Monica Levitan (EDU)Latest NewsReport Proposes Recommendations to Assist Adult StudentsIn an effort to close the degree attainment gap among adults aged 25-64 in California, the organization California Competes: Higher Education for a Strong Economy has outlined five strategies that will create pathways for adults to earn their college degree and simultaneously fuel the state’s economy.December 5, 2018News RoundupUrban Meyer Announces Retirement, Citing Health IssuesOhio State University head football coach Urban Meyer has announced he will retire after seven seasons, citing health problems as the main reason for retirement. Meyer recently returned to the Buckeyes after being suspended for protecting a longtime assistant who had a history of domestic abuse. He will be replaced by the team’s current offensive […]December 5, 2018News RoundupMichigan State Applications Decline After Larry Nassar ScandalThe number of undergraduate applications to Michigan State University (MSU) has declined by 8.3 percent in the past year as a result of the Larry Nassar sexual assault scandal and its handling of sexual assault allegations involving student athletes. Before the public heard about the sexual assault allegations involving Nassar in 2016, undergraduate applications to […]December 5, 2018News RoundupLegislators Meet With UMD Officials About Varsity Football ProgramUniversity System of Maryland officials met on Wednesday with members of Maryland’s congressional delegation to further discuss the university’s handling of its varsity football program in light of the recent heatstroke death of College Park player Jordan McNair. Congressional members who attended the meeting include U.S. Sens. Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and U.S. […]December 5, 2018News RoundupLegislation Would Provide 2 Years of Free Community CollegeCalifornia Assembly Member Miguel Santiago, who represents the 53rd District in Los Angeles, introduced legislation this week that would provide students with two free years of community college. The legislation, called AB 2, would waive tuition for two years for first-time community college students enrolled full-time, according to ABC7. “Every student that comes through a […]December 5, 2018HBCUsMBDA Awards Almost $2M to Four HBCUsThe U.S. Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) has awarded almost $2 million to four historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in an effort to increase their ability to qualify for and received federal research and development funding; create partnerships with technology resources; increase STEM entrepreneurship and compete for federal contracts. The institutions […]December 5, 2018HBCUsWinston-Salem Pushes for Access to HealthcareWinston-Salem State University (WSSU) has achieved many accomplishments within its School of Health Sciences in preparing Black students to be successful in health-related fields. One in particular is that the historically Black college and university (HBCU) is the only one in the country that has a year-round mobile health unit.December 4, 2018African-AmericanColumbia University Announces Creation of African-American and African Diaspora Studies DepartmentOn Dec. 1, Columbia University’s Board of Trustees announced it will develop a new Department of African-American and African Diaspora Studies. The department will be led by Dr. Farah Jasmine Griffin, the William B. Ransford Professor of English and Comparative Literature and African American Studies. “Now, more than ever, we need to have both an […]December 4, 2018News RoundupWrongfully Sentenced Georgetown Alumnus Receives Marshall ScholarshipBrian Ferguson, a recent graduate from Georgetown University who was once wrongfully sentenced for homicide and exonerated after serving 11 years of a life sentence, has won a Marshall Scholarship to pursue a master’s of comparative policy at the University of Oxford. Ferguson is one of 48 students in the country to be awarded with […]December 4, 2018News RoundupUNC Chapel Hill Proposes to Move ‘Silent Sam’ into New $5M BuildingAfter speculation about where to house the Confederate statue ‘Silent Sam’ that was toppled on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s campus in August, the university has proposed to move the statue into a new $5 million building on the edge of campus. The plan was presented by university chancellor Dr. Carol Folt […]December 4, 2018Previous PagePage 38 of 58Next Page
