Higher Education

Loyola Protest Organizers Could Be Reprimanded For Mizzou Solidarity Rally

December 5, 2015 Tony Briscoe, www.chicagotribune.com Resist! #BlackLivesMatter, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Higher Education, Student Protests

By Tony Briscoe for Chicago Tribune - Three Loyola University students who organized an unsanctioned protest in solidarity with a University of Missouri group last month could be reprimanded for violating the Chicago university's demonstration policy, according to a student group and a university spokesman. The students — Dominick Hall, Ryan Sorrell and Julian Marshall — identified themselves as organizers of a Nov. 12 protest focusing on campus inclusion for minority students held on Loyola's campus, and were contacted by leaders from the Division of Student Development the following week regarding their decision to not register the demonstration, according to university spokesman Steve Christensen.

Strike Debt Victory: Debt Relief For Corinthian Students

December 5, 2015 Staff, www.insidehighered.com Resist! Higher Education, Student Debt

By Staff of Inside Higher Ed - The U.S. Department of Education announced Thursday that it has granted the requests for debt forgiveness made by more than 1,300 federal student loan borrowers who attended Heald College, a subsidiary of the now-defunct for-profit Corinthian Colleges chain. The debt relief, which totals $27.8 million, is the first time the Education Department has canceled a significant number of loans under a seldom-used provision of federal law that allows borrowers to seek loan forgiveness based on their college’s misconduct. Amid the collapse of Corinthian Colleges earlier this year, the Education Department received thousands of claims for debt forgiveness. The department said Thursday that it has not yet reached any decisions about 5,379 outstanding claims.

Princeton Faculty Letter In Support Of Student Protests

December 4, 2015 Faculty, www.aas21.com Resist! Higher Education, Student protest

By Faculty of Princeton University - As Princeton faculty, we write in support of our students who have occupied the President’s office and those supporting them across campus. These are difficult times. And there is a palpable sense that, even as we struggle together to make Princeton a better institution, students of color, particularly black students, all too often find themselves on the margins of this University. They do not feel a sense of possession of “Old Nassau.” So, they are voicing their frustration and have presented demands to the leadership of our community. They have done so with passion and intelligence and we support them.

A Black Woman’s Response To Marginalization At Princeton

December 1, 2015 Ebony Slaughter, www.equalvoiceforfamilies.org Resist! #BlackLivesMatter, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Higher Education, Race, Student Protests

By Ebony Slaughter for Equal Voice - Professing themselves to be “sick and tired of being sick and tired,” student activists at my alma mater, Princeton University, passionately and powerfully challenged the university in recent days to make certain changes to improve the experience of Black students. They demanded, in the same vein as students at other colleges and universities, that Princeton offer mandatory sensitivity training for faculty, create a safe space for Black students and change the name of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. In the process, in my opinion, they exposed the quiet, latent racism of Princeton.

Exxon Takes Aim At Columbia University Over Climate Reports

December 1, 2015 Elana Schor and Hadas Gold, www.politico.com Educate! Columbia University, Exxon, Higher Education, Journalism

By Elana Schor and Hadas Gold for Poitico - ExxonMobil is hurling ethics accusations against a team of Columbia University journalists whose reporting helped stoke calls for probes into whether the company deliberately misled the public about climate change. The oil giant went on the offensive in a Nov. 20 letter, a copy of which was obtained by POLITICO. It comes as investigations by the Columbia journalists in the Los Angeles Times and a separate report by the nonprofit website InsideClimate News continue to stoke Democratic calls for a federal probe into whether the company concealed its internal understanding of the global warming threat posed by burning fossil fuels.

CUNY Faculty Authorizes A Strike Vote

December 1, 2015 Carlos Ballesteros, www.thenation.com Resist! Higher Education, Strikes, Workers Rights and Jobs

By Carlos Ballesteros for The Nation - The Professional Staff Congress—the labor union that represents more than 25,000 faculty and staff across the City University of New York’s 24 campuses—has had a busy November. In the course of three weeks, the union has organized a coordinated act of civil disobedience, taken the first step towards calling for a strike, and helped deliver more than 40,000 postcards to Governor Andrew Cuomo’s office. And for good reason: Members of the PSC have worked without a contract for five years and have gone without a pay raise for six. Meanwhile, Governor Cuomo has consistently divested state funds from the University, forcing students to foot an increasing share of costs like utility bills and rent.

What Lies Behind the ‘Occupy UGC’ Protest

November 27, 2015 Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty, www.thewire.in Resist! Higher Education, India, New Delhi, Student Protests, Tuition

By Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty for The Wire - New Delhi: It was about a month ago that Ramesh Srivastava, a clerk at a bank in New Delhi’s ITO area, first noticed “young people” sitting on a pavement leading to the University Grants Commission office with a banner saying “Occupy UGC.” In the following days, Srivastava stopped by to read the rest of the banners and graffiti put up around the pavement and the nearby Metro station and chatted with “some boys and girls there to understand why they are protesting” the decision to terminate financial support for thousands of post-graduate students across the country.

Lewis & Clark Students Sit-In Over Campus Racial Violence

November 26, 2015 Betsy Hammond, www.oregonlive.com Resist! Higher Education, Race, Student Protests

By Betsy Hammond for The Oregonian - Dozens of Lewis & Clark College students began peacefully and silently occupying rooms outside the college president's office at about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday to send him the message they want more done to create safety and inclusion on campus. They were still there at nightfall, and planned to remain overnight. Their protest comes after several race-related incidents on campus, including a Saturday morning attack on a black student from Rwanda who said three white men beat him while making racist remarks.

Occidental Students Occupy For Resignation Of President And More

November 20, 2015 Tyler Kingkade, www.huffingtonpost.com Resist! Higher Education, Occupation, Race, Student Protests

By Tyler Kingkade for The Huffington Post - A group of more than 400 students have taken part in an ongoing occupation of an administrative building at Occidental College in Los Angeles to demand, among other things, the resignation of the school president, Jonathan Veitch. The student activists issued a list of demands at a rally Thursday in response to the treatment of minority student groups on campus. Other demands include the demilitarization of the campus police, the creation of a black studies major, and the immediate removal of the Los Angeles Police Department from campus. Activists have given the administration a Friday deadline to meet these demands.

GU Students Sit-In To Erase Names Of Slaveholders On Buildings

November 20, 2015 Elizabeth Teitz, www.georgetownvoice.com Resist! Higher Education, Race, Student Protests

By Elizabeth Teitz for The Georgetown Voice - Student organizers of the sit-in at University President John DeGioia’s office, who are calling their movement #BuiltOn272, have released a statement further explaining the impetus for fighting for the name change and their goals for the protest. “Black individuals have historically been an integral part of the foundation and advancement of Georgetown’s academic Institution with little to no recognition. We are imploring that the University recognize and acknowledge the role that Black people have had and continue to have on this campus,” the group wrote in its statement.

Students Protest At Princeton To Remove Woodrow Wilson’s Name

November 19, 2015 Staff, www.blink.htcsense.com Resist! Higher Education, Student Protests

By Staff of HTC - PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — Students staged a protest Wednesday inside the office of Princeton University's president, demanding the school remove the name of former school president and U.S. President Woodrow Wilson from programs and buildings over what they said was his racist legacy. Princeton President Christopher Eisgruber told the students he agreed with them that Wilson was racist and that the university needs to acknowledge that, according to a video posted to YouTube. But a school spokesman said the president also told students it is important to weigh Wilson's racism, and how bad it was, with the contributions he made to the nation.

Saddled Dinosaurs, Students Rise Up & Green Washed Low Life Scum

November 19, 2015 Staff, www.timdechristopher.org Resistance Report Higher Education, Race

By Staff of Occupy - This week, since when did stupidity become so popular? I guess since dinosaurs wore saddles – yes, saddles. Next up, education is a right and it's time to stop treating students like customers at a luxury store. #BlackOnCampus sheds light on the sweeping issue of racism in our schools and let these be calls to action for all students – time to rise up, we've been silent too long. Next, can't see the dying forest through the green-washing and finally, nous sommes unis. But first, we knocked something over – now we need to clean it up.

Campus Racism Protests Didn’t Come Out Of Nowhere

November 18, 2015 Lilly Workneh, Tyler Kingkade, and Ryan Grenoble, www.huffingtonpost.com Strategize! Higher Education, Student Protests

By Lilly Workneh, Tyler Kingkade, and Ryan Grenoble for The Huffington Post - If there's one thing University of Missouri senior Alanna Diggs thinks people are getting wrong about campus racism protests, it's the assumption that they're something new. The demonstrations at Mizzou this month resulting in the ouster of two top university leaders, partly over how they handled various racist incidents on campus, Diggs said, "were not a result of spontaneous combustion.""It was not an overdramatic reaction by a couple of angry black students, but a moment built up over time," Diggs continued.

After Days Of Protests, Students Occupy Building At Occidental College

November 18, 2015 Jason Song and Teresa Watanabe, www.latimes.com Resist! Diversity, Higher Education, Student Protests

By Jason Song and Teresa Watanabe for Los Angeles Times - After several days of protesting Occidental College's handling of diversity issues, students occupied an administrative building Monday, demanding that the school president step down if officials don't take such steps as creating a black studies major and hiring more minority faculty. The actions come after weeks of student protests throughout the nation, including at the University of Missouri, where the president and chancellor resigned, and Ithaca College in upstate New York and Yale University.

US Students Hold Nationwide Protests Against High Tuition Fees

November 13, 2015 Staff, www.telesurtv.net Resist! Higher Education, Student Protests

By Staff of Tele Sur TV - Students at more than a hundred colleges and universities held marches on Thursday in support of free tuition Students from over 100 US universities staged demonstrations on Thursday protesting against the growing cost of university tuition and student debt. The campaign, dubbed the Million Student March, consists of three demands: liquidation of all student loan debt, a national minimum wage of $15 an hour and tuition-free public higher education. "We are high school, college, and graduate students, recent graduates, campus workers, former students, parents, and grandparents uniting in a day of action on November 12, 2015...

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