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Students

Georgetown University Professor’s Ferguson Syllabus Growing Nationwide

Dr. Marcia Chatelain’s no-cost, crowdsourced catalog focuses on race, African-American history, civil rights and policing. It has been augmented by people across the spectrum of academia.

October 6, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Georgetown, Harvard Embrace Role in Slavery Atonement

Colleges and universities have a significant role to play in investigating and reconciling the nation’s legacy of slavery, the presidents of Georgetown University and Harvard University said Thursday.

September 29, 2016

Students

Proposed Legislation Seeks to Improve Access, Completion

Colleges and universities that enroll too few low-income students and those that have the worst graduation rates could suffer financial penalties under a bipartisan bill introduced Thursday.

September 21, 2016

Students

University of Oregon Removing Klan-affiliated Name from Building

The University of Oregon’s board of trustees has voted to remove the name of a classics professor from a student dormitory on campus because of his affiliation with the Ku Klux Klan.

September 11, 2016

Students

Report: Free College Proposal a Threat to Private Colleges, Diversity

Hillary Clinton’s free college proposal could ultimately cause enrollment at private colleges to drop and diversity at public schools to suffer, according to a new study.

September 6, 2016

Students

Brown University Making Headway on Diversity and Inclusion Plan

Several months after Brown University announced its ambitious plan to improve climate issues at the school, Brown has made significant strides toward its goals.

September 5, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Georgetown University to Atone for Slavery Ties

Georgetown derived operational funds from the profits of Maryland plantations and benefited from the sale of 272 enslaved persons in 1838.

September 1, 2016

Students

Dibinga Uses Spoken Word to Advocate for Social Justice

Dr. Omékongo Dibinga, a Congolese American and a professor of cross cultural communication at American University, teaches students the hard truths about power, race and culture.

August 10, 2016

Students

Georgetown University Revamps Diversity Initiatives

The nation’s oldest Catholic university has initiated a wide range of sweeping reforms in an effort to address racial inequities both on and off campus.

February 7, 2016

African-American

Dr. Edith P. Mitchell Trying to Close Health Gaps Between Racial Groups

As a medical oncologist, focused on helping cancer patients, she is spreading the health care message on the national stage and working at efforts to increase the ranks of medical scientists and practitioners.

December 2, 2015

LGBTQ+

Professor Uses Workshop to Promote LGBT, Minority Awareness

Annual LGBTQ conference encourages educators from around the country to share best practices and initiatives across academic and student affairs and across various diversities and disciplines.

June 15, 2015

Sports

Black College Coaches Unite to Boost Diversity in Hiring

Dismayed by the dismal number of minority coaches at the collegiate level, a group of prominent minority college coaches gathered to press for change.

May 25, 2015