Andrii Zastrozhnov/Shutterstock Black students are increasingly less likely to get a first or 2:1 than their white peers, according the latest Ethnic Representation Index for higher education in England and Scotland. This need for better representation for students was the impetus behind the development of the index, first launched in 2022. I began it while deputy vice-chancellor at the University […]

Wesley Coleman, corporate leader and Past Grand Sire Archon of Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, was born on March 12, 1950, in Halifax, Virginia to Bessie Bowman Coleman and Nathanial Wyatt Coleman. He earned his B.S. degree in business management from Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia in 1971, and his M.B.A. degree from the University of Pittsburgh Katz Graduate School of […]

The Willard Straight Hall Takeover at Cornell University in 1969 was a pivotal moment in the history of student protests and the civil rights movement. The event occurred in Ithaca, New York, between April 19 and April 20, 1969. The primary reason for the protest was to address the racism experienced by African American students at Cornell at the time. […]