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- Brienne Minor: Michigan’s Tennis Hidden Figure
  by James B. Ewers Jr.
  Brienne Minor is a tennis player at the University of Michigan where she recently won the NCAA Division I women’s singles championship. By the way, she is Black.
  
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  Bill Maher Controversy Needs to be Kept in Perspective
  by Elwood Watson
  While we need to continue to have debates on the n-word and other topics that affect our community, it is important that we not get sidetracked from crucial economic, legal, social and issues that directly impact us on a daily basis.
  
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  NCORE a Logical Place to Advance Conversations About Race
  by Jamal Watson
  If anyone was ever under the illusion that the election of Barack Obama had somehow signaled that the nation had become post-racial, the recent spate of racist incidents should convince us otherwise
  
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  Inclusion as a Process for Embracing Diversity Toward Better Learning
  
  Too Many Men are Socially Isolated
  
  Bethune-Cookman and Notre Dame’s Common Denominator
  
  Why Betsy DeVos Will Never be the HBCUs’ ‘Boo’
News
- Outgoing President Pruitt Urges New View of Adult Learning
  by Catherine Morris
  
  Adult learners always have been a part of the fabric of American higher education, although policy discussions up until recently have primarily centered around the needs of students who are just leaving high school.
  
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  Lawsuit by Student Whose Rape Charge Got Dismissed Approved
  by Associated Press
  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A federal judge says a lawsuit brought by a student expelled from a Sioux Falls university for an alleged sexual assault that was later dismissed can move forward. Koh Evan Tsuruta is seeking unspecified damages from Augustana University for loss of educational opportunities, emotional injury and loss of future income. He […]
  
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  Wisconsin Assembly Passes Bill on Campus Free Speech
  by Scott Bauer and Todd Richmond, Associated Press
  
  MADISON, Wis. — University of Wisconsin students who repeatedly disrupt campus speakers or presentations could be suspended or expelled under a Republican-backed bill the state Assembly passed Wednesday. The measure, approved on a 61-36 vote Wednesday night with no Democrats in support, is the latest salvo in the national push among some conservatives to crack […]
  
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  Auditor Faults Penn State’s Tuition Hikes, Admissions Record
  
  SUNY Albany Appoints its First Latino President
  
  Missouri Governor Signs Bill on College Police Training
  
  University of Missouri Might Revoke Cosby’s Honorary Degree
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Community College
- AAUP Adds 2 Institutions, Removes 2 From Censure List
  by Tiffany Pennamon
  
  The American Association of University Professors’ censure list, currently composed of 56 institutions, is a compilation of college administrations that have been cited for violating principles and standards of academic freedom.
  
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  Mississippi Community Colleges Make Cut, Raise Tuition
  by Jeff Amy, Associated Press
  JACKSON, Miss. — Community colleges statewide are eliminating nearly 250 jobs for the upcoming year to close budget gaps, and five are dropping at least one intercollegiate sport. The move comes as colleges increase tuition by an average of 13 percent, mostly because state funding has fallen. Community College Board Executive Director Andrea Mayfield said […]
  
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  Boston Announces Tuition-free College Pilot Program
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  BOSTON — Gov. Charlie Baker and Mayor Marty Walsh have unveiled a tuition-free college program for low-income students in Boston. The Republican governor and the Democratic mayor launched the new college affordability program for high school graduates in the city on Tuesday. The aim is to allow eligible students to complete four-year degrees without paying […]
  
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  Texas OKs Bill Increasing Community Colleges Offering 4-year Degrees
  
  Rural Regional College Approved for Northwest Pennsylvania
  
  Texas Might Increase Number of Community Colleges Offering Bachelor’s Degrees
  
  Study: Reduced Community College Tuition Not Impacting 4-year Enrollment
Disabilities
- MBA for Mom Who Went to All Classes with Quadriplegic Son
  by Associated Press
  
  ORANGE, Calif. — A Southern California university has awarded an honorary degree to the mother of a quadriplegic student after she attended every class with him and took his notes while he pursued his Master of Business Administration. Judy O’Connor, a retired elementary school teacher, pushed her son Marty in his wheelchair for him to […]
  
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  Diverse Docket: College’s Religious Affiliation no Shield Against Bias Complaint
  by Eric Freedman
  A private college’s religious affiliation doesn’t automatically shield it from liability for racial discrimination, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has ruled.
  
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  Vega’s Poor Start Benefits At-risk Population
  by Jamal Eric Watson
  
  Poverty isn’t some abstract idea to Dr. Desireé Vega, selected by Diverse as a member of the 2017 Class of Emerging Scholars. She’s experienced it firsthand.
  
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  Diverse Docket: Court Rules Kankakee CC Did Not Violate Religious Rights
  
  Diverse Docket: Appeals Court Backs Lamar Institute of Technology
  
  How HBCUs Can Better Meet the Needs of Students with Disabilities
  
  Diverse Docket: Gender Bias Suit Against Slippery Rock not Reinstated
International
- Father of Missing Chinese Scholar: ‘Give My Daughter Back’
  by Associated Press
  
  URBANA, Ill. — The father of a visiting Chinese scholar missing from the University of Illinois made an emotional appeal on Thursday for his 26-year-old child’s safe return, saying in an interview: “Give my daughter back.” Yingying Zhang was last seen on a surveillance video getting into a black Saturn Astra in Urbana on the […]
  
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  South Korean Police Arrest Suspect in University Explosion
  by Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press
  SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean police on Tuesday detained a 25-year-old graduate student for allegedly placing a concealed explosive device that injured a professor at a university office in Seoul. An official from Seoul’s Seodaemun district police station said the suspect confessed after being tracked down by police who examined security video and secured […]
  
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  Israel University Heads Lash Out at Code of Ethics Plan
  by Associated Press
  
  JERUSALEM — Israel’s university leaders have lashed out at the nationalist education minister’s plan to impose a code of ethics they say is aimed at limiting their academic freedom. The umbrella organization of Israel’s university heads says they “vehemently object” to Education Minister Naftali Bennett’s guidelines calling on professors to refrain from expressing political opinions […]
  
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  Suspect in Notre Dame Attack was Ex-journalist, Student
  
  University of Puerto Rico Reopening as Students End Protest
  
  University of Wisconsin Sees More International Student Interest
  
  Daughter of Woman Central to South Korea Scandal Returns to Seoul
Sports
- NCAA Suspends Pitino After Escort Investigation
  by Gary B. Graves, Associated Press
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The NCAA has suspended Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino for five Atlantic Coast Conference games following its sex scandal investigation. The governing body also Thursday placed the basketball program on four years’ probation, vacated wins in which ineligible players participated and handed down a 10-year show-cause order for former basketball operations director […]
  
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  Audit: Iowa Athletics IT Director Submitted False Invoices
  by Ryan J. Foley, Associated Press
  IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa athletics department’s information technology director spent school money on personal items for his home and then submitted false invoices to cover his tracks, according to a state audit released Thursday. The employee, Patrick Delin, also spent thousands of dollars traveling to a conference in Colorado that wasn’t […]
  
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  Report: Minnesota Athletics Official Broke Harassment Policy
  by Amy Forliti and Jon Krawczynski, Associated Press
  
  MINNEAPOLIS — The University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents has launched an investigation into a leak of confidential information regarding the latest in a long line of sexual harassment allegations to be leveled against the school’s athletic department. Regent Chairman Dean Johnson said a closed-door meeting was held on Thursday, one day after a television […]
  
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  Knight Commission Tackles White, Male Problem in College Sports
  
  Saudi Council Rejects Proposal for Female Sports Colleges
  
  Athletic Director: Complaints, Not Bias, Led to Iowa Coach’s Firing
  
  Michigan State Player Charged with Criminal Sexual Conduct
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- University of Missouri Might Revoke Cosby’s Honorary Degree
  by Associated Press
  COLUMBIA, Mo. — University of Missouri System President Mun Choi wants the university to rescind an honorary degree given to Bill Cosby nearly 20 years ago. The system’s Board of Curators will vote Friday on Choi’s recommendation. A university staff memo sent to the curators says sexual assault allegations against Cosby are “incompatible” with the […]
  
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  Tuskegee University Off Accreditation Warning List
  by Gia Savage
  Tuskegee University—the private historically Black college in Alabama that was founded by Booker T. Washington—is no longer under an accreditation warning by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.
  
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  Cleveland State Names Bynum Director of Black Studies
  by Diverse Staff
  Noted civil rights expert scholar Dr. Thomas Bynum has been named director of the Black Studies Program at Cleveland State University. “I am very pleased to join Cleveland State and look forward to working with its talented students, faculty and staff, as well as leaders throughout the community, to advance the tremendous efforts already being […]
  
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  Bias Suit Against Community College of Philadelphia Tossed
  
  In Maryland Desegregation Case, Black Colleges Seek Protected ‘Academic Niches’
  
  Ambar Sees Her Achievements as Paths to Empowering Others
  
  Classes Resume After Threats at Evergreen State College
Native Americans
- Montana State U., Tribal College Students to Seek Answers Together
  by Monica Levitan
  Montana State University researchers have received a $282,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to create a new approach to solving issues on Montana’s Indian Reservations.
  
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  University of Wyoming to Open Native American Student Center
  by Associated Press
  LARAMIE, Wyo. — University of Wyoming officials are opening a center for Native American students that they hope will help with student recruitment and retention. The Laramie Boomerang reports that UW Vice President of Student Affairs Sara Axelson told the UW Board of Trustees on Friday that Native American student retention for fall 2015-2016 was […]
  
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  Ponca Tribe’s History Played Key Role at Conference
  by Lydia Lum
  Educators and stakeholders of two-year institutions shared best practices, along with new and different ways to teach, stimulate learning and enhance the community college experience at last week’s League for Innovation.
  
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  University of Wyoming President Reaches Out to Reservation Schools
  
  Mique’l Dangeli Puts Indigenous Art on Center Stage
  
  Haskell Indian Nations University’s Attorneys: School not Subject to Title IX
  
  Rodriguez: For 2020, I’m Checking the American Indian Option
Asian/Pacific Islanders
- Scholar Documents Economic War on Chinese Restaurants
  by Gia Savage
  University of California, Davis law professor Gabriel “Jack” Chin and research assistant John Ormonde have uncovered evidence of economic bias over the years against Chinese restaurants through a search of digital archives.
  
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  University of Missouri Might Revoke Cosby’s Honorary Degree
  by Associated Press
  COLUMBIA, Mo. — University of Missouri System President Mun Choi wants the university to rescind an honorary degree given to Bill Cosby nearly 20 years ago. The system’s Board of Curators will vote Friday on Choi’s recommendation. A university staff memo sent to the curators says sexual assault allegations against Cosby are “incompatible” with the […]
  
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  Yale Dean Placed on Leave Over Offensive Yelp Reviews
  by Pat Eaton-Robb, Associated Press
  HARTFORD, Conn. — A Yale University dean has been placed on leave over offensive reviews she made on Yelp, including one in which she refers to customers of a local restaurant as “white trash.” Pierson College Dean June Chu issued a public apology Saturday after reviews from her personal Yelp account began circulating at […]
  
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  Woo Ushering in New Era at Sweet Briar College
  
  University of Missouri-Columbia has New Interim Chancellor
  
  Wisconsin Students Push for Hmong-American Studies Program
  
  Harassment Accuser Condemns UC Berkeley Deal
Latinos
- SUNY Albany Appoints its First Latino President
  by Gia Savage
  The State University of New York at Albany has tapped a prominent Latino administrator to lead the state institution. Dr. Havidán Rodríguez becomes the first Hispanic president of any SUNY four-year college.
  
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  Rodriguez: The X in LatinX
  by Roberto Rodriguez
  This development has happened due to issues relating to the fluidity of gender — a recognition that there is not simply a male-female binary.
  
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  Rodriguez: Affirming a Macehual or Gente de Maiz Identity
  by Roberto Rodriguez
  A couple years ago, someone from California wrote me to tell me that: “Mexicans are taking over Chicano Studies.” Apparently, the person did not know I was born in Mexico. And they knew less about what this topic triggers within me. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, I did become part of the Chicano […]
  
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  Rodriguez: Arizona Court to Decide What We Can Learn
  
  Leaders of Minority-Serving Institutions Ask Congress to Bolster Pell Grant
  
  Title IV Funds Withheld from 5 Campuses in Puerto Rico During Strike
  
  Protesting Students in Puerto Rico Committed to Saving Higher Ed Access
LGBT
- University of Kansas Dorm Wing to Cater to LGBT Students
  by Associated Press
  LAWRENCE, Kan. — The University of Kansas is devoting a residence hall wing to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students and their supporters. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Student Housing director Diana Robertson says more than 20 students have signed up to live in the “gender inclusive housing” in Lewis Hall for the upcoming school […]
  
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  Gender-inclusive Locker Room Planned for UC Berkeley
  by Associated Press
  BERKELEY, Calif. — The University of California, Berkeley plans to build a gender-inclusive locker room at its campus gym. When the locker room opens next year it will include private changing rooms, showers, lockers and bathrooms stalls. It will also serve as a gender-neutral access point to the campus swim facility. Campus officials say men, […]
  
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  Some Notre Dame Students Plan to Walk Out During Pence Speech
  by Associated Press
  SOUTH BEND, Ind. — A University of Notre Dame student says he and some others plan to protest Vice President Mike Pence’s Sunday commencement address at the school by walking out on the speech. Protest organizer Bryan Ricketts tells the South Bend Tribune he expects 50 to 100 fellow graduating students to silently leave just […]
  
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  Montreat College Mandates Staff Opposition to Gay Marriage
  
  Athletic Director: Complaints, Not Bias, Led to Iowa Coach’s Firing
  
  ACC Extends Deals With North Carolina Sites after Law Revision
  
  Ex-official’s Trial to Focus on Bias Claims Against Iowa AD
MILITARY
- Military Hero Bill McRaven Having Trouble as Texas Chancellor
  by Jim Vertuno, Associated Press
  AUSTIN, Texas — Bill McRaven came to Texas an American military hero, charged with leading one of the country’s largest public university systems at a time it needed a steady hand. The retired Navy Admiral and former special operations leader, who planned the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden, now faces an uncertain future as […]
  
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  Case Western Offering Military Ethics Graduate Degree
  by Associated Press
  CLEVELAND — Officials with Case Western Reserve University say the Ohio school’s new graduate program in military ethics is the first of its kind in the country. Cleveland.com reports the Master of Arts in Military Ethics program allows students to earn a specialized degree that would prepare them for careers in military ethics, law, foreign […]
  
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  White Military Veterans Settling in at HBCUs
  by Gregory Clay
  According to a 2015 study, approximately 25 percent of the nation’s 105 HBCUs feature at least a 20 percent non-Black student population. White veterans’ numbers are growing thanks to the post-Sept. 11 G.I. Bill.
  
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  Texas Program ‘Guarantees’ Technical Jobs After Graduation
  
  Regents Name Richard Myers New Kansas State President
  
  Posse Foundation Veterans Program Offers Path to Elite Colleges
  
  ITT Tech’s Closing Leaves Many Veterans in Limbo
Women
- Faust Laid Foundation of Inclusion at Harvard
  by Catherine Morris
  In the wake of Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust’s recent announcement that she will retire in the spring of 2018, many have stepped forward to praise her leadership.
  
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  Essex County College Professor Questions Suspension Following TV Appearance
  by Associated Press
  NEWARK, N.J. — An adjunct professor at a New Jersey community college is questioning why she was suspended after appearing on Fox News. Lisa Durden says she learned about the suspension June 8 when she arrived to teach a class at Essex County College. Durden, who is Black, had appeared two days earlier on “Tucker […]
  
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  Ruth Simmons Named Prairie View Interim President
  by Associated Press
  COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Retired Brown University President Ruth Simmons, the first African-American woman to serve as president of an Ivy League institution, has been named interim president of Prairie View A&M University. The 71-year-old Simmons, who also was president at Massachusetts’ Smith College, the nation’s largest women’s university, and served in executive positions at […]
  
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  Delta College Settles in Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
  
  Commission Urges Title IX reforms at University of Tennessee
  
  Fraternity Wins Jury Decision in Lawsuit Over Co-ed Rule
  
  Tracy Smith Named New Poet Laureate

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