Tag: Discrimination: Page 47

African-American

Cheyney University Coalition to File Federal Lawsuit to Save School

A broad-based coalition of Cheyney University supporters plan to file a federal lawsuit today claiming a history of racial discrimination from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania toward the nation’s oldest Black institution of higher learning.

October 28, 2014

HBCUs

Former East Stroudsburg University VP Faces Accusers in Civil Trial

Now in their 20s and early 30s, these former college students are pursuing the justice they say they’ve so far been denied by law enforcement.

October 27, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Ohio State University: Fired Band Director Was Dishonest

The university’s fired band director witnessed more sexually charged incidents than previously reported, school attorneys said in response to his lawsuit.

October 23, 2014

Sports

Federal Appeals Court Won’t Reinstate Discrimination Suit Against Savannah State

A federal appeals court has refused to reinstate a discrimination case against Savannah State University by four White football recruits who were offered athletic scholarships by a White head coach but didn’t receive them from the coach’s Black replacement.

October 13, 2014

Students

Virginia Wesleyan Sued Over Sexual Assault

NORFOLK, Va. ― A former student has sued Virginia Wesleyan College, claiming that she was sexually assaulted on campus in 2012 and that the college allowed her attacker to voluntarily leave the school so he could enroll elsewhere.

October 8, 2014

Faculty & Staff

University of Utah Professor’s Antagonist Wins Right to New Trial

A White supremacist convicted of sending a hate-filled email to a professor has won the right to a new trial on First Amendment grounds.

September 28, 2014

Disabilties

Study Links Discrimination, Blacks’ Risk of Mental Disorders

New research shows that African Americans and Caribbean Blacks who experience multiple types of discrimination are at a much greater risk for a variety of mental disorders, such as anxiety, depression and substance abuse.

September 21, 2014

Students

Women’s Colleges Address Transgender Applicants

Women’s colleges are revisiting policies around enrolling transgender students as institutions of higher learning ― single-sex, coed and those with religious affiliations ― demonstrate varying degrees of acceptance for changing norms.

September 10, 2014

African-American

Sierra Club Award Named for Environmental Justice Pioneer Robert Bullard

The renowned environmental organization has announced that it will present the first Robert Bullard Environmental Justice Award to a Mississippi-based activist on November 21.

September 10, 2014

Students

Black Diversity in Higher Ed? We are Not There Yet

Higher education’s notion of diversity is often very broad or even diluted to include a multitude of differences but often ignore race and ethnicity.

September 8, 2014

African-American

Diverse Docket: Mississippi Valley State Wins Wrongful Termination Suit

MVSU has won a wrongful termination case filed by a former tenured faculty member who was dismissed in 2012.

August 25, 2014

Students

St. Cloud State University Wins Dismissal of Discrimination Lawsuit

A federal judge has dismissed a discrimination lawsuit filed by a former administrator against St. Cloud State University.

August 20, 2014