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21 décembre 2017

Black students on going to Oxbridge: ‘it’s not even asked or pushed for, it’s just assumed no one is applying’

This has sparked extensive debate about the accessibility of elite higher education institutions for the socioeconomically disadvantaged and black, Asian and minority ethnic students. It has also led to calls for elite institutions to do more to improve their widening participation schemes and offer more places to students from different backgrounds. More...

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20 décembre 2017

Revealing Themselves on Campus

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. Nazi-style posters and images at Southern Methodist are the latest examples of white nationalists feeling bolder at colleges and universities. More...

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20 décembre 2017

Column Starts a Culture War

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. A quick skim of any student newspaper across the country will likely yield some sort of column denouncing white privilege. What’s more unusual is a college president taking notice, criticizing such a piece and calling it racist -- but such is the case at Texas State University, where an op-ed has student groups warring. More...

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20 décembre 2017

Calls Escalate for Oklahoma Regent to Quit

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. Calls for the University of Oklahoma regent who said homosexuality is “wrong” to resign have escalated, with both students and outside groups joining in. More...

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18 décembre 2017

Breach of Duty or Legal Overreach?

By Elizabeth Redden. Court filings in a suit challenging American Studies Association's boycott of Israeli universities allege that candidates for key roles in association kept their plans to push for a boycott secret when they stood for office. More...

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18 décembre 2017

Suit Against American Studies Group Dismissed

By Elizabeth Redden. The recently dismissed case is one of two lawsuits filed against the association over its support for an academic boycott of Israel. The other one, filed by four former and current members, is ongoing. More...

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18 décembre 2017

British University Sorry for Tweet Many Call Racist

By Scott Jaschik. University College London is apologizing for a tweet that it says was a reference to the possibility of snow on campus, but that has been widely criticized as racist. More...

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18 décembre 2017

Reversal in UConn Fracas

By Scott Jaschik. Charges are dropped against controversial speaker, but woman who took his notes is arrested. She says she was trying to prevent racist hate speech. More...

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18 décembre 2017

Anger Over Oklahoma Regent's Anti-Gay Comments

By Scott Jaschik. Many at the University of Oklahoma are condemning anti-gay remarks made by a member of the university's board. More...

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18 décembre 2017

Bus Company Ad Attacks Chinese Students

By Scott Jaschik. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is criticizing a bus company ad and an apology for the ad for attacking students from China, the Chicago Tribune reported. More...

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