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Fed-up Faculty: Yale Ethnic Program a Hot Mess, We Quit

The chair of the Ethnic, Race, & Migration studies at Yale University affirmed Monday that she and 12 other senior faculty are withdrawing from the academic program because it isn’t getting the needed resources that students deserve and that university leaders have been promising for years.

April 1, 2019

Opinion

What Does Equal Educational Opportunity for All Students Really Mean?

Three of the top ranked universities in the country are (or were) all the subject of investigation by the Department of Education Office of Civil Rights. The complaints allege that the schools’ attempts to ensure racial and ethnic diversity among admitted students unfairly discriminate against White and Asian students. Are these schools’ diversity efforts violating the Office of Civil Rights’ mandate to ensure equal access to educational opportunities for all? It is an important question, with far-reaching consequences.

October 10, 2018

News Roundup

Agencies Launch Investigation into Yale University’s Admissions Practices

The U.S. Departments of Education and Justice have begun investigating whether Yale University Admissions racially discriminate against Asian American student applicants. The investigation was announced in a letter released on Wednesday from the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights to the Asian American Coalition for Education, according to the Washington Post. The letter also […]

September 27, 2018

African-American

Scholars Remember the “Queen of Soul” Aretha Franklin

The academic world took to social media and other venues yesterday to remember a legendary artist who transformed music with her soulful and bold lyrics and strident support for civil rights.

August 16, 2018

News Roundup

Colleges Ask for a Share of Future Salary in Lieu of Loans

MONTPELIER, Vt. — As more students balk at the debt loads they face after graduation, some colleges are offering an alternative: We’ll pay your tuition if you offer us a percentage of your future salary. Norwich University announced Tuesday that it will become the latest school to offer this type of contract, known as an […]

July 24, 2018

HBCUs

Danielle Holley-Walker Continues the Legacy

Danielle Holley-Walker, who left her post as associate dean at the University of North Carolina to become dean of the law school at Howard University, says the school has been fortunate in the past decade or two with respect to admissions, enrollment and sustenance.

July 19, 2018

Asian American Pacific Islander

Being a Good Ally

Much has been said about the African-American graduate student at Yale who was reported by a White peer to campus police for napping in a common room. I can identify. In stating my sympathy as an Asian American, however, I appreciate that my circumstances are easier. A good ally takes care to avoid appropriating another person’s suffering.

May 16, 2018

Native Americans

Calling the Police on People of Color

Seemingly everywhere from department stores to college dorms, each week brings a new story of a White person who targets a non-White person for racial profiling and summons police because the complainant simply feels uncomfortable.

May 14, 2018

MSIs

Incidences of Campus Racial Intolerance Spark Calls for Change

Recent highly publicized incidences of racial intolerance at Duke, Yale, Colorado State and other universities have sparked calls for more proactive effort to make campuses more inclusive and welcoming to students of color.

May 10, 2018

African-American

Academics Remember Renowned Literary Scholar Marcellus Blount

Former students and professional colleagues are mourning the death of Dr. Marcellus Blount, a well-known scholar of African-American literary and cultural studies who taught at Columbia University since 1985.

May 7, 2018

News Roundup

Yale Rescinds Honorary Degree It Awarded Bill Cosby

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Yale is rescinding the honorary degree it awarded Bill Cosby, joining numerous other universities in revoking honors following the comedian’s sexual assault conviction. Yale announced Tuesday that the university’s board of trustees had voted to rescind the honorary degree it awarded Cosby in 2003. The school says it’s committed to both […]

May 2, 2018

News Roundup

Hillary Clinton to Speak at Yale University’s Class Day

Class Day is an annual event at the New Haven, Conn., university that honors achievements in academic, artistic and athletic fields. Past notable speakers include former Secretary of State John Kerry and former Vice President Joe Biden in 2015.   In a statement Monday, Class Day co-chair and Yale student Josh Hochman says students should […]

February 27, 2018