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Georgia Debates Bill at Odds with U.S. Rules on Campus Assault

ATLANTA — A panel of Georgia lawmakers has approved a bill requiring college officials and employees to report sexual violence and other crimes to law enforcement, clashing with existing federal guidance laying out specific requirements under civil rights law. The bill also would bar schools from taking any disciplinary steps such as suspending a student […]

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Immaculata University Names First Layperson as President

MALVERN, Pa. — A Catholic university near Philadelphia has chosen its first lay president in its 97-year-history. Barbara Lettiere, a 1972 graduate, is the new president of Immaculata University. The school was founded in 1920 in Malvern by the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in 1920. It was the first Catholic women’s […]

President Gates Black: Labor Market Sets Course for Community College

As she prepares to transition from Tarrant County College District in Texas to assume the leadership of Delaware County Community College, Dr. L. Joy Gates Black reflects on changes in the community college sector.

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Leadership & Policy

Sylvia Burwell named next president of American University

WASHINGTON — Former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services President Sylvia Matthews Burwell has been named next president of American University in Washington. The school announced this week that the former President Barack Obama administration official will become the first woman to lead the school when she takes over on June 1. The Hinton, […]

New Lawsuit Against Baylor Alleges 52 Rapes in 4 Years

WACO, Texas — A former Baylor University student who says she was raped by two football players filed a federal lawsuit Friday against the school that alleges there were dozens more assaults of women involving other players. The lawsuit by the student, who is listed in the documents only as “Elizabeth Doe,” alleges at least […]

Nebraska Frat Denies Making Vulgar Remarks at Women’s March

LINCOLN, Neb. — The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is investigating allegations that members of a fraternity made vulgar comments during the Women’s March on Lincoln. An internal investigation by the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity chapter at the university turned up no wrongdoing, adviser Joe Skradski said. He said the allegations are false and have created an […]

This Former Judge Just Became Alabama’s First Black Female District Attorney

Lynneice Washington made history last Tuesday when she became Alabama’s first black female District Attorney. Washington, who is from Birmingham, will now be the DA for the Jefferson County Bessemer Division of Alabama. The 49-year-old democrat formerly served as a presiding judge in an Alabama municipal court and earned her seat by less than 300 […]

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Diverse Docket: Court Upholds North Carolina A&T Firing

The North Carolina Court of Appeals has rejected a wrongful termination suit by the former executive assistant to the dean of the School of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at North Carolina A&T University.

Ex-Baylor Officer Sues School Claiming Retaliatory Firing

WACO, Texas — A former financial aid officer at Baylor is suing the university claiming it fired her in retaliation after she sought to reinstate a football player’s scholarship. Lyn Kinyon filed the federal lawsuit Wednesday in Waco, arguing Baylor violated federal Title IX protections when she was fired last year. The lawsuit says the […]

Ala Qattawi Constantly Fine-tuning Approach to Teaching

Dr. Ala Qattawi, selected by Diverse as a member of the 2017 Class of Emerging Scholars, is a University of California, Merced assistant professor and the United States’ first female doctoral grad in automotive engineering.

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School of Mines’ Wilson Nominated as Air Force Secretary

RAPID CITY, S.D. — President Donald Trump is planning to nominate Heather Wilson as secretary of the Air Force. A White House statement said Monday that Wilson, a former New Mexico congresswoman and president of the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, would be the first Air Force Academy graduate to hold the position, […]

Rights Activists: Fight Just Getting Started

Speakers said that mobilizing for protests and marches is critical, but sustained activism would be necessary for effecting actual change.

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