Amid intense pressure, protests and a threat of a federal lawsuit, trustees for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill voted 9-4 on Wednesday to grant tenure to Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones. Nikole Hannah-Jones The decision is a departure from the trustee’s previous stance to grant a five-year contract to Hannah-Jones, who […]
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June 30, 2021 | : The men’s baseball team of Vanderbilt University is facing off against Mississippi State in the best of three finals of the College World Series. Notably, three of the institutions represented in the College World Series have African American athletic directors. Just last month, Dr. Candice Storey Lee made college sports
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June 30, 2021 | : Over the next decade, the education landscape is expected to shift. As early as 2022, 51% of college-bound graduates are projected to be students of color. By 2029, the number is expected to reach 55%, according to the National Center of Education Statistics. To support and increase academic success among
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June 30, 2021 | : Emory University announced this week that it will be making several plans to reconcile with its racially fraught past, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. One of these plans include the renaming of several buildings. Emory will rename Language Hall on its Oxford College in honor of the late Horace J. Johnson
June 30, 2021 | : Bethune-Cookman University (B-CU) has signed an agreement with the U.S. Department of Education for $108 million to end a controversial deal for a new dorm, Click Orlando reported. The current B-CU leadership announced the agreement to secure funding as part of the HBCU Capital Financing Program and Rice Capitol, effectively
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June 30, 2021 | : Syracuse University will hire an outside firm to review its women’s basketball program, following allegations of threats, bullying and unwanted physical contact by Syracuse women’s basketball coach Quentin Hillsman, The Associated Press reported. This comes almost 10 weeks after Hillsman attributed the departure of 11 players to attrition, COVID-19 and
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June 30, 2021 Important updates for incoming, returning international students and faculty International students will be exempt from quarantine, the requirement to stay at a government-authorized accommodation and COVID-19 testing on their eighth day in the country if they meet a list of requirements, the government of Canada announced. It’s part of the government’s easing
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If participating postsecondary institutions don’t meet their targets by the end of 2029, the number of research chairs they receive will be cut. Shree Mulay says she’s noticed a change in attitude when it comes to the selection process for Canada Research Chair appointments at Memorial University, where she’s a professor of community health and
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June 28, 2021 | : Born and raised in the Bronx in New York City as one of five children to a father who was a machinist and businessman and a mother who was a dental hygienist, Dr. Geraldine Perri learned the value of community college education from her neighborhood, her mother and her own
June 28, 2021 | : Debt relief should be assessed by wealth instead of income, and there is a direct relationship between student debt cancellation and minimizing the racial wealth gap. That was the sentiments expressed during a panel discussion held on Monday by The Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program. Panelists discussed the disproportionate burden of
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