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  • Fight for FAMU’s Future
    Inside Higher Ed

    Fight for FAMU’s Future

    Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education is quoted about the inequities historically black colleges and universities face with funding and support.

    Jun 6, 2016

    Indian Students Lured by Recruiters Asked to Leave University
    The New York Times

    Indian Students Lured by Recruiters Asked to Leave University

    An aggressive campaign to recruit graduate students from India to study at Western Kentucky University has ended badly, with more than one-third of the students asked to leave the program after their first semester, a university official said.

    Jun 6, 2016

    The Disappearing Humanities Jobs
    Inside Higher Ed

    The Disappearing Humanities Jobs

    The arrival of annual reports on the job market in various humanities fields this year left many graduate students depressed about their prospects and professors worried about the futures of their disciplines. English and foreign language openings were down 3 percent and 7.6 percent, respectively. History jobs fell 8 percent. On Sunday, the American Academy of Arts & Sciences released several new collections of data that show that these declines, part of a continuing pattern, are far more dramatic when viewed over a longer time frame.

    Jun 6, 2016

    Light Sentence for Brock Turner in Stanford Rape Case Draws Outrage
    The New York Times

    Light Sentence for Brock Turner in Stanford Rape Case Draws Outrage

    A recall effort against a California judge was announced on Monday in a sexual assault case at Stanford University that ignited public outrage after the defendant was sentenced to a mere six months in jail and his father complained that his son’s life had been ruined for “20 minutes of action” fueled by alcohol and promiscuity.

    Jun 6, 2016

    Muhammad Ali Revives a Lost Era of Sportswriting
    Vanity Fair

    Muhammad Ali Revives a Lost Era of Sportswriting

    John Trojanowski of the Perelman School of Medicine reflects on meeting the late Muhammad Ali and comments on Ali's early onset of Parkinson’s disease.

    Jun 6, 2016