Since the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and Tony McDade in 2020, among countless others, UMass Boston leadership has publicly committed to becoming an antiracist and health-promoting… Read more »
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No Humdrum Budget Debate as House Amendments Target Abortion, Critical Race Theory, DACA, Wuhan
DC Shuttle … Hearings & Markups of Interest (Due to current limited access to the U.S. Capitol complex, the general public is encouraged to view these hearings via live stream.)… Read more »
DNF in the Race to Change Higher Education
In racing lingo, “DNF” stands for “Did Not Finish.” Unless getting to the finish line is a simple straight-line drag race, winning a race takes a lot more than horsepower… Read more »
Attacks on Critical Race Theory Blemish Era of Race Consciousness
When I was in elementary school, history happened like this: The world was fighting, the Civil War happened, Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves and then everything was happy and free,… Read more »
Will PWIs Embrace Change in a Nation at Unrest?
Ahmaud Arbery, February 23, 2020. A murder that was concealed and hidden away from this nation at unrest. Breonna Taylor, March 13, 2020. A murder, again hidden from a nation… Read more »
Going to Fund Like It’s 2019, Plus Retreat on Race in Admissions and Beefing Up School Safety
DC Shuttle … House Appropriations Committee Passes 2019 Education Funding Bill. The House Appropriations Committee approved, 30 to 22, a $177.1 billion bill to fund the departments of Labor, Education,… Read more »
Race-Baiting on Campus: A College President Speaks Up About Diversity
A college president spoke up to his students and campus community the other day. His concern was a timely topic: race and race relations, bigotry and racial slurs. And who… Read more »
Race and Class on Campus
Colleges and universities have a significant role to play in shaping the future of race and class relations in America. As exhibited in this year’s presidential election, race and class… Read more »
Congress on Budgets, Title IX on Sexual Assaults, SCOTUS on Race Preferences
DC Shuttle … House and Senate committees hold hearings on Ed Budget. The House Education and the Workforce Committee held a hearing on the FY 2015 budget request for the… Read more »
Manager of Mass. Race to the Top-Early Learning Application to Lead Rennie Center
The Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy hired Chad d’Entremont as its new executive director. A former research and policy leader at Teachers College of Columbia University and Strategies… Read more »