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‘Get Close to Injustice’ and ‘Expect the Unexpected’: Advice From This Year’s Education Summit

Two major hurdles face the future of higher education — an unpredictable workforce and racial injustice — according to historian Yuval Noah Harari and legal expert and civil rights attorney Bryan Stevenson, both of whom presented at the ninth annual Education Summit hosted by Salesforce.

June 16, 2021

Campus Climate

Academia’s Role in Fighting Mental Illness Stigma

Though we are in an era of growing anti-intellectualism, colleges and universities still retain a large amount of influence in educating vast sectors of society and shaping public discourse, and can play a large role in destigmatizing mental illness. Stigma is one of the primary barriers to diagnosis and treatment, and given the prevalence of mental illness across demographic groups, fighting it should be a cause that everyone can get behind.

December 11, 2020

News Roundup

The University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education to Host Virtual Event to Discuss Systemic Racism

The University at Buffalo (UB) Graduate School of Education plans to host a two-day virtual event to discuss activism, racial injustice and systemic racism in higher education. As part of the instruction, “Make Good Trouble” Now: Teach-In for Racial Equity,” over 80 sessions will be held Sep. 3-4. Some speakers include authors Drs. Bettina L. […]

August 30, 2020

Sports

Group of Pac-12 Football Players Threaten Boycott if Demands Aren’t Met

More than a dozen Pac-12 football players have issued a list of demands which include health and safety protection during the COVID-19 pandemic, racial justice, and economic equity. The student-athletes have threatened to boycott practice and games if their demands are not met. The players’ statement and demands were published in The Players’ Tribune and […]

August 3, 2020

Asian American Pacific Islander

Stare Down the White Gaze: Demystifying the “Model Minority” Stereotype

“You brought the virus here.” These words were thrown at me on a street corner as I walked my dog, soon after the stay-at-home order was issued. Before I realized that these words were meant for me, the man who uttered them already moved on.

June 30, 2020

African-American

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