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A LinkedIn Post from Dr. Raul Fernandez, a senior lecturer at Boston University’s Wheelock College of Education and Human Development. Fernandez resigned from the University’s Learn More Series April 15 in response to changes in BU’s diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

‘It felt wrong to continue’: BU professor resigns from program amid DEI program changes

By Samantha Genzer, Managing Co-Editor May 2, 2025
Boston University professor announces his resignation from a University program, due to diversity, equity and inclusion program cuts.
The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights began holding open office hours Wednesday for the Boston University community to provide information for the department to review BU’s Title IX policies. PHOTO BY ERIN BILLINGS/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Open office hours for Title IX investigation begin

By Sekar Krisnauli April 23, 2015

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights began holding open office hours Wednesday for the Boston University community to aid in the department’s Title IX investigation. The investigation...

Congressman Kennedy proposes funding increase for civil rights in schools

By Monique Avila February 5, 2015

In a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama for the 2016 fiscal budget, U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy III proposed a funding increase for the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, according...

Dept. of Education helps college campuses combat sexual assault

By Daily Free Press Admin May 1, 2014

The Office for Civil Rights within the U.S. Department of Education issued a report Tuesday providing guidelines to assess the prevalence of sexual assault on American college campuses, which officials...

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