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African-American

Court: Slaughter Won’t Return as Southern System President

A federal appeals court has affirmed a judge’s decision not to return Ralph Slaughter to the presidency of the Southern University System before a trial is held on his lawsuit against the system.

October 10, 2010

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Georgia Tech professor faces 15 counts of sexual exploitation

Faiz Al-Khayyal , a Georgia Tech associate professor, was arrested and booked into the Fulton County jail Wednesday night after being charged with 15 counts of sexual exploitation of children, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported.  The university previously suspended without pay for violating the computer-use policy. A university official said that illicit computer activity prompted […]

August 12, 2009

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Lawsuit Alleges Discrimination at Jackson State

Jackson State University has seen the unlikely confluence of a popular Ph.D., who is married to a famous civil rights activist, waging a legal battle against the historically Black institution for alleged age and sex discrimination.

June 22, 2009

Tenure

Two UMKC Professors Speak Out About Resignations

Two tenured professors accused of sexual harassment at the University of Missouri-Kansas City said they resigned to protect their families and because they couldn’t afford to continue defending themselves against the university.

August 18, 2008

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Congress Cuts Off College Aid for Sex Offenders

Some of the nation’s worst sex offenders will no longer be eligible to receive generous educational financial aid packages while they are confined in treatment centers under a bill approved by Congress.

August 6, 2008

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Congress Cuts Off College Aid for Sex Offenders

Some of the nation’s worst sex offenders will no longer be eligible to receive generous educational financial aid packages while they are confined in treatment centers under a bill approved by Congress.

August 5, 2008

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Congress Cuts Off College Aid for Sex Offenders

Some of the nation’s worst sex offenders will no longer be eligible to receive generous educational financial aid packages while they are confined in treatment centers under a bill approved by Congress.

August 4, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Racism Alleged in NMSU Decision not to Renew Contracts

A New Mexico State University faculty member whose contract was not renewed says she was told she was “too educated to be considered Black.”

March 12, 2008

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Duke Lacrosse Players Sue Over Distress From Discredited Rape Case

Thirty-eight members of the 2006 Duke University lacrosse team filed a lawsuit Thursday against the university, President Richard Brodhead, the city of Durham, N.C., and a nurse at Duke University Hospital for emotional distress and other damages resulting from a now-discredited rape case.

February 21, 2008

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A Painful Remembrance

Many in Indian country have expressed that the trauma from the boarding school experience continues to terrorize the hearts of American Indians.

November 28, 2007

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A Painful Remembrance

Dr. Eulynda J. Toledo is working to bring attention to the “intergenerational trauma” of the Native American boarding school era.

November 27, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Southern University Board Picks New Chairman

NEW ORLEANS Myron Lawson was chosen Friday as the chairman of the Southern University System board of supervisors, replacing the former chairman who has been embroiled in sexual harassment allegations.

November 24, 2007