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Enrollment is Down at Tennessee Community Colleges, Especially Among Black Students

According to The Knoxville News Sentinel, The Tennessee Board of Regents announced recently that enrollment at community colleges in Tennessee is down by 11.5% compared to last year, or about 10,000 students. Community colleges across the state saw large declines in the number of Black students enrolled, and more specifically, among Black male students. The […]

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University of Georgia Fraternity Chapter Self-Suspends Due to Racist Remarks

The Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity chapter at the University of Georgia self-suspended operations indefinitely over the weekend after racist messages from a chapter group messaging app were posted to Twitter, according to NBC. Screenshots of the messages from a GroupMe for the school’s fraternity chapter were posted Saturday evening by African American student Arianna Mbunwe, […]

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Department of Education Will Investigate Princeton for “Admitted Racism”

The U.S. Department of Education announced it was investigating Princeton University for “lapses in its nondiscriminatory practices ” in a letter Wednesday to the school’s president, USA Today reported. The investigation follows President Christopher L. Eisgruber’s Sept. 2 letter to Princeton’s community about the university’s efforts against systemic racism. “Racism and the damage it does […]

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Krug’s Publisher Says Book Proceeds Will Go to Fund for Black and Latinx Scholars

The publisher of Dr. Jessica Krug – the White academic who revealed she had pretended to be Black for years – says all proceeds from Krug’s book, Fugitive Modernities will go to a fund supporting Black and Latinx scholars, The Guardian reported. Krug – a White Jewish woman from Kansas and former professor focusing on […]

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Black Students Protest Racism at Kent State University

Black students protested at Kent State University Thursday, calling the school’s response to repeated racist messages painted on a campus rock lackluster, Cleveland.com reported. According to Cleveland.com, a group called Black United Students issued a set of demands to the university that called on university officials to address systemic racism. Junior Maria Finney has been […]

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University of Kentucky Names Ja’Mahl McDaniel as Director of Martin Luther King Center

Ja’Mahl McDaniel was named the director of the University of Kentucky (UK) Martin Luther King Center. McDaniel, who had been serving as interim director, returned to his alma mater in 2018 to be the associate director of the center. Prior to his roles at UK, McDaniel worked as program coordinator for the Intercultural Center at […]

Community Colleges

North Carolina Community Colleges Begin Bias Training for Law Enforcement

With the goal of providing law enforcement training to all 100 counties in the state, the North Carolina Community College system has launched the Impartial Policing initiative.

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Think Tank Recommends Four Ways Colleges Can Address Police Brutality

In recent months, universities and colleges nationwide have announced their plans to address systemic racism and police brutality on campus. The Center for American Progress recently published a brief with four recommendations on how higher education institutions can hold local and campus law enforcement accountable for violent actions.

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What’s in a Name? After Years of Student Activism, Universities Rename Campus Buildings

After Black Lives Matter protests across the country, universities face an ongoing flood of petitions from students to change campus building names, which honor historic figures tied to slave ownership and racist policies. And many institutions have recently agreed.

Sustaining Professional Development in the Midst of COVID

Professional development initiatives that support employees are essential, particularly as we navigate the COVID-19 pandemic and consider how best to reopen campuses. Pivoting to online learning and teleworking while preparing for a new normal has highlighted this need. Perhaps, more than ever before, we are challenged to build the capacity to meet the diverse needs of our students and one another.

In the Face of Hate, Public Universities Struggle to Balance Inclusivity, Free Speech

With students and faculty posting heated — and in some cases, racist — reactions to current events on social media, universities find themselves in a legal minefield as they navigate First Amendment rights and the educational ideals of tolerance and respect.

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Community Colleges

More Than 60 California Community College Presidents Form Alliance to Actively Combat Campus Racism

The University of Southern California’s Race & Equity Center launches the California Community College Equity Leadership Alliance, a new partnership between more than 58 community colleges to combat racism on their campuses.

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