A mandated curriculum long sought by Virginia Commonwealth students and faculty members was set to take effect this fall. The university delayed it late last month, and advocates don’t buy its reasoning for doing so. In 2019, the chair of Virginia Commonwealth University’s Department of African American Studies asked a panel of four Virginia college and university presidents whether their institutions required a course on race and racism. None said yes. And the chair, Mignonne C. Guy, received a public request from her own president.
Workers at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga will earn a minimum wage of $15 an hour next year, pending the approval of the school s proposed budget.