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Latinx

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Orange Bowl Rivals Join Forces on Native American Education Texas Campus Carry Law Gets Green Light Title IX Waivers Used to Discriminate Against LGBT Students A Closer Look at Race and Education in the Classroom

December 31, 2015

African-American

A Closer Look at Race and Education in the Classroom

Christopher Edmin’s For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood … and the Rest of Y’all Too: Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education explores solutions to bridging the gap between White educators and their minority scholars.

December 29, 2015

Sports

Campus Activists Unite in Call for Divestments at Colleges

BOSTON ― Campus activists who often fight in parallel with one another for their respective causes are now starting to form alliances as they turn up the pressure on some U.S. colleges to financially divest from industries that run counter to their beliefs. Student groups that have long called on colleges to stop investing in […]

December 29, 2015

Sports

Title IX Waivers Used to Discriminate Against LGBT Students

Fifty-six institutions of higher education—mostly religion-affiliated institutions—have sought TItle IX waivers that have allowed institutions to discriminate against LGBT students on campus, according to a recent report by the Human Rights Campaign.

December 27, 2015

LGBTQ+

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Omnibus Bill a Win for HBCUs, Minority Institutions Why Must International Students Pick Up the Tab for U.S. Higher Education? Diverse Conversations: 3 Reasons You Should Care About Hispanic-Serving Institutions Dishonor Roll ― The Schools that Sought Exemptions To Legally Discriminate Against LGBT Students

December 24, 2015

Students

U.S. Higher Ed Leaders See Endless Opportunities in Cuba

American and Cuban higher education leaders are exploring the possibilities of establishing ongoing relationships of all kinds to help teachers and students in both countries.

December 20, 2015

African-American

5 Suggestions for Faculty of Color Teaching Online

There has been a surge in the research literature in the last decade regarding faculty of color and college teaching.

December 16, 2015

Students

IVAN L. HARRELL II

IVAN L. HARRELL II has been appointed executive vice president for academic and student affairs at Georgia Piedmont Technical College. He was vice president of student success at Lone Star College. Harrell earned a bachelor’s from Wittenberg University, a master’s from Vanderbilt University and a doctorate from Florida State University.

December 16, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Glasper Moves Forward with League of Innovations

Rufus Glasper will become the CEO and president of the Arizona-based League for Innovations next year.

December 15, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Defending the Relevance, Importance of HBCUs in a White Privileged Society

There are some HBCUs that are struggling to survive and there are some thriving as well. The same applies to PWIs. However, unlike HBCUs, these institutions are not lumped into one category and treated as monolithic.

December 2, 2015

Students

LIZETTE V. RIVERA

LIZETTE V. RIVERA has been appointed director of diversity, inclusion and student activities at Westfield State University. She was director of Upward Bound Pre-Collegiate and Educational Support Programs at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Rivera earned a bachelor’s from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a master’s from Roosevelt University in Illinois.

December 2, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Brown University Announces $100M Plan on Racism, Diversity

PROVIDENCE, R.I. ― Brown University says it plans to spend $100 million over the next decade to address diversity and racism on the campus. Brown President Christina Paxson unveiled the 19-page draft action plan and thanked students who have called attention in recent months to issues of injustice at the Ivy League school. The Providence […]

November 22, 2015