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Tag: Student protests: Page 3
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Colorado State Suspends Grant Program after Lawsuit from Student Group
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Colorado State University has temporarily suspended a grant program that helps student organizations plan educational and cultural events in the wake of a lawsuit brought by an anti-abortion student group. The Coloradoan reported Tuesday that the Diversity Grant awards up to $600 per semester to student groups and academic departments for […]
February 15, 2017
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South African Police Use Stun Grenades on Student Protesters
CAPE TOWN, South Africa ― South African police have used stun grenades to disperse student protesters outside parliament, where the finance minister was giving a budget speech. Hundreds of protesters had marched to the parliament building in Cape Town on Wednesday to call for free university education. They burned what they said was a mock […]
October 26, 2016
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South African Campus Hit by Second Day of Student Unrest
JOHANNESBURG ― South African riot police fought stone-throwing students for a second consecutive day at a university campus on Tuesday amid national calls by demonstrators for free higher education. Clashes broke out when students hurled rocks at a central building at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg and police fired rubber bullets to disperse […]
October 11, 2016
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University of Michigan Rolling Out Diversity, Inclusion Plan
ANN ARBOR, Mich. ― A vice provost has been selected to serve as the University of Michigan’s first chief diversity officer as part of broader efforts to improve diversity on campus, the school’s president announced Wednesday. Robert Sellers’ appointment will go before the school’s Board of Regents on Oct. 20. The position is being created […]
October 5, 2016
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South Africa’s Zuma says Protests Put Universities in Peril
JOHANNESBURG ― Recent violent protests at some South African universities have caused about $44 million in property damage and threaten to sabotage the country’s system of higher education, President Jacob Zuma said Monday. Zuma spoke at a national education forum as the University of Cape Town re-opened despite some disruptions by students who said they […]
October 3, 2016
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Student Protesters Halt Debate About Black Lives Matter at University of Michigan
YPSILANTI, Mich. ― Student protesters halted a debate at the University of Michigan about whether the Black Lives Matter movement is harmful to race relations. Protesters voiced their displeasure with the Michigan Political Union’s decision to host the debate Tuesday at the Michigan League, The Ann Arbor News reported. Lawrielle West, a University of Michigan […]
September 28, 2016
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South African Official Blames Students for Worker’s Death
JOHANNESBURG ― The death of a South African university worker who was hospitalized after a student protest has deepened tensions over unrest roiling campuses across the nation. The government on Tuesday called for an investigation, saying protesters were responsible for the death last week at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, which has suspended […]
September 27, 2016
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