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Vanderbilt Pays $1.2M to Remove āConfederateā from Dorm Name
NASHVILLE, Tenn. ā Vanderbilt University announced Monday that it will pay more than a million dollars to remove an inscription containing the word āConfederateā from one of its campus dorms. The private university has referred to the Confederate Memorial Hall simply as āMemorial Hallā since 2002, but was blocked in court from changing the name [ā¦]
August 15, 2016
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Vanderbilt Adds Transgender Surgeries to Student Insurance
NASHVILLE, Tenn. ā Vanderbilt University officials say the schoolās student insurance will start covering transgender-related surgeries in order to make the campus a more inclusive environment for students who previously had gone without necessary care. Vanderbilt Vice Provost for Learning and Residential Affairs Cynthia Cyrus tells The Tennessean that the change was made after a [ā¦]
June 9, 2016
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āGiftedā Black Kids Not as Likely to Get Placed in Talented Programs
High-achieving, Black, elementary school students are much less likely than their White peers to receive assignments to gifted and talented programs in math and reading, according to a new study.
January 24, 2016
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How Gifted Education Fuels Injustices
Black students represent 19% of the public schools population but only 10% of gifted programs. This discrepancy means that over 250,000 Black students have been denied access to gifted education annually.
January 22, 2016
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Black Faculty Expected to Entertain When Presenting
Black faculty members are expected to be āentertainingā when presenting their academic research to their mostly White peers, according to a new study.
August 23, 2015
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Teacher Prep Study Yields 2 Different Assessments
Though they collaborated on a study of a controversial review of Americaās teacher prep programs, researchers from higher education and NCTQ officials came away with starkly different impressions.
May 25, 2015
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