Tag: Historically Black Colleges & Universities: Page 37

HBCUs

5 Stabbed, Attacker Killed at U. of California, Merced

An assailant stabbed five people as students headed to class at a rural university campus in central California before police shot and killed him, authorities said Wednesday.

November 4, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Yale University Devotes $50M to boosting Faculty Diversity

Yale University says it will devote $50 million over the next five years to increasing the diversity of its faculty.

November 3, 2015

Faculty & Staff

South Carolina State Responds to Segregation Lawsuit

South Carolina’s only historically Black public university says that it has immunity and that current and former students who brought a federal court lawsuit alleging that the state operates a segregated system of higher education have no standing to sue.

November 2, 2015

HBCUs

University President Posed for Photo in Sombrero, Poncho

The University of Louisville apologized to the school’s entire Hispanic community Thursday after a photo surfaced showing President James Ramsey among a group of staffers at a Halloween party dressed in matching stereotypical Mexican costumes.

November 1, 2015

HBCUs

U. of Southern Mississippi Stops Flying State Flag

Another public university in Mississippi is stopping the display of the state flag on campus because it contains a Confederate battle emblem many see as divisive.

October 28, 2015

HBCUs

Top South African University to Reopen After Protests

One of South Africa’s top universities will re-open Wednesday after reaching agreements with students whose protests against tuition hikes spread to other campuses, forcing the closure of universities around the country.

October 27, 2015

HBCUs

University of California Seeks Input for Rewrite of Free Speech Policy

The University of California Board of Regents is going back to the drawing board Monday and getting public input after a proposed policy on intolerance was roundly rejected by Jewish organizations that say it doesn’t go far enough to address antisemitism on campuses.

October 26, 2015

African-American

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October 23, 2015

African-American

South African President to Meet Students Protesting Tuition Hikes

Thousands of South African university students demonstrated outside the headquarters of the country’s ruling African National Congress party and a courthouse on Thursday, pressing a nationwide campaign against tuition hikes that they say should be scrapped.

October 22, 2015

Students

ELREO CAMPBELL

ELREO CAMPBELL has been appointed an associate dean and director of financial aid at Colby College. He was dean of student financial services at Newbury College. Campbell earned an associate from the Community College of Philadelphia, a bachelor’s from Drexel University and an MBA from the University of Phoenix.

October 22, 2015

African-American

UDC President: America Needs to Address Relationship With Black Men

University of the District of Columbia President Ron Mason speaks out after the violent arrest of a young Black man on the college campus.

October 22, 2015

Faculty & Staff

EDWARD CHIU

EDWARD CHIU has been named senior vice president for advancement at Babson College. He was vice chancellor for university advancement at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Chiu earned a bachelor’s and a master’s from the University of Connecticut.

October 21, 2015