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Tag: Ivy League
Sports
Ivy League Becomes First D-I Conference to Suspend All Sports Until 2021
The Ivy League on Wednesday suspended all sports until 2021, including fall football, in response to health risks posed by the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. It is the first Division I conference to do so, reports the Associated Press. “We simply do not believe we can create and maintain an environment for intercollegiate athletic competition that […]
July 9, 2020
Sports
Ivy League Will Give Student-Athletes Election Day Off
The Ivy League announced it will give student-athletes a day off on Nov. 3, Election Day, as part of a plan for “deliberate action to condemn all forms of systemic racism and social inequality. ” It also announced that the Ivy League office will be closed Friday, June 19, 2020, in recognition of Juneteenth, a […]
June 19, 2020
Sports
Citing Impact on Diversity, Brown U Reverses Its Decision on Some Sports Teams
Brown University has reversed its decision to turn men’s varsity track, field and cross country into club sports citing the negative impact the move would have on diversity and Black students, reported The Providence Journal. According to a letter released Tuesday night, men’s track, field and cross country were among the varsity sports that have […]
June 10, 2020
Students
Students, Schools Seek Answers in Era of Pandemic U.
We’ve crept into May, which is coincidentally Asian Pacific American Heritage Month on the diversity calendar. But as Helen Hsu sees it, there’s not much to celebrate if you’re an Asian American student.
May 4, 2020
Sports
Ivy League Won’t Allow Spring Sports Athletes to Compete as Graduate Students
The Ivy League won’t allow an additional year of eligibility to its spring-sport athletes who had their seasons shortened by the coronavirus pandemic, reported the Associated Press. That means the league won’t allow its spring sports athletes to compete as graduate students. Meanwhile, on Monday, the NCAA allowed spring-sport athletes, regardless of their year in […]
April 3, 2020
News Roundup
Agencies Launch Investigation into Yale University’s Admissions Practices
The U.S. Departments of Education and Justice have begun investigating whether Yale University Admissions racially discriminate against Asian American student applicants. The investigation was announced in a letter released on Wednesday from the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights to the Asian American Coalition for Education, according to the Washington Post. The letter also […]
September 27, 2018
African-American
Three Black Alumnae Make History in Dartmouth Leadership
As Dartmouth College approaches its 250th anniversary next year in the midst of an unprecedented $3-billion fundraising campaign, three Black alumnae are making history as the first African-American women to hold top leadership positions.
September 21, 2018
Students
UPenn Provides Support Services for First-Generation and Low-Income Students
The University of Pennsylvania’s advocacy for education accessibility among first-generation and low-income students is one of the reasons why it has been ranked as one of Diverse’s Top 100 undergraduate and graduate degree programs for minorities.
August 31, 2018
News Roundup
Once-Homeless Teen Gets Full Ride to Harvard
Philadelphia teen Richard Jenkins used to sleep in a homeless shelter and was nicknamed “Harvard” by bullies for being a bookworm. Now, he is going to the same Ivy League school on a full scholarship. Jenkins attends Girard College, a boarding school in north Philadelphia, and is this year’s valedictorian. The 18-year-old found out the […]
May 24, 2018
Opinion
Haters Can’t Dim This Star Student’s Shine
Many were impressed when Texas teen Micheal Brown made headlines by gaining acceptance and full scholarships to all 20 colleges he applied to, including four in the Ivy League. But some people tried to rain on the Black student’s parade.
April 11, 2018
Opinion
A Call for Elite Schools to Redefine ‘Merit’
I simply refuse to believe that talent is clustered within those who have the most. I am convinced that talent is universal, yet our highly selective colleges and universities mostly value the former.
February 19, 2018
Students
Legacy Preferences Challenged at Elite Schools
BOSTON — Students and alumni at some of the nation’s top universities are urging their schools to reconsider admissions policies that give an edge to relatives of alumni. Campus groups for first-generation and low-income students at 12 elite universities issued a joint letter Wednesday asking their schools to review the impact of so-called legacy admissions […]
February 14, 2018
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