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Opinion

Double Agents in Journalism

A number of purportedly “liberal/progressive” journalists were actively involved in assisting the Breitbart machine, in particular, serving as a conduit of sorts to right wing provocateur Milo Yiannopolous.

October 24, 2017

Students

TMCF Names Harry Williams President/CEO

At its 30th Anniversary Awards Gala on Monday evening, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund named Dr. Harry Williams as its new president and CEO.

October 24, 2017

Students

Experts: Colleges Have Role in Battling Opioid Epidemic

Experts say combatting this public health crisis will take concerted initiatives at the federal level, through public and private partnerships, and in schools, colleges and communities across the nation.

October 24, 2017

Students

DeVos Further Freezes Obama’s For-profit Fraud Protections

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is further delaying Obama-era protections for students defrauded by for-profit colleges, saying it needs more time to write new regulations. Tuesday’s announcement renewed criticism by Democrats and advocacy groups that the administration favors the interests of for-profit universities over students. The Education Department posted a notice in the Federal Register […]

October 24, 2017

Students

As Protestors Rally at University of Florida, Penn State Hopes to Steer Clear

As protesters circled the University of Florida auditorium where White nationalist Richard Spencer spoke Thursday, Penn State decided to avoid this scenario altogether.

October 19, 2017

Students

Landry Leans on Experience to Lead ACE

American College of Education (ACE) president and interim provost Dr. Shawntel Landry leads a nontraditional and unique institution, where women account for 72 percent of administrative or staff roles.

October 17, 2017

Students

Beyond an Uncritical Attachment to Free Speech

Campuses need to aspire to free speech while moving beyond an uncritical attachment to it as a salve for an assortment of difficult conversations, and to be especially critical of free-speech claims that promote speech that is willfully uninformed or intentionally harmful and hateful.

October 17, 2017

Students

Lawmaker: Kennesaw State Mascot Wrong to Rally for Kneeling Cheerleaders

KENNESAW, Ga. —  The student who wears the owl mascot costume at a Georgia public university where five cheerleaders knelt during the national anthem had no business leading a cross-campus march in support of the cheerleaders, an influential lawmaker said. Kenneth Sturkey, who dresses as Scrappy the Owl at Kennesaw State University athletic events, said […]

October 17, 2017

Students

University of Cincinnati to Allow White Nationalist to Speak

CLEVELAND — The University of Cincinnati says it will allow White nationalist leader Richard Spencer to speak on campus, while Ohio State University says it can’t accommodate a rental request for a Nov. 15 speech but is considering alternatives. UC president Neville Pinto said in an email that the university is finalizing details of Spencer’s […]

October 16, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Chancellor Raises Concern About Protecting Research

FARGO, N.D. — Potential customers who are interested in teaming with North Dakota researchers on fields like unmanned aircraft are balking because of the state’s open records laws, the head of the university system says. Chancellor Mark Hagerott told the state Board of Higher Education during last month’s meeting that some leading research universities are […]

October 16, 2017

Students

Indiana Scholarships Fail to Attract Diverse Teachers

INDIANAPOLIS — Scholarships from an Indiana program meant to diversify and recruit the next generation of teachers have gone largely to White students so far, an Indiana agency says. State officials hope to lessen the state’s teacher shortage with $10 million in Next Generation Hoosier Educators Scholarships, but the scholarships have failed to attract students […]

October 16, 2017

Students

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