Tag: Politics: Page 13

LGBTQ+

Longtime Tennessee Civil Rights Lawyer Dies at 86

George Barrett, a longtime Tennessee civil rights lawyer known for handling a case that ultimately desegregated the state’s public colleges and universities, has died.

August 27, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Navy Admiral McRaven Confirmed as University of Texas Chancellor

The head of U.S. Special Operations Command will make $1.2 million annually.

August 21, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Southern University’s Mason Outlines His Contract Extension Requirements

Southern University System President Ronald Mason Jr. won’t seek or accept an extension of his contract when it expires next year, unless certain terms he has outlined are met.

August 21, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Colorado University Moves to Fire Professor Over Sex Assault Probe

The University of Colorado is moving to fire a tenured philosophy professor who launched his own investigation into an alleged sexual assault involving two graduate students.

August 10, 2014

Disabilties

Going Forward, New Federal Loan Guidelines for College Seen as Helpful

However, critics say it does nothing to repair catastrophic damage caused as a result of 2011 changes to Parent PLUS loan.

August 10, 2014

Faculty & Staff

‘Authentic’ Blackness Debate Continues

The fact is that most of us who are Black, regardless of socioeconomic status or educational level, will be confronted with the reality that our skin color will render us vulnerable to the fact that we are the “other” in the eyes of some Whites and some other non-Blacks.

August 7, 2014

MSIs

Department of Defense to Oversee Plagiarism Probe

The Department of Defense has taken the unusual step of overseeing a plagiarism investigation being conducted by the U.S. Army War College against Sen. John Walsh of Montana, the college’s provost said Tuesday.

July 29, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Chairman of Alabama State University Board Resigning

The chairman of the board of trustees at Alabama State University, Elton Dean, says he’s resigning.

July 24, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Judge: Students, Staff Can Oppose Corcoran Merger

The Corcoran’s board is seeking to merge the museum founded in 1869 and its college with George Washington University and the National Gallery of Art after years of financial shortfalls and daunting renovation needs.

July 21, 2014

African-American

HistoryMakers Collection Finds Home at Library of Congress

Kenneth E. Reeves, facing front, discusses his trailblazing role as a student at Harvard College and later as the first African-American mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Photo Courtesy of The HistoryMakers Collection at the Library of Congress)

July 8, 2014

Students

Free Speech Suit Targets Student Code at Ohio University

A lawsuit challenging Ohio University’s student conduct code alleges administrators violated constitutional free speech rights by telling students not to wear T-shirts bearing a sexually suggestive double entendre, though the school denies that officials made such comments.

July 2, 2014

African-American

Winthrop University President Won’t Contest Dismissal

The president of Winthrop University won’t challenge a recent vote by trustees to fire her.

June 22, 2014