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Report: International Enrollments at Graduate Schools on the Rise

International graduate application and first-time enrollment rates have increased at U.S. universities for the first time since fall 2016, reported the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS).

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University of Oklahoma Professor Compares Age-Related Jibe to ‘N-Word,’ Apologizes

A professor at The University of Oklahoma has been criticized for putting on par ‘Ok boomer,’ a phrase used to mock older people, and the N-word, reported OU Daily. “Calling someone a boomer is like calling someone a n—–,” said the professor, Dr. Peter Gade, director of graduate studies and Gaylord Family Endowed Chair. Gade […]

Culver-Stockton Board of Trustees Welcomes New President

Last week, Dr. Douglas B. Palmer was elected the 27th president of the Culver-Stockton College Board of Trustees, replacing Dr. Kelly M. Thompson, who plans to retire this June, KHQA reported. Before joining the private Christian liberal arts college in Canton, Missouri, Palmer previously served as provost, vice president of academic affairs and dean at […]

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Concordia University’s Portland Campus Will Shut Its Doors This Spring

After 115 years, Concordia University’s Portland campus will shut down after the spring semester. Concordia University – Portland’s board of regents made the decision by vote last Friday in the face of declining enrollment, The Oregonian reported. The board found that “the university’s current and projected enrollment and finances make it impossible to continue its […]

Bellarmine University Goes Test Optional

Bellarmine University, a private Catholic liberal arts school in Louisville, Kentucky, will no longer require applicants to submit SAT and ACT scores, WDRB.com reported. The new test optional policy will kick in for students starting in fall 2021. The university will still consider students’ high school grades, extracurricular activities, counselor recommendations, work and leadership experience. […]

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Jackson State President Resigns After Arrest in Prostitution Sting

Jackson State University President Dr. William Bynum Jr. resigned from his position Monday after being arrested in a prostitution sting over the weekend in central Mississippi, reported the Associated Press. Bynum was among more than a dozen people arrested in the sting. Also arrested in the police operation was Shonda McCarthy, director of the Jackson […]

OSU Investigates Professor for Racial Comments Made in Class

Ohio State University has begun a review of its professor Dr. Paul Granello, after students expressed concern for racially offensive comments he made during class, including the use of the n-word, reported The Columbus Dispatch. According to graduate school counseling students, Granello, who is considered a suicide-prevention expert, compared the problematic nature of the phrase […]

Colorado State -Pueblo to Offer State’s First Cannabis-Related Degree

Colorado State University (CSU) – Pueblo will offer the state’s first cannabis-related degree program this fall. Titled “Cannabis, Biology and Chemistry,” the program will focus on the underlying science in cannabis fieldwork by offering coursework similar to that of a double major in biology and chemistry as well as two areas of emphasis: natural products […]

Georgetown Joins List of Schools Divesting from Fossil Fuel Companies

Amid pressure from student activists, Georgetown University announced it will stop investing its endowment funding in fossil fuel companies and will withdraw all previous investments in those firms. The Jesuit school cited Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment, which called for the church to combat climate change, as one of its reasons for divesting. “The […]

Letter Requests Progress on Small Business Administration’s Outreach to HBCUs

Five members of Congress has signed a bipartisan letter to the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) associate administrator, Allen Gutierrez, requesting that the agency report its progress in implementing last year’s outreach goals to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). In April 2019, Gutierrez testified on how SBA could provide better entrepreneurial services to HBCUs in […]

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UNCF and H.E.L.F. Partner to Build HBCU Leadership Pipeline

With the average tenure of a college president steadily decreasing and a “mounting void within HBCU leadership,” the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) and the Higher Education Leadership Foundation (H.E.L.F.) have announced a three-year partnership in which they will work together to educate and prepare a pipeline of individuals who wish to serve in leadership […]

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First African American Female Elected Auburn University SGA President

Auburn University junior Ada Ruth Huntley has been elected Student Government Association (SGA) president, according to The Auburn Plainsman. Huntley is the first African-American woman elected to the post. According to the The Plainsman, Huntley’s campaign “focused on health, wellness and diversity.” Huntley said she wants to create an inclusion certification program for on-campus organizations […]

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