Race & Ethnicity

Pennsylvania’s Muhlenberg College may have become the first institution since Oct. 7 to oust a tenured faculty member for such statements, though the professor is appealing the decision and still receiving a salary.

A newly launched, HBCU-specific $10 million grant program from the National Science Foundation is part of the federal government’s broader push to diversify scientific research and the STEM workforce.

A recent bill in California provides $5,000 in grant funding for any community college student who attends a historically Black college or university but plans to return to the state. The initiative is one way the state looks to support Black students’ success.

A growing initiative at Seattle Central College helps address a need for diverse teachers in Washington State through free tuition, professional support and culturally responsive pedagogical training. The program has content focused on intergenerational and academic trauma for students of color.

A British Cornell University grad student says he’s been suspended a second time for his activism and told by a university official he may need to “depart the U.S.”

A federal appeals court has ruled that the First Amendment likely protected a University of Tennessee pharmacy student’s social media activity that a professionalism committee chair deemed “vulgar.”