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Research Encourages More Support for Black and Hispanic Male Educational Attainment

There are opportunities for educators and policymakers to improve African-American and Hispanic males’ employment attainment by implementing practices and policies that drive the underrepresented group’s educational persistence and completion, according to new data from the Charles H. Houston Center for the Study of the Black Experience in Education at Clemson University.

April 23, 2019

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Second Initiative Adds to Clemson Efforts to Diversify SC Teacher Ranks

As a pioneering teacher-development program established by Clemson University approaches its 20th year, leaders in the College of Education are creating a complementary initiative also aimed at diversifying South Carolina’s educator pool.

February 27, 2019

News Roundup

Petition for Potential Freeze on SC College Tuition Receives Warm Reaction

A bill that would briefly stop increases in South Carolina college tuition was recently presented to the Joint Education and Finance Study Committee and received warm reactions from committee members. The bill was sponsored by Sen. Vincent Sheheen and states that if passed, it would establish a $125-million trust fund to increase state funding of […]

October 18, 2018

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Going Home: Detroit Campus President Gets Top Ed Post in Liberia

Mawine G. Diggs has gone back to her native Liberia numerous times since first coming to the United States around the age of 7, and now she’s planning the ultimate return home as the African nation’s newly appointed director general of the National Commission on Higher Education.

October 17, 2018

Students

Summit Seeks to Improve Outcomes for Men of Color

GREENVILLE, S.C. – Improving outcomes for young men of color has become a personal goal for Dr. James P. Clements, the Clemson University president who this week hosted the second annual Men of Color National Summit.

April 12, 2018

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Harvard Symposium Examines Charles Hamilton Houston’s Enduring Legacy

Two universities recently convened a symposium to honor the work and influence of the late civil rights lawyer Charles Hamilton Houston.

November 19, 2017

Students

Clemson Student Vice President Impeached, to Face Trial

CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson University’s student senate has voted to impeach the student government’s vice president, a Black man who recently refused to stand during the Pledge of Allegiance. But Clemson spokesman John Gouch said Thursday the impeachment proceedings started before the pledge protest by Jaren Stewart. Student Senator Miller Hoffman, who is White, introduced […]

October 26, 2017

Students

Judge Approves $250K Settlement for College Student’s Death

CLEMSON, S.C. — A judge has approved a $250,000 settlement between Clemson University and the family of a student who died during a fraternity pledge run nearly three years ago. Court records filed Thursday show Judge Robin Stilwell approved the deal reached earlier this month. Clemson promises to create a $50,000 endowment in Tucker Hipps’ […]

August 17, 2017

Faculty & Staff

3 Clemson Professors not Eating to Protest Trump Travel Ban

CLEMSON, S.C. — Three Clemson University professors are refusing to eat for nearly a week to protest the university’s failure to demand that President Donald Trump rescind an executive order banning travel to the U.S. from seven majority Muslim countries. The professors started “The Fast Against Silence” Monday morning and plan to not eat again […]

February 8, 2017

Sports

Column: Amid Abuses, College Sports Sometimes Gets it Right

TAMPA, Fla. — Deshaun Watson wanted to be first. We’re not talking about anything he’s done on the football field. The Clemson quarterback may be going for a national championship Monday night, but he’s already scored one of the biggest victories of his life. In just three years, Watson became the first member of his […]

January 8, 2017

African-American

King Holiday Kicks Off High-demand Period for Some Black Academicians

The lives of some of the nation’s most visible Black academicians are about to get even busier—at least for the next month or so.

January 14, 2016

Sports

Tony Elliot Leading Clemson to Victory

Clemson University’s Tony Elliott was once a walk-on for the team he now serves as co-offensive coordinator.

December 30, 2015