Tag: Facebook

Virginia Wesleyan Dean Resigns After Posting Heated Comments to Facebook

A Virginia Wesleyan University dean, who is also a professor, has resigned after calling Biden supporters “ignorant, anti-American and anti-Christian” on his personal Facebook page, reported The Washington Post. Paul Ewell, dean of Wesleyan’s global campus and a tenured professor of management, business, and economics, wrote that Biden voters have “corrupted the election,” “corrupted our […]

November 18, 2020

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Rhodes College Alumni Start Facebook Group to Oppose Supreme Court Nominee

Rhodes College alumni have created a Facebook group to express opposition to the U.S. Supreme Court nomination of Amy Coney Barrett, according to WMC-TV, The Facebook group called “Rhodes Alumni Against ACB’s Nomination,” note that Barrett, an alumnus, espouse legal opinions that they argue go against the school’s values. Meanwhile, Rhodes President Dr. Marjorie Hass […]

September 28, 2020

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Montgomery College Pulls Ads From Facebook, Supports ‘Stop Hate for Profit’ Campaign

Montgomery College has pulled its advertising from Facebook for the month of July to signal support for Stop Hate for Profit, a coalition demanding Facebook adopt policies that restrict the spread of racist and White supremacist messages on the platform. Since most of Facebook’s profit comes through advertising, the coalition – which includes the Anti-Defamation […]

July 2, 2020

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Brigham Young U Under Fire for Comparing Latter-day Saints’ History to that of African Americans

Brigham Young University-Idaho is under fire after its Performing and Visual Arts Facebook account compared the past persecution of Latter-day Saints to centuries of African American enslavement, reported the Salt Lake Tribune. The post, which has since been deleted, detailed the history of Latter-day Saints who fled to Utah, formerly Mexican territory, to escape discrimination. […]

June 24, 2020

Sacramento State U Professor’s Wife Calls Neighbor a Racial Slur in Viral Video

A video emerged earlier this month of Sacramento State University professor, Tim Ford, and his wife, Crystal Ford, berating their neighbors in an argument that began over the smell of bacon grease, reports the New York Post. Reportedly angry at the smell, the professor’s wife called the woman recording the video, Mikaela Cobb, both a […]

May 11, 2020

Oprah is Commencement Speaker at FB’s May 15 Virtual Graduation Ceremony

Celebrated talk show host Oprah Winfrey will serve as commencement speaker for the hundreds of thousands of college seniors who are unable to attend their graduation ceremonies due to the coronavirus-related campus shutdowns. Winfrey will deliver her address virtually at an online graduation ceremony that will be hosted by social media giant Facebook next month. […]

April 30, 2020

Report: Underrepresented High School Students Engage More With Institutions Through Social Media

Social media is transforming the college admissions and recruitment process, especially for underrepresented students. According to a new EAB report, nearly 30 percent of students have used a school’s social media site as a gateway to that school’s website and more than 85 percent believe that every institution should have a social media presence.

September 23, 2019

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Pew on Media Landscape: Facebook, Google Crippling Newsrooms

The Pew Research Center has released its annual assessment, the State of the News Media, and the news is not good. Among key findings reported by Pew: •Digital ad revenue has grown exponentially, but a majority goes to Facebook (40 percent) and Google (12 percent) rather than to publishers. •U.S. newspaper print circulation reached its […]

July 26, 2019

Facebook Award Helps Coding Bootcamp Reduce STEM Workplace Disparities

Ironhack, a Miami-based global coding bootcamp that feeds women and underrepresented minorities into the STEM pipeline, has garnered the 2019 Facebook F8 Scholarship to aid efforts to diversify tech fields.

May 10, 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

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Expanding Minority Doctorate Pipeline Began with Facebook Group

LaShonda E. Gurley said she “didn’t know whether to laugh, to cry or break out in a praise dance” when she successfully defended her dissertation last week, but the doctor of education earner knew she was grateful for critical support along the way – including from a social media group created two years ago to support Black and first-generation students seeking doctoral degrees.

March 13, 2019

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Diversity in Tech: Make School Bachelor’s Program with Dominican Accredited

Make School, a postsecondary educational program created by two 20-something techies, is now offering an industry-driven, project-oriented bachelor’s degree in partnership with Dominican University of California that students can complete in two years – and don’t have to start paying for until they graduate and secure a job that pays at least $60,000 a year.

December 28, 2018

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