4+ hour, 14+ min ago  (431+ words) VIRGINIA BEACH — Businesses owned by minorities are getting more opportunities to work with Virginia Beach than in the past, but they’re still underutilized, according to a recent study. The city hired a consultant to analyze the demographics of businesses it…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (409+ words) Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems intent on replacing diversity, equity and inclusion with demotions, exclusion and inequality. In his latest assault on what he perceives to be “wokeness” in the military’s merit-based promotion system, he recently struck nine Navy officers…...

7+ mon, 5+ day ago  (1084+ words) America’s top campuses remain crowded with wealth, but some universities have accelerated efforts to reach a wider swath of the country, recruiting more in urban and rural areas and offering free tuition for students whose families are not among the…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago  (484+ words) By LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press Tim Bakken filed the lawsuit in Manhattan federal court and named the school and its leaders as defendants. He said he wants to protect free speech and the right to academic freedom at an institution…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago  (256+ words) Even before last week’s attack against a ROTC classroom at Old Dominion University, the U.S. military had been showing some concern. Students enrolled in JROTC programs within Hampton schools had been told not to wear their uniforms more than a…...

4+ mon, 1+ day ago  (886+ words) VIRGINIA BEACH — City officials are sounding the alarm over the General Assembly’s recent decision to delay a bill that would have given the police department more enforcement authority to rein in unruly crowds and impromptu gatherings in the resort area....

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (166+ words) The Virginian-Pilot Gov. Abigail Spanberger on Wednesday condemned a announcement by the Department of Defense chastising a number of so-called elite universities — including William & Mary — over ideological differences. The department said it would be eliminating a Pentagon-backed, tuition-assistance fellowship at…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago  (660+ words) VIRGINIA BEACH — Hundreds of students, city leaders and administrators gathered on campus at Virginia Wesleyan University last week to hear about the latest developments in the university’s 10-year plan. At the State of the University event, school leaders announced a…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (557+ words) More than a century ago, as Virginia and much of the nation descended deeper into white supremacist laws, Hampton University received its last allotment of land-grant funds from the federal government. In its current session, the General Assembly should move…...

5+ mon, 4+ week ago  (620+ words) The Virginian-Pilot Hampton Roads’ economy is often defined by its anchor institutions — the Port of Virginia and intermodal shipping, military installations, shipbuilding, health care systems, universities and a tourism industry that supports thousands of jobs. Less frequently acknowledged, but equally…...