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Students sue Indiana University in federal court over vaccine mandate

By Rebekah Riess and Steve Almasy The eight students filed a lawsuit Monday in US District Court in Indiana asking a judge to prevent the school from enforcing it, saying it is in violation of the 14th Amendment and state law. The 116-page filing comes after Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, a Republican, issued an opinion last month saying the school’s initial vaccine policy “clearly runs afoul of (a new) state law.” “Indiana law and numerous cases have held public universities to be ‘arms of the state,’ and therefore required to abide by the mandates set out in this new law,” Rokita

Supreme Court effectively delays challenge to Harvard affirmative action policies for several months

By Joan Biskupic The Supreme Court on Monday effectively postponed action on a major challenge to Harvard’s use of racial affirmative action, likely putting off for several months a case that could end nationwide practices that have boosted the admission of Black and Latino students for decades. The high court issued an order asking the Biden Department of Justice to offer its views on the case, which for the nine justices’ own internal politics, means they postponed having to make a decision on whether and when to hear the controversy. The Supreme Court set no deadline for the filing in the dispute brought on behalf

They were denied diplomas and blocked from crossing the stage for how they celebrated graduation

By Nicquel Terry Ellis and Alisha Ebrahimji Devarius Peters wanted to celebrate graduation day wearing a pair of Black leather Alexander McQueen shoes. Ashley Saucedo and Ever Lopez, both graduates of different schools in different states, wanted to carry the Mexican flag to honor their roots. But for all three students, their plans were thwarted by school officials who denied them their diplomas and blocked the high school graduates from crossing the stage. Each school said the graduates were violating a school policy and refused to make an exception even as their families watched from the audience. In Peters’ case,

Morgan Freeman and a University of Mississippi professor donate $1M to college’s policing program

By Amir Vera, Dave Alsup and Jamiel Lynch Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman and University of Mississippi Professor Linda Keena donated $1 million to the school in order to establish a new center focused on policing. The new Center for Evidence-Based Policing and Reform at the University of Mississippi looks to “build relationships and share data with policing agencies as well as use the data to enhance the preparation of students in criminal justice,” according to a Tuesday news release from the school. It will be “the only one of its kind at a Mississippi university and one of a few

Wilberforce University cancels student debt for 2020 and 2021 graduates. That’s more than $375,000

By Mirna Alsharif Wilberforce University will cancel student debt for 2020 and 2021 graduates, according to a news release. The president of the historically Black university made the announcement during 2021 commencement exercises Saturday, noting the total amount of cleared debt will be more than $375,000. “As these graduates begin their lives as responsible adults, we are honored to be able to give them a fresh start by relieving their student debt to the university,” President Elfred Anthony Pinkard said. Students were seen cheering and dancing after Pinkard made the announcement, according to CNN affiliate WHIO. This initiative does not

Ahmed Muhammad becomes first Black male valedictorian in Oakland Tech’s 107-year history

By Devin Fehely Graduation day is always special for high school seniors, but there was just a little extra pride when Oakland Tech held its commencement ceremony Saturday. When Ahmed Muhammad walked up to the microphone, he became the first Black male to ever give the valedictorian address. A straight-A student, star athlete and young entrepreneur, Muhammad had nearly a dozen of the country’s best schools among them Stanford, Princeton and Harvard to just name a few hoping he would attend their university next year. Ultimately, he has chosen to stay close to home and attend Stanford in the Fall

Howard University will name its College of Fine Arts after Chadwick Boseman

By Leah Asmelash Two decades ago, Chadwick Boseman graduated from Howard University with a degree from the College of Fine Arts. Now, that school will bear his name. Howard University announced Wednesday that its newly reestablished College of Fine Arts will be named for the actor, one of its most famous alumni, as the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts. When Boseman attended Howard, the school decided to integrate the College of Fine Arts into the College of Arts & Sciences, to the chagrin of Boseman and other students, the university said. In 2018, the university announced its plans

A police shooting delayed this Black college’s graduation in 1970. Now, those students finally got their ceremony — and an apology

By Leah Asmelash The class of 1970 at Jackson State University in Mississippi finally got to turn their tassels, over 50 years after their initial ceremony was delayed by a police shooting that left a dozen injured and two students dead. In May 1970, two students were killed and 12 were wounded when local law enforcement fired about 500 rounds into a women’s dormitory on Jackson State’s campus, in a shooting that lasted less than 30 seconds, the university said. No police officer was held accountable, the university said. The incident occurred over mounting tension regarding White supremacist violence and

A controversial colonialist’s statue will remain at Oxford University, after college backtracks on removal

By Rob Picheta Oxford University’s Oriel College has backtracked on its plans to bring down a controversial statue of colonialist Cecil Rhodes, deciding its removal would be too complicated and costly, dashing the hopes of students who protested the monument last year. The college’s governing body had previously said it supported taking down the statue, which became the site of demonstrations during the height of the Black Lives Matter protests last year. But it changed those plans on Thursday, despite the members of an independent commission set up by the college supporting a desire to bring down the monument. The

Tennessee State University explores adding hockey programs in what would be an HBCU first

By Wayne Sterling Tennessee State University announced it is exploring adding men’s and women’s ice hockey teams, a development that would make TSU the first of the historically Black colleges and universities, or HBCUs, to do so. TSU, in partnership with the National Hockey League, the Nashville Predators and College Hockey Inc., is conducting a feasibility study on how viable it would be to have hockey at the school. Results are expected late fall. “The idea of establishing a collegiate hockey program at TSU is a tremendous opportunity as the nation’s first HBCU to take on this endeavor,” President Glenda

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