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Mellon Foundation to Give $1.76 Million in Emergency Grants to 16 HBCUs

To stabilize enrollments and help students during the COVID-19 pandemic, 16 historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) will receive a total of $1.76 million in emergency grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The foundation said in a statement that the HBCUs will receive $110,000 each in such grants. The 16 HBCU recipients are Claflin […]

House Democrats’ New Act Proposes $10 Billion for HBCUs, MSIs in Coronavirus Relief

A new coronavirus relief and stimulus package proposal from House Democrats, unveiled Tuesday, calls for the provision of another $10.15 billion for historically Black Colleges and universities (HBCUs) and minority-serving institutions (MSIs). This will be in addition to the $1 billion of federal funds made available to these institutions via the stimulus package under the […]

Faculty & Staff

Athletics Are Not Expendable, if Education is Our Goal

These are troubling times for higher education. With budgets tightening, hiring and salary freezes, and the possibility of cuts looming, many are looking for ways to save our institutions. It may not be surprising that some are calling for cuts to athletics before other departments.

Harvard Froze Its Search for Ethnic Studies Faculty While Continuing to Look for an Athletic Director

In response to the coronavirus, Harvard University froze its search for ethnic studies faculty while continuing the hunt for a new athletic director, who was named last week, provoking ire from student organizers.

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What Dr. Fauci Says About Students Returning to Campuses in the Fall

The prospect of a COVID-19 vaccine by colleges’ fall reopening time is “a bridge too far,’ said Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s preeminent infectious diseases expert, at a Senate hearing on Tuesday, reported The Boston Globe. At the hearing, Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander asked Dr. Fauci, a key member of the president’s coronavirus task force, […]

California Community Colleges Sue Betsy DeVos for DACA, Other Exclusions, in CARES Act

California Community Colleges on Monday sued Secretary of Education Betsy Devos for not allowing undocumented students, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients and other students who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents to access emergency coronavirus grants made available under the federal stimulus package called the CARES Act. The lawsuit from California Community Colleges […]

As Universities Tighten Budgets During the Coronavirus, What Will Happen to Diversity Initiatives?

As the coronavirus spurs an economic downturn, colleges and universities have started to tighten their budgets. But when institutions cut spending, will their diversity and inclusion work suffer? Diverse: Issues in Higher Education explored this question and others with university leaders and diversity professionals in a two-part webinar moderated by editor-at-large Dr. Jamal Watson last Thursday.

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Community Colleges

Report: Community Colleges Are Being Short-Changed by the CARES Act

Emergency aid for students is crucial during the COVID-19 pandemic, but some of the most vulnerable students are being overlooked.

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Princeton University Names First-Ever Black Valedictorian

Princeton University has named Montreal native Nicholas Johnson valedictorian for the Class of 2020. Johnson will be the university’s first-ever Black valedictorian, said the fourth-oldest U.S. college, which was chartered in 1746. Johnson is majoring in operations research and financial engineering. He will participate in a virtual commencement the university is holding on May 31. […]

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Senator Lamar Alexander: Not Enough COVID-19 Testing to Open Campuses

Senate Republican Lamar Alexander said on Sunday that while the country’s COVID-19 testing levels have been “impressive,” they are not enough for college and university campuses to reopen as normal in August. It appears Alexander disagrees with President Donald Trump, who last week said he wants higher education institutions to reopen for fall 2020. Speaking […]

Universities Are Freezing Tenure Clocks. What Will That Mean for Junior Faculty of Color?

Over 240 universities are offering junior faculty extensions on their tenure clocks to ease the pressure as the coronavirus upends their research and routines. But for some faculty, gratitude is mixed with concerns about whether tenure track extensions are enough, if they sufficiently account for academia’s disparities or even risk exacerbating them without other supports.

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UC San Diego to Start Mass Testing of Staff and Students for COVID-19

The University of California San Diego will next week begin mass testing of students, faculty and staff for COVID-19 under a ‘Return to Learn’ program the institution hopes to extend to the fall if it reopens as planned, it said in a statement. CBS 8 called the program the first such plan on campus in […]

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