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Community Colleges

Chicago STAR Scholars Program Provides College Access

The Chicago STAR Scholars program enables students who graduate from Chicago Public Schools with a 3.0 GPA or better to pursue an associate degree at no cost at the City Colleges of Chicago. There are currently more than 3,000 STAR Scholars, a city college official says. .

November 28, 2017

Students

Northwestern Opens Gender-neutral, Multi-stall Bathroom

CHICAGO — Northwestern University officials say one of its institutes has become among the first in the Chicago area to open a gender-neutral, multi-stall bathroom on a college campus. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that it was opened recently at Northwestern’s Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing. It’s next to a single-stall gender-neutral […]

July 3, 2017

News Roundup

2 Law Schools Seek to Erase Conviction in Probe of Dead Girl

CONSTANTINE, Mich. — Two law schools are asking a judge to overturn the perjury conviction of a man who was repeatedly hounded by police during an investigation of a girl’s killing in a small town in southwestern Michigan. Raymond McCann II pleaded no contest in 2015 and served 20 months in jail and prison. He […]

June 29, 2017

Students

McBride Taking Equity, Access Advocacy to Next Level

When it comes to LGBTQ and queer studies, Dr. Dwight A. McBride has been a pioneering theorist, churning out groundbreaking scholarship that examines the intersection of race and sexuality.

June 7, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Hine Retiring from Northwestern U. Endowed Professorship

Dr. Darlene Clark Hine — known in the academy as the dean of African-American women’s history — is retiring from her endowed professorship at Northwestern University.

May 12, 2017

Students

Northwestern University Suspends Fraternity After Parties, Problems

EVANSTON, Ill. — Northwestern University says it has suspended a fraternity chapter for violating terms of a disciplinary probation for serving alcohol to minors. The school announced Monday that the Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter at Northwestern is suspended until Sept. 1, 2018, and members must leave the fraternity house by May 6. The Evanston, Illinois, […]

April 25, 2017

Students

Northwestern University Frat Suspended After Reports of Sexual Assaults

EVANSTON, Ill. — The Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter at Northwestern University has been suspended by its national headquarters following allegations of sexual assault at the local fraternity house. The Chicago Tribune reports that the suspension was confirmed Friday. Sigma Alpha Epsilon spokesman Brandon Weghorst says the chapter has to “cease and desist all operations,” meaning […]

February 14, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Yale College Dean Jonathan Holloway Named Northwestern University Provost

Jonathan Holloway, the Dean of Yale College and the first African American to hold that position, has been named provost of Northwestern University.

November 21, 2016

Home

Academic Studies Underscore Benefits of Government Assistance to Poor

They are the most recent contributions to ongoing national discourse over whether public assistance can improve long-term outcomes for low-income children.

April 28, 2016

Home

Diversity Officers Recognize Reboot May Be Needed

At a time when the term diversity appears steadily shifting in meaning and sliding off many radars as a priority, more than 100 of the nation’s top diversity officers have gathered to discuss the status of diversity and how to regain the momentum it once had.

October 1, 2015

African-American

Northwestern Halts Changes to Its ‘Black House’ Amid Protests

After student, alumni protests, Northwestern University postpones facilities’ change.

August 25, 2015

Sports

NLRB Deals ‘Minor Blow’ to Advances for College Athletes

The National Labor Relations Board unanimously declined jurisdiction Monday in a case filed by Northwestern University student-athletes seeking to unionize.

August 17, 2015