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BU Today: “White Skin Privilege” in Rittenhouse, Arbery Verdicts
“If Kyle Rittenhouse had been Black, would he have even survived that night?” asks LAW Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig
BU Today: POV, Higher Ed Institutions Would Benefit from Hiring More Faculty and Staff with Disabilities
“As a person with a disability, this course was the first time I felt like I belonged in academia. I’ve... More
The New York Times: “MacArthur Foundation Announces 2021 ‘Genius’ Grant Winners”
This year’s 25 winners include Ibram X. Kendi, who wrote “How to Be an Antiracist,” the poet Hanif Abdurraqib and... More
BU Today: “Meet Debbie Bazarsky, Inaugural Director of BU’s New LGBTQIA+ Center for Faculty & Staff”
Center’s programming, services, and events will bring together LGBTQIA+ colleagues from across the University
The Chronicle of Higher Education: “5 Ways to Make a Real Improvement in Hiring Black Professors”
How San Diego State University has increased its Black faculty members by 12 since the summer of George Floyd protests.
Inside Higher Ed: “Removing Barriers for Students With Disabilities”
A bill supported by Democrats and Republicans would eliminate the costs and burdens that students with disabilities face in accessing... More
Inside Higher Ed: “Broadening the Right to Sue”
Federal appeals court says blind students have broad right to sue Los Angeles Community College District.
Ipsos: “All Americans see the value of higher education, but race continues to be a partisan flashpoint”
New Axios-Ipsos Hard Truths poll finds that American attitudes towards higher education are remarkably similar until race gets mentioned
The New York Times: “Black Colleges, From the Start, Were Given Less and Expected to Do More”
Why America’s Colleges Have Always Been Unequal — and How to Set Them Right
The New York Times: “What Should I Do With My White Privilege at Work?”
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