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Professor: Implementation of Leaked Immigration Proposal Would be ‘Cataclysmic’

A leaked memo that included plans to use the National Guard to round up unauthorized immigrants, some scholars say, harks back to — and portends — one of the darkest chapters in American history.

February 19, 2017

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Alabama House Votes to Block Money to ‘Sanctuary Campuses’

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama House of Representatives voted Tuesday to block state funds to colleges and universities that declare themselves so-called sanctuary campuses for immigrants in the country illegally. House members voted 72-28 for the bill to authorize the attorney general to block state funds to colleges that do not follow state and federal […]

February 15, 2017

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Universities Tell Judge Travel Ban Hurts Schools, Students

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump’s travel ban already has harmed some of the nation’s top universities, stranding students, faculty and scholars abroad and making foreign schools more attractive to some of the world’s brightest students, lawyers for the learning institutions told a federal judge. The schools said in papers filed Monday in Brooklyn federal […]

February 14, 2017

African-American

Rodriguez: The Indigenous and Black Roots of Mexico

By knowing their intertwined histories, perhaps both peoples will come to struggle together, which in fact they are increasingly doing so already.

February 13, 2017

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We Have Your Back: How Educators Can Support Undocumented Students

We have found seven ways that educators can support undocumented college students.

February 13, 2017

Faculty & Staff

3 Clemson Professors not Eating to Protest Trump Travel Ban

CLEMSON, S.C. — Three Clemson University professors are refusing to eat for nearly a week to protest the university’s failure to demand that President Donald Trump rescind an executive order banning travel to the U.S. from seven majority Muslim countries. The professors started “The Fast Against Silence” Monday morning and plan to not eat again […]

February 8, 2017

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Rodriguez: Light Skin Preference and the Denial of Indigeneity

Part of what I choose to examine is the earliest memories when children become conscious of their color and that there is meaning attached to their color.

February 8, 2017

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ACLU: Time Not Right for National Student ID

The ACLU told the Education Writers Association that a national student ID that would help track outcomes would be subject to misuse as a result of the Trump administration’s “outward hostility” to immigrants and Muslims.

February 5, 2017

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Harvard Scholars: Travel Ban Deprives U.S. of Best, Brightest

BOSTON — Harvard Medical School professor Thomas Michel was so excited about recruiting Iranian researcher Soheil Saravi, he put Saravi’s name on the door of his Boston lab when his new hire got his visa. Then President Donald Trump’s travel ban took effect, blocking Saravi from entering the U.S. “It’s interesting. This is a door. […]

February 1, 2017

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Wheaton College Answers Immigration Ban with a Scholarship

Wheaton College, a small, private, liberal arts institution located in Norton, Massachusetts, announced Tuesday that it would institute a scholarship for a refugee from one of the seven countries listed under the travel ban in the executive order.

January 31, 2017

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Rodriguez: A Lesson the USA Could Learn from Mexico

Primary process and principio are complex issues, but it is the general idea of revolting and then returning to one’s original roots.

January 31, 2017

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Travel Ban Throws Research, Academic Exchange into Turmoil

BOSTON — Universities across the nation say President Donald Trump’s ban on travelers from seven Muslim countries is disrupting vital research projects and academic exchanges in such fields as medicine, public health and engineering, with untold numbers of scholars blocked from entering the U.S. For years, schools in the U.S. have worked to widen exchanges […]

January 31, 2017