An education program is immersing underprivileged students in Ivy League classes, and the students’ success has raised questions about how elite university gatekeepers determine college prospects.
Students are demanding a stronger response from Boston College after two recent cases in which white students were accused of harassing Black and Hispanic students.
"This is an acknowledgement of our obligation, not only as the largest employer and safety-net provider in the region, but also as a mission-driven institution committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion," said Sarah Mangelsdorf, University of Rochester President.
The university pioneered a fresh financing concept: an income share agreement program, dubbed Back a Boiler, that provides an alternative to traditional student debt.
Rutgers University, Rider University and the New Jersey Institute of Technology told CNN they are investigating racist incidents in which individuals interrupted virtual Black History Month meetings with racist remarks and imagery.
“Trustees can use their influence with university leaders and community members to not only convene around solutions, but to identify national best practices that may be applicable in the Colorado context."
The HBCU Cultural Heritage Stewardship Initiative seeks to preserve HBCUs as educational institutions as well as physical spaces of historic and cultural significance.
Canada’s slow vaccine campaign - it currently lags well behind global peers on inoculations - and the emergence of new variants, could extend the slump in enrollment and campus revenues into the next year school, experts warn.
President of Bluefield College, Dr. David Olive, says players were suspended for kneeling after being informed that there would consequences for doing so. The suspensions resulted in the forfeit of the team's scheduled contest at Reinhardt.
"The negative connotation and violence associated with the Crusader imagery are not reflective of Valpo's mission and values, which promote a welcoming and inclusive community," the university's interim president said.
For the third consecutive legislative session, Iowa lawmakers have introduced a bill that would eliminate tenure at Iowa’s community colleges and its three public universities - the University of Iowa, Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa.
The partnership with Morgan State University, the Maryland Institute College of Art Center for Social Design and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s International Vaccine Access Center has formed committees focused on the specific concerns of various groups.
