Jeopardy

Voting rights, money to attend college and diversity are so common today that many of us forget they were not always hallmarks of American identity.

March 15, 2016

Students

Kansas May Allow Campus Religious Groups to Restrict Members

TOPEKA, Kan. ― Kansas is close to enacting a measure that would allow university religious groups to restrict membership based on beliefs and retain public funding. The bill got first-round approval in the Kansas House 80-39 Tuesday after it was passed by the Senate last year. If the bill wins final approval in the House […]

March 15, 2016

Students

Harvard Agrees to Retire Law School Shield Tied to Slavery

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. ― Harvard University is retiring the official shield of its law school following complaints over its ties to an 18th-century slaveholder. The university’s governing body announced the decision Monday, supporting a campus committee’s previous recommendation to remove the shield. The shield was approved in 1937 and depicts three bundles of wheat. It’s modeled […]

March 14, 2016

Sports

Advocacy Groups Demand NCAA Part Ways with Title IX Exempt Schools

A coalition of more than 80 advocacy groups are demanding that the NCAA divest from all religious institutions who have requested a Title IX exemption pertaining to religious rights.

March 13, 2016

African-American

Man Gets 2nd Plea Hearing Over Noose on Ole Miss Statue

JACKSON, Miss. ― A judge has set a second guilty plea hearing for a man federal prosecutors say placed a noose on the University of Mississippi’s statue of its first Black student. A federal court filing shows that Austin Reed Edenfield is scheduled to waive indictment and plead guilty March 24 to a criminal charge […]

March 10, 2016