Treating diversity as common good ‘less help for black students’
Students fare better when campuses frame equity as quest for justice, Princeton analysis finds
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India makes sustained outreach to US universities for knowledge partnership
India, which sends the largest number of STEM students to the United States, is making a sustained outreach with American universities to build knowledge partnerships.
Is diversity moral? Educational?
Study finds that most college diversity policies are based on educational benefits, consistent with the Supreme Court.
Stanford officials & faculty blame Trump for mass shooting in email to students
An email signed by multiple Stanfo4d professors and deans blamed former President Donald Trump for the recent mass shooting in Atlanta.
Harvard student newspaper repeatedly botches coverage of ‘hate incidents’ against Asian-Americans
The student newspaper at one of the nation’s top universities keeps flubbing its coverage of hateful acts against Asian-Americans.
University of Kentucky mistakenly sends 500,000 acceptances
The University of Kentucky mistakenly sent acceptance emails to 500,000 high school seniors for a program that usually accepts about three dozen students a year.
Biden proposes 40 per cent budget boost for education
Higher education priorities include racial and economic diversity, and science
App’s Private Aid Algorithm Promises Fast Cash
Start-up uses an algorithm developed by Sara Goldrick-Rab to approve student emergency aid applications quickly. Experts say the outsourcing can work, if known pitfalls can be avoided
Narrative shattered: ‘KKK,’ ‘White power’ graffiti on campus written by Black student
A Black student was reportedly responsible for racist graffiti uncovered at Albion College in Michigan.
White professor files racial discrimination lawsuit, says two black colleagues paid far more
A white professor is alleging racial discrimination after discovering that two of his black colleagues’ salaries significantly outmatch his own.
