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In Black Professor’s Firing, AAUP Finds ‘Racist Tropes’
Indiana University Northwest fired a Black professor after alleging he said something about killing white people. An AAUP report found “racist tropes of incompetent, angry and physically violent Black men in the language used to justify his dismissal.”
Opinion
On Being Erased
Florida’s decision to reject a new Advanced Placement class on African American studies raises unsettling questions, Lynn Pasquerella and Mary Dana Hinton write.
Cal State May Punish Universities That Miss Enrollment Targets
The California State University system has a plan to punish universities that are not meeting enrollment targets, Cal Matters reported...
Jackson State Faculty Votes No Confidence in President
The Faculty Senate of Jackson State University has voted no confidence in President Thomas Hudson, The Clarion Ledger reported. Dawn...
New Programs: Financial Technology, Cyberdefense and Analysis, Agriculture, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence
Augustana University, in South Dakota, is starting a major in financial technology. San Diego City College is starting a B.S...
The Week in Admissions News
Florida vs. AP in African American studies; backup plans on loan forgiveness; physical education requirements in decline; abortions on campus.
Professor Apologizes for Profanity After Student Request
Daniel Capra, an adjunct law professor at Columbia University, and a regular law professor at Fordham, recently turned down a...
More Universities Drop ‘U.S. News’ Medical School Rankings
Plus the law school rankings gain a new critic: Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.