Tag: Student Athletes: Page 18

Sports

Mizzou and the Future of Black Student-Athletes’ Protests

As a group, Black student-athletes are in an optimal position to use sports as a forum to demand social change and bring attention to national issues and injustices.

November 17, 2015

Sports

2 More Fired, 3 Cleared in UNC Review after Cheating Scandal

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. ― The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is firing two employees and barring a former associate dean from leadership positions after an investigation described their roles in the school’s academic fraud scandal, the school said Thursday. The moves mean seven people have been fired, resigned or disciplined since former U.S. […]

November 13, 2015

Students

In Case You Missed It…

Where Are All the Black College Faculty? R.I.P.: The Tired Myth of the Apathetic Black Student Controversy Surrounds Push for Albany, Darton Merger At Mizzou, and Across the Country, It’s All About the Bottom Line

November 12, 2015

Sports

University of Missouri Football Players Boycott

More than 30 football players from the University of Missouri have decided to boycott all team activities until President Tim Wolfe resigns or is fired.

November 8, 2015

Sports

In Case You Missed It…

Williams Ensuring Cal Accountable to Athletes ‘The Pipeline Project’ Aims to Save Kids Who Don’t Make it to Higher Ed ‘Institution Builder’ Professor Terry Kershaw Dies   Are Smart Drugs Good for College Students?

November 6, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Union Push Gains Steam Among Yale, Harvard Grad Students

Efforts to unionize graduate students at private universities are gaining momentum as the National Labor Relations Board shows new openness to arguments that they are not just students, but also school employees.

November 5, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Welcome Aboard!

Iraolyn Humphreys has joined the Diverse family as an Advertising Account Manager. She has 10 years of sales and account management experience in the government and commercial space. She is a writer and music enthusiast and enjoys college football.

November 2, 2015

Sports

Williams Ensuring Cal Accountable to Athletes

H. Michael Williams, who was appointed full-time director of athletics at the University of California, Berkeley earlier this year, is trying to make the benefits more accessible to students who play in one of the institution’s 30 intercollegiate sports.

November 1, 2015

Students

Obama Administration Looks to New Rules to Curb Student Debt

U.S. colleges will face new restrictions on using debit cards to distribute financial aid, and more people will have income-based options for repaying student loans under a pair of regulations given final approval by the Obama administration on Tuesday.

October 28, 2015

Leadership & Policy

After Narrow Vote, FAMU Board Chairman Resigns

Saying that his current relationship with Florida A&M University President Elmira Mangum is “broken and irreparable,” the chairman of the university board stepped down from his post on Friday.

October 25, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Dayton Expands Men of Color Mentoring Program

DAYTON, Ohio — Miles Tidd is now a solid, focused senior at Belmont High School who holds down a job and has an eye on attending The Citadel, a military college in South Carolina.

October 18, 2015

Sports

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MSI Faculty Struggling to Find Career Balance Educators Seeking Means to Open Doors for First-generation Students Experts Cite Critical Need to Better Serve Hispanic Learners   Campus Gun Violence, Ben Carson and How to Best Help Students Cope

October 15, 2015