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Professor Not Teaching After Blackface ‘Othello’ Showing
Bright Sheng, Leonard Bernstein Distinguished University Professor of Composition at the University of Michigan, is no longer teaching this semester after he showed his students the 1965 film version of Shakespeare’s Othello, which stars white actor Laurence Olivier in blackface as the titular character.
The Week in Admissions News
Growth of test optional; Lamar fires two for asking about vaccines; career services at Black colleges; an incentive for students; community college graduates’ wages.
SMU Angers Faculty by Lifting Mask Mandate
Southern Methodist University is repealing its mask mandate, effective today. “After carefully reviewing the current COVID-19 environment on campus, SMU...
‘Businessweek’ M.B.A. Rankings Questioned
Poets & Quants publishes critique by deputy dean at Yale.
California Public Colleges Must Provide Free Tampons
California public colleges must provide free tampons in bathrooms, under legislation signed Friday by Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, NPR...
Opinion
Reading ‘The State Must Provide’ Through a DE&I Lens
Why every educator should read this excellent new book about the history and impact of America’s HBCUs.
Jury Convicts in Admissions Scandal Case
Two wealthy fathers found to have bribed their children into college.