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Poet-Professor Files Federal Charge Against Cleveland State University

With her employment discrimination case against Cleveland State University heading to trial to begin in a Columbus, Ohio, courtroom this week, Nuala M. Archer has opened a federal legal front, according to documents obtained exclusively by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education.

November 8, 2011

Students

Commentary: Derrick Bell’s ‘Working Faith’ for Academic Justice

When Derrick Bell passed away last week, the academy and the world did not merely lose a prodigious scholar, an exquisite legal mind and a magnetic personality.

October 12, 2011

Students

Vermont Law, Long a Holdout, Lifting Military Ban

The policy barring military recruiters dated from the mid-1980s, years before the Clinton administration adopted the policy that became known as “don’t ask, don’t tell” in 1993.

October 4, 2011

Students

California Muslim Students Guilty of Disrupting UC-Irvine Speech

A jury convicted 10 Muslim students on Friday of disrupting a talk by the Israeli ambassador on a university campus in a case that has stoked an intense debate about free speech.

September 26, 2011

Faculty & Staff

Proven Leader Takes the Helm at Emerson College

Harvard-educated scholar of English and poetry, Dr. M. Lee Pelton puts a prominent face on changes that are under way at Boston’s Emerson College.

September 21, 2011

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Federal Appeals Court to Consider Michigan’s Affirmative Action Ban

A federal appeals court on Friday overturned the work of one of its three-judge panels and said it would decide the legality of Michigan’s ban on affirmative action in college admissions and government hiring.

September 11, 2011

Students

Lawsuit Charging AKA Sorority Financial Misconduct Allowed To Proceed

Eight suspended members of Alpha Kappa Alpha can sue the sorority and a number of its officers and directors alleging irregularities in the organization’s fiscal management, an appeals court has ruled.

August 29, 2011

Sports

Students File Lawsuit Over North Dakota School’s Nickname

The complaint alleges that a new law requiring the school to keep the nickname violates the state constitution and reverses a court-ordered settlement between UND and the NCAA that retired the logo.

August 14, 2011

Faculty & Staff

Poet Alleges Discrimination at Cleveland State University

An outspoken tenured professor of English at Cleveland State University whose discrimination lawsuit against the Ohio school is scheduled for a November trial has been served a termination letter only weeks before classes start.

August 14, 2011

Students

Clothing Company Granted Opportunity to Defend Against Delta Sigma Theta Trademark Infringement Lawsuit

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has given a New York City clothing company more time to defend itself in a trademark infringement lawsuit by Delta Sigma Theta sorority.

July 17, 2011

Students

Federal Judge Dismisses Texas Southern University Reverse Discrimination Lawsuit

A federal judge has tossed out a reverse discrimination suit against Texas Southern University by a White faculty member who was terminated for his questionable handling of scholarship funds.

July 14, 2011

Faculty & Staff

First African-American Named to Lead Lexington Theological Seminary

The flagship seminary of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) made history last week when trustees voted to name Dr. Charisse Gillett, the 17th president of the Lexington Theological Seminary.

July 10, 2011