Jacksonville State announces closure of DEI office
This is the first publicly known action from an Alabama university responding to the state's new anti-DEI law.
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ASU to require masks, negative COVID test for fall semester
The university, one of the state's most proactive during the pandemic, will also impose penalties for violating mask or social distancing rules.
University of Alabama removes Confederate plaques from campus
The University of Alabama System’s Board of Trustees has approved the removal of three plaques honoring Confederates from prominent locations on the Quad and main library of the University of Alabama campus in Tuscaloosa. The system also said it has appointed a group of trustees to review and study the names of buildings on all … Continued
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Alabama has been in the news lately for recently passing the nation’s strongest anti-abortion rights law, but it also just enacted what is being hailed by one expert as “one of the most comprehensive and effective campus free-speech laws in the country,” Last week Gov. Kay Ivey signed a law requiring the state’s public colleges … Continued
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Education is the most important service our government provides, and one of the top issues impacting education is school safety. Unfortunately, it seems like every conversation about school safety always turns into a debate about guns, and nothing ever gets done. But there are a lot of things we can – and should – be … Continued
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By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter I spent 90 minutes Tuesday afternoon in UAB’s Heritage Hall learning how to respond to an active shooter on campus. You know, some deranged individual out to cause as much mayhem has he can, shooting and killing and shooting. And killing. Yeah, it’s sad. But it’s today’s reality. I … Continued
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By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter The email from the dean of UAB’s College of Arts and Sciences arrived in my in-box while I was drinking coffee and reading my Kindle between my two composition classes this past Wednesday morning. In a way, some part of me was expecting it. Dreading it. Accepting it. The … Continued