By Scott Jaschik. The University of Oklahoma announced Monday that two students who were involved in a racist video that has roiled the campus are no longer students at the university. More...
27 janvier 2019
27 janvier 2019
Racist Video Angers Many at University of Oklahoma
By Scott Jaschik. A racist video featuring two University of Oklahoma students has angered many on the campus. In the video, a woman in blackface says, "I am a nigger." More...
27 janvier 2019
At Princeton, White Supremacists Skip Rally
By Scott Jaschik. Many at Princeton University were worried about plans by a white supremacist group to hold a rally in the town of Princeton on Saturday, but the group that had previously indicated it would be there opted not to show up. The European Heritage Association tweeted that others had been "punk'd" by the reported plan for a rally. More...
27 janvier 2019
To Add Black College Students, Recruit Black Schoolteachers
By Scott Jaschik. Many studies have found a positive impact on black students from having black teachers in elementary and secondary schools. A new working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research finds that the positive impact may extend far beyond school, to whether black students enroll in college. More...
27 janvier 2019
Racist Video Leads to Suspension of Cheerleading Squad
By Scott Jaschik. St. John Fisher College, in upstate New York, has suspended its cheerleading squad after video surfaced of white cheerleaders singing along to a rap video and shouting out the N-word and a crude term for part of the female anatomy, The Democrat and Chronicle reported. More...
27 janvier 2019
Did Critics of Programs for Women Win at Tulane?
By Scott Jaschik. University agrees to review whether any programs or scholarships discriminate illegally against men, but legal experts say programs reserved for women are legal. More...
27 janvier 2019
Why Israel?
In November, the faculty of Pitzer College voted overwhelmingly in support of suspending the college’s study abroad program with the University of Haifa, setting two conditions for the resumption of the program. The first condition is that entry to Israel, and thus to the Haifa program, must be free of discrimination based on ancestry and legitimate political speech. The second is that Israel allow foreign exchanges with Palestinian universities on the same basis that it does for Israeli universities. Currently, the Israeli state does not issue visas that allow foreign students and faculty members to join Palestinian universities for a full semester, much less any longer. More...
23 janvier 2019
Aus: Racist posters placed on campuses again
By Anton Crace. The Council of International Students Australia has condemned the appearance of signs bearing a white supremacist-linked slogan on university campuses, and warned that some may be rigged to injure anyone attempting to remove them. More...
22 janvier 2019
Université Paris 13: une plainte pour antisémitisme classée sans suite
Une étudiante de l‘université Paris 13 avait porté plainte le 20 octobre pour antisémitisme suite à une multiplication d‘allusions à la Shoah. Selon le parquet de Paris, « les faits n’ont pas pu être clairement établis ». Plus...
18 janvier 2019
A call to colleges, universities: National Day of Racial Healing on January 22
The National Day of Racial Healing (NDORH) is an opportunity for people and organizations to come together in their common humanity and take collective action to create a more just and equitable world. More...
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