education
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Former Ivy League Administrator Ruth Simmons Named Interim President of Prairie View A&M University
Ruth Simmons, who retired as president of the Ivy League’s Brown University in 2012, has been named interim president of Prairie View A&M University in Texas, replacing President George Wright, who announced on June 12 that he would be stepping down after 14 years to return to teaching history. In a statement published on the…
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Watch: Rihanna Teaches Malawi Students Math in Short Documentary
While some people spend time body-shaming Rihanna, she spends her time making a difference in the lives of children across the world. Earlier this year, Rihanna visited students in Malawi as part of her organization’s effort to raise money for education in developing countries. Rihanna’s Clara Lionel Foundation joined forces with the Global Partnership for…
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An 18-Year-Old Who Just Graduated From High School Is Looking to Unseat an Incumbent on Denver School Board
Auontai “Tay” Anderson just graduated from Denver’s Manual High School on May 27, and his plans for the summer include going to Elitch Gardens amusement park, working at the Krispy Kreme doughnut shop and campaigning for the District 4 seat on the Denver School Board. The Denver Post reports that a wave of community activism…
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Racial Tensions Escalate on Campus of Public University in Washington State
A week of protests and racial tension on the campus of Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash., ended with the college being closed for the second day in a row Friday, after county officials received a phone call Thursday from someone threatening to be armed and headed to the campus. As the Washington Post reports,…
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Calif. High School Students Win Fight to Pay Tribute to Black Lives Matter in Their Yearbook
Two high school students in Vacaville, Calif., along with some help from the American Civil Liberties Union, won their fight to include a tribute to the Black Lives Matter movement in their school’s yearbook. Administrators at Buckingham Charter Magnet High School did not want to include the piece in the yearbook because they were worried…
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Report: 75 Percent of Black Boys in Calif. Don’t Meet State Reading Requirements
The most recent round of testing in the state of California has revealed a disturbing statistic: Three out of 4 black boys failed to meet the reading and writing requirements, and more than half of them scored in the lowest category on the English portion of the test. CALmatters analyzed data obtained from the California…
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Black People Support Vouchers, Black Leaders Don’t. Who’s Right?
At times, black people, like any group battered and oppressed by the state, may celebrate any perception of forward motion. Folks scour social media pages to see who has what appointment, what political power is being amassed and what black person has been newly elected. Although I strongly believe in the need for more representation…
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Journal Publishes ‘Black Lives Matter’ Issue Without Any Black Writers
The Journal of Political Philosophy has come under fire for its June issue, which dedicates more than 60 pages to a three-author “symposium” on the Black Lives Matter movement and does not include any actual black voices. The journal has since apologized for not including the work of black philosophers, but as Inside Higher Ed…
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Federal Student Aid Chief Quits After Refusing to Testify Before House Oversight Committee
James Runcie, chief operating officer of the Department of Education’s Office of Federal Student Aid, quit his job suddenly Tuesday night and sent an email to his staff outlining his reasons for not wanting to work in the Trump administration. Runcie was an Obama-administration holdover who was first appointed in 2011 and then reappointed in…
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Jay Z’s Mom Sent Me an Email and Now I Want to Support Everything She’s Doing for Underserved Children
It might be enough in life to be the mother of one of the biggest and wealthiest hip-hop moguls the world has ever seen, but not for Gloria Carter. Her claim to fame may be her most celebrated son, Shawn Carter, most widely known as Jay Z, but Mama Carter’s shaking things up on her…