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Ex-Learning Specialist Files Lawsuit Against the University of North Carolina

The former University of North Carolina learning specialist who questioned the literacy level of Tar Heels athletes and said that the university had committed academic misconduct has filed a civil lawsuit against the school.

July 1, 2014

Disabilties

Diverse Docket: Appeals Court Sides With Santa Clara University

Conchita Franco Serri, former director of affirmative action at Santa Clara University, failed to convince the California Court of Appeal to reinstate her discrimination and harassment suit.

June 8, 2014

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Diverse Docket: Court Sides with Thomas Jefferson U. in Discrimination Case

A federal appeals court has rejected a race discrimination suit by a former nurse anesthetist student who was dismissed from her program for poor performance, including faculty concerns that she might kill a patient.

May 28, 2014

African-American

Trial Date for Five Charged in FAMU Hazing Death Set

The five remaining defendants charged in the hazing death of a Florida A&M drum major are headed for trial.

May 27, 2014

LGBTQ+

University of Arkansas Reverses Course on Gay Health Benefits

The University of Arkansas System has reversed its decision to include same-sex couples in the health benefits that is offered to spouses.

May 21, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Illinois President Asks Potential Retirees Back

With the state’s new pension law on hold, University of Illinois President Bob Easter on Thursday urged employees planning to retire this spring to reconsider.

May 18, 2014

African-American

Unconscious Stereotypes and Black Males

Much of the discrimination that occurs today results from unconscious stereotypes that are not widely understood.

May 15, 2014

African-American

School Integration Slipping 60 Years After Brown

Progress toward integrating America’s schools since the landmark Brown v. Topeka Board of Education decision 60 years ago is being chipped away, and it’s no longer just a Black-and-White issue.

May 14, 2014

Disabilties

Diverse Docket: Suit Against NY College of Podiatric Medicine Dismissed

Dr. Hernan Melgarejo failed part II of the American Podiatric Medical Licensing Exam eight times and blamed discrimination, according to the court.

May 13, 2014

Opinion

It’s Not Just in the Numbers: Making Campus Diversity Work Post-Schuette

It doesn’t matter who comes to your campus unless you work to make sure students are in fact benefiting from diverse environments.

May 12, 2014

Asian American Pacific Islander

Law Students Push to License Dead Chinese Attorney

In a decision still studied in law schools as a 19th century lesson in bigotry, the California Supreme Court in 1890 denied Hong Yeng Chang’s application to practice law solely because he was Chinese.

May 5, 2014

Faculty & Staff

University of Georgia Employees Want Gender Identity Protections

Faculty members at Georgia’s largest university say they want discrimination against employees for gender identity banned more explicitly.

May 5, 2014