By Scott Jaschik. Maryland prosecutors are now calling the murder of a black Bowie State University student a hate crime and prosecuting it as such, The Baltimore Sun reported. A student at the University of Maryland at College Park has been charged in the stabbing death of Richard W. Collins III, which took place while Collins was visiting friends at College Park. More...
By Scott Jaschik. The Hutchins Center for African and African-American Research at Harvard University has announced that it is revoking an honor it gave Harvey Weinstein in 2014. More...
By Scott Jaschik. Northwest Nazarene University announced Monday that its teams would no longer be known as the Crusaders and would from now on be known as the Nighthawks. "The Board of Trustees acknowledged that a crusader was historically understood as one who is committed to a worthy cause," said a statement from the university. More...
By Scott Jaschik. A number of colleges in the mainland United States are offering assistance to students in Puerto Rico, many of whom have had their homes and campuses devastated by hurricanes. Tulane University is offering a tuition-free semester, provided students pay their regular tuition to their home institution in Puerto Rico. More...
By Scott Jaschik. A freshman at Texas Tech has been charged with fatally shooting a police officer at the university.
A statement from Texas Tech said that police officers brought the student, Hollis Daniels, to the police station for questioning after they found "evidence of drugs and drug paraphernalia" in his dormitory room. More...
By Scott Jaschik. Texas Southern University on Monday called off a lecture by a conservative state legislator amid protests of the event, The Dallas Morning News reported. The university said that the event was not properly registered. Organizers of the event disputed this. More...
By Scott Jaschik. Leaders of the University of Wisconsin are expected to propose a major restructuring of the system later this week, The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported. Few confirmed details are available, but the plan is expected to create clusters of two-year and four-year institutions, with the idea of easing transfer from the former to the latter. More...
By Scott Jaschik. Cornell protest revives debate on whether first-generation immigrants from Africa and Caribbean make up disproportionate share of black students at top colleges, and what -- if anything -- should be done as a result. More...
Wick Sloane’s annual survey shows that 36 highly selective colleges are enrolling 722 former military service members this fall. That’s more than last year, but still an embarrassment, he argues. More...
This amazing South-Bronx school grows 50,000 pounds of vegetables a year
Vicky Davis, The Cool Cat Teacher Blog, 2017/08/23
This is a sponsored post on Vicki Davis's site, but don't let that slow you down, it's a great post (if you read it on the website there's a really annoying blocker, just click 'No Thanks' and the story will reappear. Also, you have to scroll past the "Sorry, this promotion is not available in your region" box - I hope she's making lots of money from the advertising because we're certainly paying for it with a miserable reading experience). More...
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