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Dr. Autherine Lucy Foster, first Black student at the University of Alabama, Dead at 92

Dr. Autherine Lucy Foster, the first Black student to attend the University of Alabama, namesake of the Autherine Lucy Hall on campus, has died. She was 92 years old.

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Wyoming Senate Votes To Stop Funding University of Wyoming's Gender Studies Program

On Friday, senators in Wyoming passed a budget amendment to end funding the University of Wyoming's gender and women's studies program. The amendment will now move to the House for consideration.

Wyoming Republican state senator Cheri Steinmetz

Celebrating Leading Women in Higher Education

Diverse presents 25 innovative and dynamic women leaders who are paving the way for others in higher ed.

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Transgender Athletes Face Greater Scrutiny in Gender Divided Sports

Renewed attention on trans athlete Lia Thomas comes as part of a bigger wave of transphobic laws and policies being enacted across the U.S.

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Introduce A Girl to Engineering Day - A Call to Diversify

Thursday, Feb. 24 is Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day, a call for institutions to bring more women, and more diversity, into the field of sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

Kayla Dio Robinson, at NASA.

Leadership & Policy

The Broken Ladder - Where Are the Women Presidents at R1 Institutions?

Despite earning the majority of terminal degrees, women lead only 22 percent of the nation’s elite institutions.

Andrea Silbert, one of the lead authors of the study and president of the Eos Foundation.

Massachusetts' Curry College Moves Online Following String of Hate Incidents

A string of hate incidents on campus has prompted Curry College — a private college in Milton, Massachusetts — to move its classes online, reports the Boston Globe.

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Meeting the Need: How Nursing Schools Are Addressing the RN Shortage Exacerbated by COVID-19

The American Nurses Association, a national organization dedicated to the profession of nursing, predicted that the U.S. will need 1.2 million more nurses in the next year to not only meet demand but replenish the nursing workforce.

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Valerie Boyd, Biographer of Zora Neale Hurston, Dead at 58

Valerie Boyd—a well-known journalist, biographer and professor at the University of Georgia—died over the weekend. She was 58 years old.

Remembering a Pioneering ETS Leader: Lenora M. Green

Lenora Miller Green, a longtime leader at the Educational Testing Service (ETS) passed away last week. She was 65,

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Purdue University Police Officer On Leave After Arrest of Black Student

A Purdue University police officer has received death threats and was placed on leave after video surfaced of him pinning a Black student to the ground, pressing his elbow into the student’s neck. An inquiry has been launched to investigate what happened.

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Is ‘Race Fatigue’ Setting in? Senior Diversity Leaders Weigh in

While the country is still reeling from the dual pandemics of racism and COVID-19, many Black students and faculty members are asking: Where are we heading from here?

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