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Is the Trump Administration Really “Bigger and Better” for HBCUs?

When President Donald J. Trump addressed the 2019 HBCU Conference in Washington D.C. last week, he told the crowd of historically Black college and university leaders that his administration’s commitment to HBCUs is “bigger and better and stronger than any previous administration, by far.”

September 18, 2019

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Conference Dissects White Supremacists from Nazis to Now

Anti-Semitism and racism are contemporary as well as historical, and everyone from academics and religious leaders to the public and police should stand against the White supremacy that fuels them, speakers said Wednesday at a Georgetown University conference at the National Press Club.

April 11, 2019

Disabilties

Lauded Special Olympics Program To Continue with Federal Funding

Unified Champion Schools, a Special Olympics educational program that has been saved from the federal fiscal chopping block, is known as an initiative whose benefits extend beyond the intellectually disabled.

March 29, 2019

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Bipartisan Policy Center Discussion Launches Campus Free Expression Project

Despite disagreement about whether there’s a free-speech crisis on American college campuses and, if so, to what degree, there are public concerns about free expression that should be addressed, according to a panel of experts assembled for a discussion Monday by the Bipartisan Policy Council.

March 25, 2019

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March Madness? It’s Not Just Basketball

March Madness — higher ed’s Springtime PR-fest known as the NCAA men’s basketball tournament — usually refers to when the spotlight catches underdogs like the University of California Irvine (UCI) Anteaters.

March 25, 2019

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Executive Order’s Free-Speech Provisions Draw Criticism

President Donald J. Trump’s signing of a controversial executive order Thursday was met with immediate criticism from areas of higher education, particularly aspects intended to address a perception that some schools are intolerant of conservative political views.

March 21, 2019

Opinion

Diversity and Rep. Ilhan Omar

To show my San Francisco State journalism class what diversity means instantly, I provide a visual: I draw a square on a white board. That’s the media. All White. Diversity is to see the white board obliterated with dots representing a multitude of voices.

March 11, 2019

News Roundup

Heather Wilson Resigns As U.S. Air Force Secretary to Become College President

Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson said that she will resign from her post, effective May 31 stating that it should provide “sufficient time” for a “smooth transition and ensure effective advocacy during upcoming Congressional hearings” on the Air Force’s budget. Wilson said she will leave her current job to become the next president of the […]

March 11, 2019

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NADOHE Gathering Spotlights Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Imperatives

Persisting as a Black chief diversity officer or other senior administrator at a predominantly White college or university tends to be a delicate balancing act that calls on multiple skills and sensitivities. That was a recurring theme addressed this week at the 13th annual conference of the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE).

March 7, 2019

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Trump Pledges to Sign Free Speech ‘Executive Order’ on College Campuses

During a speech over the weekend at the Conservative Political Action Conference, President Donald J. Trump announced that he plans to issue an executive order that would help guarantee free speech on college campuses by putting their federal funds in jeopardy if they do not protect students’ views. The issue of free speech on college […]

March 3, 2019

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Grambling State University: Where Students Are CELEBRATED, Not Tolerated

About 5 years ago, researchers studying Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) concluded that enrollment among Black students at these institutions was on the decline. In fact, a report released by the Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) at the University of Pennsylvania revealed that since the 1980s, the number of Black students enrolling at HBCUs had steadily decreased while the population of non-Black students gradually increased.

February 22, 2019

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Former Prof Gave up Higher Ed for Fed Job Disgusted by Shutdown

Without question, President Donald Trump blinked Friday as he stood alone at the Rose Garden podium.

January 25, 2019