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- The Clueless, Careless and Outright Racist Rhetoric of Some in the GOP
  by Dr. Elwood Watson
  Just when you thought the madness of the 2016 presidential campaign couldn’t get anymore insane, guess what, it has.
  
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  Hands Up, Hands Down! It Doesn’t Matter
  by Dr. James Ewers
  I was talking to one of my childhood friends today about the shooting of an unarmed African-American male in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His remark about the shootings of Black men by police officers made me realize one thing. These shootings will not stop. There may be a temporary respite from time to time but the shooting […]
  
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  Is the Sordid Birther Chapter Really Closed?
  by Dr. Elwood Watson
  A few days ago, Donald Trump finally admitted what the rational and sane among us always had known ― that President Obama was born in the United States.
  
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  Education the Ticket for Success
  
  Kaepernick, Race and the Hypocrisy of the American Public
  
  Let’s Not Forget the Racism, White Privilege Brought to Light by 2016 Olympics
  
  Diversity a Winner at Olympics
News
- Missouri Fraternity Suspended Over Reports of Racial Slurs
  
  COLUMBIA, Mo. ― The University of Missouri temporarily suspended a fraternity on Wednesday over accusations of racial slurs directed toward black students, in the latest incident of racial tension that has roiled the campus for nearly a year. The university action followed the national organization of Delta Upsilon fraternity, which suspended the chapter earlier on […]
  
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  Student Protests at Mugabe-attended Zimbabwe Graduation
  by Farai Mutsaka, Associated Press
  HARARE, Zimbabwe ― Witnesses say a student has been whisked away by unknown people for protesting during a University of Zimbabwe graduation ceremony featuring President Robert Mugabe. An Associated Press photographer covering Thursday’s event says the graduating student held a placard complaining about joblessness in the country. Such stunts have become common at graduation ceremonies […]
  
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  Oakland University in Suburban Detroit Won’t Keep President
  by Associated Press
  
  ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. ― Oakland University in suburban Detroit is searching for a new president. The school’s governing board said Thursday it will not renew the contract of George Hynd next summer. He was hired in 2014. Board chairman Richard DeVore says Hynd brought stability to Oakland after a period of “fragmented leadership.” He described […]
  
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  Diverse Docket: Dominican College Wins Title VI Suit
  
  Institutions Need to Better Serve American Indian/Alaskan Native Students
  
  Report: Students Spend $1.3 Billion a Year on Remedial Courses
  
  Court: Portland State Student Wrongfully Booted over Threat
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Community College
- Colleges Lavishing More Financial Aid on Wealthy Students
  by Michael Melia, Associated Press
  
  STORRS, Conn. ― Spencer Mulligan knew his family could pay for his college education, even without loans or grants. So when the University of Connecticut offered a merit award of $20,000 over four years, he saw it as a bonus. As a discount on in-state tuition, it brought the cost well below half of what […]
  
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  Need for Latinos in Community College Leadership Emphasized
  by Jamal Evan Mazyck
  The National Community College Hispanic Council gathered to address institutional strategies that impact the success of Latinx students.
  
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  Texas Southmost College President Lily Tercero Fired
  by Associated Press
  
  BROWNSVILLE, Texas ― The president of a South Texas community college has been fired amid issues with its vocational nursing program and a new windstorm insurance contract. Trustees of Texas Southmost College in Brownsville voted Monday to dismiss President Lily Tercero. The college earlier this year was put on “conditional approval status” by the Texas […]
  
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  Laramie County Community College Accused of Discrimination
  
  Help Available for Displaced ITT Tech Students
  
  Calif. Community College Promise Programs Expanding
  
  Report: Free College Proposal a Threat to Private Colleges, Diversity
Disabilities
- University of Alaska Southeast Students Using Disability Services Quintuples from 2008
  by Associated Press
  
  JUNEAU, Alaska ―The number of students using disability services at the University of Alaska Southeast is more than five times what it was in 2008. There were 23 students at the Juneau campus using those services eight years ago, when the Americans with Disabilities Act broadened its definition of disability. Since then, that number has […]
  
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  Diverse Docket: Professor’s Bias Suit Against John Jay College Rejected
  by Eric Freedman
  A federal judge has rejected a race discrimination and retaliation suit by an African-American assistant professor of economics who failed to win tenure and promotion at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
  
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  UAB to Improve Access after Disabilities Act Complaint
  by Associated Press
  
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ― The University of Alabama at Birmingham has reached a settlement to ensure equal access for people with disabilities to the university’s facilities. U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance said in a news release Wednesday that the agreement was reached after a UAB student filed a complaint under the Americans with Disabilities Act, saying […]
  
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  Judge’s OK Sought to Settle Blind Student’s Suit Against Miami University
  
  School Settles Suit over Support Animals in Student Housing
  
  Diverse Docket: African-American Student Loses Bias Suit Against Valparaiso
  
  MSU Gets Nearly $290K to Support Students With Disabilities
International
- Student Protests at Mugabe-attended Zimbabwe Graduation
  by Farai Mutsaka, Associated Press
  
  HARARE, Zimbabwe ― Witnesses say a student has been whisked away by unknown people for protesting during a University of Zimbabwe graduation ceremony featuring President Robert Mugabe. An Associated Press photographer covering Thursday’s event says the graduating student held a placard complaining about joblessness in the country. Such stunts have become common at graduation ceremonies […]
  
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  South African Official Blames Students for Worker’s Death
  by Christopher Torchia, Associated Press
  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 […]
  
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  South African Police Battle Stone-throwing Students
  by Christopher Torchia, Associated Press
  
  JOHANNESBURG ― South African police battled students on a university campus on Thursday in the latest violence over protesters’ calls for free education, a demand that the government has dismissed as unrealistic in a country with a weak economy. Police fired tear gas at stone-throwing students on the University of KwaZulu-Natal campus in the city […]
  
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  Ghana Professors Campaign for Removal of New Gandhi Statue
  
  South Africa says OK to University Fee Hikes, Amid Protests
  
  Experts: Billing of Foreign Students a Gray Area
  
  Ex-Berkeley Law School Dean Sues Over Sex Harassment Probe
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- Engaging Latino Students for Transfer and Completion
  by Evelyn Waiwaiole, Jillian Kinzie and Sarita Brown
  
  Both community colleges and bachelor’s degree-granting institutions across the country are responding to a chorus of calls for dramatic improvements in student success and college completion.
  
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  UDC President: America Needs to Address Relationship With Black Men
  by Jamaal Abdul-Alim
  University of the District of Columbia President Ron Mason speaks out after the violent arrest of a young Black man on the college campus.
  
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  Obama Spends His Birthday With Startup Innovators
  by Stacy A. Anderson, Associated Press
  
  President Barack Obama spent his 54th birthday talking to a robotic teddy bear that teaches children how to manage their diabetes and watching a radio waves demonstration used to detect senior falls.
  
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  Exchange Program Expands Horizons of African-American Males
  
  Belle Wheelan’s Drive Pays Off for Higher Education
  
  Thomas Sanchez Commencement Speech at Northwest Missouri State University
  
  Michelle Obama Tells Tuskegee Grads How Racism Hits Home
Sports
- 10 Black coaches who should get a chance to be a head coach in 2017
  by Frank J. Matthews
  
  With the recent announcement of Les Miles being fired at LSU there is much discussion about possible replacements.
  
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  Tennessee State Legendary Track Coach Ed Temple Dies
  by Reginald Stuart
  Ed Temple guided women’s track athletes to 40 Olympic medals as he served for some four decades, making him a legend worldwide among coaches and athletes.
  
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  Colin Kaepernick Controversy Puts Presidential Debate in Perspective
  by Emil Guillermo
  
  Fans don’t realize it, but Colin Kaepernick knows there are more important things in life than football
  
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  Why Must College Athletes Face Rules Double Jeopardy?
  
  Mike Lonergan Out as George Washington University Coach after Investigation
  
  2 Black Athletic Conferences Rethinking Holding Tournaments in North Carolina
  
  Doctor Accused by 2 Gymnasts Cleared in Previous Complaint
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African-Americans
- Georgetown, Harvard Embrace Role in Slavery Atonement
  by Catherine Morris
  Colleges and universities have a significant role to play in investigating and reconciling the nation’s legacy of slavery, the presidents of Georgetown University and Harvard University said Thursday.
  
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  Students Protest Conditions at Lincoln University
  by Jamal Eric Watson
  Several dozen Lincoln University students staged a sit-in this week to protest deteriorating conditions at the historically Black institution located about 45 miles outside of Philadelphia.
  
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  Former Tuskegee University President Benjamin Payton Dies
  by Diverse Staff
  Dr. Benjamin F. Payton, who served as Tuskegee University’s president for nearly 30 years, died Wednesday at Fort Myers, Fla., at age 83.
  
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  Missouri Fraternity Suspended Over Reports of Racial Slurs
  
  10 Black coaches who should get a chance to be a head coach in 2017
  
  Diverse Docket: Dominican College Wins Title VI Suit
  
  Delaware’s 1st Black Female University President Selected
Native Americans
- Institutions Need to Better Serve American Indian/Alaskan Native Students
  by Elena Seymana Nourrie
  Institutions must make systemic changes to improve outreach efforts, accessibility, retention programs, and better serve American Indian/Alaskan Native students to eliminate educational achievement gaps.
  
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  California Puts High School Ethnic Studies Officially on the Books
  by Jamal Eric Watson
  California’s Governor Jerry Brown has signed a bill that will now mandate the teaching of ethnic studies in every public high school across the state.
  
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  Higher Ed Gets Opportunity to Benchmark Diversity
  by Jamaal Abdul-Alim
  The Global Diversity & Inclusion Benchmark tool — also known as the GDIB — is being made available for the first time in its 10-year history to colleges and universities.
  
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  Tribal Culture, Oil Access Collide in North Dakota
  
  Calif. High School Ethnic Studies in Governor’s Hands Now
  
  Diverse Conversations: Professoriate Still Lacking in Diversity
  
  University of Wisconsin-Madison to Test Diversity Program
Asian/Pacific Islanders
- Court: Portland State Student Wrongfully Booted over Threat
  by Associated Press
  PORTLAND, Ore. ― The Oregon Court of Appeals has ruled that Portland State University wrongfully expelled a graduate student who was accused of threatening violence. The university banned Henry Liu from campus four years ago after a classmate reported to police that the student was upset with a professor and talked about guns in the […]
  
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  California Puts High School Ethnic Studies Officially on the Books
  by Jamal Eric Watson
  California’s Governor Jerry Brown has signed a bill that will now mandate the teaching of ethnic studies in every public high school across the state.
  
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  Airbnb Boosts Study Abroad in China
  by Jamaal Abdul-Alim
  In a move that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday should inspire other businesses to do the same, Airbnb — the multibillion Internet company — committed $80,000 a year for the next three years to support study abroad in China.
  
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  Higher Ed Gets Opportunity to Benchmark Diversity
  
  University Study Finds Inequality Unchanged in Hollywood
  
  At the Bottom of the Resource Gap Lies the Diversity Desert
  
  Calif. High School Ethnic Studies in Governor’s Hands Now
Latinos
- By All Measures, University of Texas at San Antonio Rising at Rapid Rate
  by Reginald Stuart
  The University of Texas at San Antonio has emerged as one of the fastest-growing higher education institutions in Texas.
  
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  In Essence, Racism on Trial in Arizona’s Ethnic Studies Suit
  by Roberto Rodriguez
  The Arce v Douglas ethnic studies trial, in Tucson’s Federal Court, is expected to commence in early 2017. The suit was filed against the state of Arizona, as a result of the state passing an anti-Ethnic Studies HB 2281 legislation in 2010. Yet for all intents and purposes, it is the discipline itself and, specifically, […]
  
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  Scholars Unsure Potential Young Latino Voters Engaged
  by Jamaal Abdul-Alim
  Even though young Latino voters have much at stake in the 2016 presidential election — from immigration reform to free college — it remains unclear as to whether they will turn out to the polls in large numbers this November.
  
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  Experts Say Latino Student Enrollment Outpacing Faculty Growth
  
  Scholar: Texas Textbook an ‘Intentional Assault’ on Psyche of Mexican American Students
  
  California Puts High School Ethnic Studies Officially on the Books
  
  Higher Ed Gets Opportunity to Benchmark Diversity
LGBT
- 2 Black Athletic Conferences Rethinking Holding Tournaments in North Carolina
  by Catherine Morris
  Two Black athletic conferences have not moved scheduled championship events out of North Carolina in the wake of the state’s passage of a controversial law restricting transgender bathroom use but have not ruled it out.
  
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  NCAA President Mark Emmert: We Won’t Push ACC on Bathroom Law
  by Ralph D. Russo, Associated Press
  NCAA President Mark Emmert says it is up to the Atlantic Coast Conference to decide whether it wants to follow the association’s lead and pull events out of North Carolina because of a state law that limits anti-discrimination protections for LGBT people. In an interview Tuesday with The Associated Press, Emmert said the association expects […]
  
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  NCAA Pulls 7 Events Out of North Carolina Due to LGBT Law
  by Aaron Beard, Associated Press
  Basketball-crazed North Carolina has lost its next chance to host NCAA men’s basketball tournament games along with several other championship events due to a state law that some say can lead to discrimination against LGBT people. And the fallout may not be over. After the NCAA announced it is pulling seven championship events from North […]
  
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  University Study Finds Inequality Unchanged in Hollywood
  
  LGBTQ Inclusion Summit Series Kicks off at Virginia State University
  
  University of Hawaii Opens All-gender Restrooms
  
  California Lawmaker Drops Lawsuits in Religious School Bill
MILITARY
- Diverse Docket: Ousted Ohio State Band Director Loses Bias Suit
  by Eric Freedman
  The ousted marching band director at The Ohio State University has lost his Title IX suit accusing the school of gender bias.
  
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  Disgrace, End of Army Career Haunted Gunman
  by Frank Bajak, Garance Burke, Reese Dunklin and Juliet Linderman, Associated Press
  DALLAS — He was disarmed in the middle of a war zone and placed under 24-hour escort. The most humiliating part was that everyone in Micah Johnson’s unit in Afghanistan knew why: He was accused of stealing a female soldier’s panties. Johnson’s aspirations to a military career were over. Now he faced removal from the […]
  
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  Morgan, Other Colleges Luring Dropouts to Return
  by Carrie Wells, The Baltimore Sun
  Every weekday for a few years, Malik Mosley switched from a full-time worker to a full-time student at 8 a.m., when he finished his overnight shift at an Aberdeen warehouse and drove to class at Morgan State University.
  He managed that workload until a family member suffered an illness in 2013.
  
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  Murder-Suicide a Year Later: Understanding PTSD
  
  Campus Housing Rule Exempts Military, Veterans
  
  Veterans’ Tuition Program Spared Cuts
  
  Court to Reprimand Judge for Aid to Expelled Veteran
Women
- Missouri Fraternity Suspended Over Reports of Racial Slurs
  
  COLUMBIA, Mo. ― The University of Missouri temporarily suspended a fraternity on Wednesday over accusations of racial slurs directed toward black students, in the latest incident of racial tension that has roiled the campus for nearly a year. The university action followed the national organization of Delta Upsilon fraternity, which suspended the chapter earlier on […]
  
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  Institutions Need to Better Serve American Indian/Alaskan Native Students
  by Elena Seymana Nourrie
  Institutions must make systemic changes to improve outreach efforts, accessibility, retention programs, and better serve American Indian/Alaskan Native students to eliminate educational achievement gaps.
  
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  Delaware’s 1st Black Female University President Selected
  by Associated Press
  NEW CASTLE, Del. ― Wilmington University Executive Vice President LaVerne Harmon has been named the school’s next president and will become the first Black woman to lead a university in Delaware. Local news organizations report that the university’s board of trustees unanimously approved Harmon’s selection last week. She is slated to take the reins in […]
  
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  Expert: Higher Ed not Immune from Unconscious Bias
  
  Data Show Just 86 Freshmen Enrolled at Chicago State
  
  Need for Latinos in Community College Leadership Emphasized
  
  Search for New Kansas Chancellor may be Closed to Public