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Students

Trump Puts Future of DACA in Hands of Congress

President Donald J. Trump’s decision to rescind DACA Tuesday drew swift and scathing criticism from various higher education leaders, advocates for immigrants and lawmakers on Capitol Hill — but many remained hopeful that Congress would act to achieve a permanent solution for Dreamers.

September 5, 2017

Students

Trump Leaks Darken DACA Future

President Trump’s intention to end DACA, but give Congress six months to fix the policy, amounts to a failure in Trump’s ability to lead.

September 4, 2017

Students

As DACA Decision Looms, Trump’s Direction Becomes Clear

After months of suspense, Politico reported Sunday evening that President Trump will be terminating the consideration of deferred action against childhood arrivals, otherwise known as DACA, a policy that safeguards minors from deportation.

September 4, 2017

Latinx

Guillermo: Trump Must Not Shut Off Dream of DACA

We are coming up to a major game of chicken over the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.

August 28, 2017

Students

Religious Leaders March Against Trump Direction

Sikhs and Buddhist monks, rabbis, reverends and ministers rallied in the nation’s capital Monday to protest the direction of the country under President Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

August 28, 2017

Students

Youth Advocates Warily Await DACA Fate

Advocates for immigrant youth spent the weekend speaking out against rumored plans by President Donald J. Trump to kill DACA — an Obama-era program that allows certain undocumented young people to live and work in the country without fear of deportation.

August 27, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Howard University Appoints Comey to Endowed Chair

In a move seen as a win for HBCUs and a potential boon for diversity in America’s intelligence community, Howard University on Wednesday announced that recently ousted FBI director James Comey has been appointed to an endowed chair on public policy.

August 23, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Pennsylvania Professors Want to Revoke Trump Honorary Degree

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Professors at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania have come out in support of a petition urging the school to revoke the honorary degree of President Donald Trump after he said both sides were to blame for the deadly White nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. Kelly McCoy, a recent graduate of the private university […]

August 22, 2017

Students

Liberty University Grads Returning Diplomas to Protest Falwell

LYNCHBURG, Va.  —  A small group of Liberty University graduates are planning to return their diplomas to the evangelical Virginia school as a rebuke of President Jerry Falwell Jr.’s latest show of unwavering support for Donald Trump. The Liberty alumni organized the “Return your diploma to LU group” on Facebook after Falwell, in tweets and […]

August 21, 2017

News Roundup

Veterans Get Expanded College Assistance Under Trump

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — Military veterans are getting unlimited access to college assistance under legislation President Donald Trump has signed into law. The Forever GI Act removed a 15-year limit on using the benefits, effective immediately. The measure increases financial assistance for National Guard and Reserve members, building on a 2008 law that guaranteed veterans a […]

August 17, 2017

Opinion

Charlottesville Evokes Memories of the Sixties

I am a product of the 1960s and grew up in a Southern city. Segregation, separate but equal, we sat upstairs and they sat downstairs at the movies all happened during my early years. However, it didn’t stop us from believing and achieving.

August 16, 2017

Students

Those Fighting to Save DACA Still Seeking Answers

Now, just a couple of months past the five-year anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, supporters of DACA wonder if they can convince President Trump to keep the program amid calls for him to end it.

August 16, 2017