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HBCU Sexual Assault Study Released

Often precipitated by the consumption of alcohol, attempted or completed sexual assaults directly affect about 14 percent of all female students on the campuses of historically Black colleges and universities, but the attacks often go unreported due to shame, guilt or fear.

March 20, 2011

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Two UCLA Professors Seek Campus Diversity Requirement

In the aftermath of a racially offensive Internet video, two University of Ca lifornia, Los Angeles professors are urging the administration to require diversity training for students in hopes of discouraging such incidents.

March 16, 2011

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Helping College Students Stay Safe While Dating

Increasingly, college administrators are prioritizing dating violence prevention and intervention services.

February 28, 2011

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Virginia Senate Rejects Attempt to Allow Guns on Campuses

A Senate panel rejected what gun-control proponents called a back-door attempt to get firearms on college campuses Friday, as several measures on both sides of the gun issue were defeated in a usually gun-friendly House committee.

February 6, 2011

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Faculty Members Seeking to Oust Medgar Evers President

Medgar Evers College, the newest and smallest member of the City University of New York system, finds itself in a familiar but unenviable position — cloaked in controversy — as faculty leaders press for the immediate ouster of its new president and provost.

February 3, 2011

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Faculty Members Seeking to Oust Medgar Evers President

In response to the no-confidence vote, Dr. William Pollard, president since August 2009, issued an open letter to the college to dismiss calls for his ouster.

February 2, 2011

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The Tombs from the Air

“The Tombs” is the colloquial name for the Manhattan Detention Complex, a jail in lower Manhattan at 125 White Street. The nickname has been used for several structures dating from the early to mid-19th century.

November 29, 2010

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Coppin State Opens Campus-based Neighborhood Computer Center

Coppin State University is set to debut formally today its new efforts to help low-income residents in nearby neighborhoods modernize their digital communications skills with the opening of a neighborhood broadband technology skills training center.

September 15, 2010

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Prairie View A&M University Hazing Death Followed Other Incidents

One of Texas’ oldest universities has sought to come to grips in the last year with one of the age-old problems of campus life – hazing. But officials at Prairie View A&M were aware of a problem long before the 2009 death of a fraternity pledge.

August 25, 2010

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Authorities Say Better Information on Student Arrests Will Be Difficult to Realize

University of Virginia officials still reeling from the death of a Virginia student-athlete want a better system to tell them when students are arrested off campus, though authorities warn changes could prove costly.

May 23, 2010

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Racist Incidents, Protests Spread at UC Campuses

A firestorm over racially and ethnically charged incidents at several University of California campuses spread Tuesday as UC San Diego announced a KKK-style hood was found on campus and students in Los Angeles and Irvine demonstrated against intolerance.

March 2, 2010

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Racial Threat Puts Ohio College on Alert, on Edge

An attacker could find many places to hide at Hocking College, a campus carved into a forest in the Appalachian foothills. And with the threat of a mass killing looming over Black students at the community college, Allen Edwards is steering clear of the trees.

January 28, 2010