Collegiate Voices
Ethnic studies pioneer Rudy Acuña on neoliberalism, Trump and the future of academia. By Jeff Biggers / Salon
Seizing the moment to revive an historically Black college. By Janet Lorin / Bloomberg and Al Jazeera
We are not leaving’: Sewanee’s first Black leader helps propel a racial reckoning at university. By Nick Anderson / Wash Post
Is Columbia University Hosting Graduation Events Based on Race, Identity? By Evan Palmer / Newsweek
Black law students are thriving at places like Georgetown, but there still aren’t enough of them. By Tahir Duckett / Wash Post
Racial slurs at VMI ‘a common experience’ for Black cadets, investigators told. By Ian Shapira / Wash Post
Cornel West Is Leaving Harvard After Tenure Dispute. By Anemona Hartocollis / NYT
The White Fear That Drove the College Cheating Scandal. By Nicole Laporte / Time
Smith College controversy highlights struggles colleges face in making racially equitable campuses. By Taylor Romine / CNN
Colleges confront their links to slavery and wrestle with how to atone for past sins. Calvin Schermerhorn / The Conversation
Alabama university removes Wallace name from building. By AP and ABC News.
MacKenzie Scott’s gifts to HBCUs, other colleges surpass $800 million. By Nick Anderson and Lauren Lumpkin / Wash Post
Exceptional Leaders of Color in Every Field of Endeavor are Changing America – Ambassador Reuben E. Brigety II, 17th Vice-Chancellor, The University of the South.
Medical school students’ Hippocratic oath asks doctors to combat racism, misinformation. By Jacqueline Howard / CNN
Hours before polls close, Kamala D. Harris’s alma mater honors her historic run. By Lauren Lumpkin / Wash Post
At VMI, Black cadets endure lynching threats, Klan memories and Confederacy veneration. By Ian Shapiro / Wash Post
Universities Rethink Building Names In The Wake Of Racial Justice Protests. By Lauren Bavis / NPR
12-year-old genius on soaring through college: “I just grasp information quickly.” By Mark Strassman / CBS News
