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Institutions Find Creative Ways to Stay Connected With Prospective Students During COVID-19

With colleges and universities eliminating or limiting in-person campus events due to the COVID-19 pandemic, prospective students are forced to engage with institutions through a screen.

March 19, 2021

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In the Wake of George Floyd’s Death, Prairie View A&M and Oberlin to Start Racial Justice Initiatives

In the wake of George Floyd’s death in police custody, Prairie View A&M University and Oberlin College will start racial justice initiatives at their institutions, they announced. Prairie View A&M has already received “a substantial gift” to establish a Center for Race and Justice under the rubric of African American Studies, said university president Ruth […]

June 4, 2020

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2019 Year in Review

In 2019, issues related to diversity in higher education took the national stage, from affirmative action, to DACA and to NCAA athletics.

December 30, 2019

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Jury: Oberlin College Must Pay Bakery $11M in Defamation Suit

A jury has awarded an Ohio bakery more than $11 million in compensatory damages in a nationally publicized defamation lawsuit against Oberlin College and one of its administrators, and jurists are meeting this week to decide how much the school also will have to pay in punitive damages, according to a report in The New […]

June 10, 2019

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Coppin State Unveils Obama Bust

Coppin State University took another step this week toward linking its historical legacy with evolving events by unveiling a bronze bust of former President Barack Obama in honor of his efforts to acknowledge and recognize people most in need of help.

February 19, 2018

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Scholar Researching Hispanic History in U.S. Higher Ed

Conventional wisdom holds that Hispanics are a recent addition to the academy. Dr. Pablo Mitchell, professor of history and comparative American studies at Oberlin College, would contest that notion.

October 11, 2017

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Ambar Sees Her Achievements as Paths to Empowering Others

Dr. Carmen Ambar, named last week as the first African American president in Oberlin College’s 184 years of existence, said that making history is affirming to African American children that they can do anything.

June 6, 2017

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Oberlin College Employee’s Home Vandalized; Possible Hate Crime

OBERLIN, Ohio —Police say someone vandalized the home of a faculty member at a northern Ohio college and left what appeared to be an anti-Semitic note, and the case is being investigated as a possible hate crime. Oberlin Police Chief Juan Torres tells WJW-TV the homeowners are Jewish and the note implied a reference to […]

November 21, 2016