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Mid-Continent University Settles Case Over Student Loans

The state attorney general’s office says it’s reached a settlement with Mid-Continent University that requires the now-closed school to offer loans matching terms of federal student loans for remaining balances from 2011 to 2014.

July 13, 2015

Faculty & Staff

JOWEL LAGUERRE

JOWEL LAGUERRE has been appointed chancellor of Peralta Community College District in California. He was superintendent and president of Solano Community College District. Laguerre earned a bachelor’s from L’Université d’Etat d’Haiti: Ecole Normale Supérieure in Haiti, and master’s degrees and a doctorate from the University of Kansas.

July 13, 2015

Faculty & Staff

NAACP Growing Youth Numbers

Despite criticism that the NAACP has not done enough to bring more youth into the organization, the NAACP has seen its youth numbers increase in the wake of the recent deaths of unarmed Black men.

July 12, 2015

Students

South Carolina’s Action on Flag Leads NCAA to Lift Ban

As a result of the South Carolina’s decision to remove the Confederate battle flag from its capitol grounds, the NCAA is ending a nearly 15-year ban on the state playing host to sanctioned championship events.

July 9, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Student Activists in Thailand Seen Before Military Court

BANGKOK ― A military court in Thailand freed 14 student activists from detention Tuesday ahead of their trial but said they still face sedition charges ― and up to seven years in prison ― for defying the junta’s ban on political gatherings.

July 7, 2015

African-American

Symbolic Gestures Distracting from Black Community’s Key Issues

Many times such nominal gestures wind up having insufficient funds when it’s time to cash them in. We cannot lose sight of the importance of substance.

July 6, 2015

Faculty & Staff

LSU Professor Fired for Profanity, Plans Court Fight

An LSU associate professor has been fired for using curse words and telling sexually-themed jokes to undergraduate students.

June 29, 2015

African-American

Same-Sex Fight Not Over

Obama’s polarizing Friday shows the fight for same-sex equality still isn’t over.

June 29, 2015

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Supreme Court to Rehear Affirmative Action Case

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday decided to rehear a landmark case that could mean the end of affirmative action in college admissions decisions.

June 29, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Ohio State Denies Ex-band Director’s Defamation Claims

The reputation of Ohio State University’s fired band director was not harmed by the university or anyone acting on its behalf, the school said in a court filing asking a judge to dismiss the director’s $1 million defamation lawsuit.

June 25, 2015

Faculty & Staff

2nd Trial Begins in Conservative’s Bias Claim Against University of Iowa

After years of arguing that liberal Iowa law professors illegally derailed her career, a conservative lawyer will get a second chance to prove her claim to a jury.

June 22, 2015

Sports

When Asian Americans Hear Hate Crime, We Think of Vincent Chin

The anniversary of his beating death in 1982 coincides with the mourning in Charleston.

June 21, 2015