When Dolores Huerta took the stage at California State University at Los Angeles to address a room of more than 600 people at the 50th anniversary celebration of the Chicana(o) and Latina(o) Studies department on Thursday, she began with a reflection. More...
Hundreds of UNC faculty members urge officials not to restore Silent Sam statue to its original location
Hundreds of University of North Carolina faculty members sent a letter Wednesday to school officials urging them not to return to its original location a Confederate statue toppled by protesters. More...
Share your success story at UBTech 2019
The call for submissions is underway for UBTech 2019, June 10-12 in Orlando. We’re looking for dynamic speakers to lead presentations on AV, IT and instructional technology. More...
UNC finalizing process to work toward Silent Sam proposal
It has now been two weeks since the Confederate monument known as Silent Sam was pulled down from its pedestal on the UNC – Chapel Hill campus. The UNC System Board of Governors last Tuesday directed Chancellor Carol Folt and the Chapel Hill campus Board of Trustees to “develop and present to the Board of Governors a plan for the monument’s disposition and preservation.” That plan is now due to the Board of Governors in mid-November. More...
President's response to the report of the Commission on Institutional History and Community
Almost a year ago I delivered my inaugural address in front of Lee Chapel and reminded the audience that "We are justifiably proud of our distinctions, but never complacent. Our motto -- non incautus futuri -- not unmindful of the future -- reflects our commitment to self-examination, to asking how we can remain who we are while also getting better, to asking how we can contribute even more to the world in which our students will live their lives." More...
Big trouble for Howard University
Howard University is regarded as the most prestigious historically black institution of higher education in the country. But the operations of the school in the nation’s capital have long been troubled in areas such as budget, financial aid, student housing, security, building maintenance and transparency. More...
W&L president responds to commission recommendations on Lee Chapel, Confederate history
Washington and Lee University will build a new history museum and continue to use Lee Chapel after a commission recommended more sweeping changes earlier this year, President William Dudley said in a statement released Tuesday. More...
Glasgow University is not alone in profiting from slavery
Most of today’s wealthy families profited from the transatlantic trade, says Prof Gary Craig, while John Oldfield and David Richardson highlight investment in slavery studies. More...
Statue wars: what should we do with troublesome monuments?
The global protest movement to tear down urban memorials that reinforce racism is rewriting the very story of our cities. Should any monument be safe. More...
Glasgow University to make amends over slavery profits of past
University received ‘significant financial support’ from slavery in 18th and 19th centuries. More...