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American Association of State Colleges and Universities Receives $2.5M Grant

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation awarded the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) a $2.5 million grant in order to increase student success. AASCU has around 400 public colleges and university members and is one of 12 organizations to receive the foundation’s Intermediaries for Scale grant. Through the grant, AASCU aims to […]

APLU Receives $2.5M Grant to Aid Student Success

The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) received a $2.5 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to help break down higher education barriers for students. Under the foundation’s Intermediaries for Scale two-year grant, only 12 organizations were awarded the funding out of 200 applicants. APLU will launch the Powered by Publics: […]

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Morgan State Considering Osteopathic Medical School

Morgan State University President Dr. David A. Wilson will consider adding a College of Osteopathic Medicine through a partnership with Salud Education, LLC, a company which has experience working with seven medical colleges in the U.S. and internationally. If the Board of Regents and Wilson approve of the agreement and other details of the partnership, […]

Tuskegee University President Takes Temporary Medical Leave

Tuskegee University President Dr. Lily D. McNair is taking a medical leave of absence for an undisclosed health issue, according to a statement released by the university’s board of trustees. McNair will step away from the presidency on Jan. 15 and will be away for most of the Spring 2020 semester. “Life sometimes presents us […]

Community Colleges

Walsh College Becomes First Institution to Partner with Detroit Promise

Walsh College announced a partnership with Detroit Promise to offer an opportunity for community college students to complete a four-year degree tuition-free. This is the first institution to collaborate with Detroit Promise, which covers tuition after financial aid at either a community college or four-year university. In order to qualify for the promise program, students […]

African Methodist Episcopal Church Forgives Morris Brown College’s $4M Debt

Over $4 million in debt owed by Morris Brown College was forgiven by the Executive Committee of the General Board of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. However, Morris Brown College agreed to create a $1.5 million scholarship for AME members. Morris Brown College lost its accreditation in 2002 but has continued […]

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College Freshman Elected as Local Council Member

Chris Kalcich, a first-year studio art and painting student at Susquehanna University, became the youngest person to be elected as Selinsgrove borough council member at the age of 18. He first joined the Snyder County Democratic Committee while he was a senior at Selinsgrove High School in Pennsylvania. Throughout his high school career, Kalcich was […]

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Michelle Obama to Launch Video Series on Instagram as Part of Reach Higher Initiative

Former First Lady Michelle Obama will expand her Reach Higher Initiative, aimed to help first-generation college students, by launching a video series on Instagram. “A Year of Firsts” will focus on student’s experiences during their first year of college. It will be a six-part series premiering in mid-January on IGTV and the last video will […]

UC San Diego and SDCCD Received $2.7M in Grants

The University of California San Diego and San Diego Community College District (SDCCD) received $2.7 million in grants to help fund a program for transfer students as well as implement career training that discusses employment after graduation for Ph.D. students. SDCCD received $1.2 million and UC San Diego was awarded $1.5 million by the The […]

New Study Analyzes Impact of Exercise Program in Elementary Schools

A new study at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) analyzed the impact of the Walking Classroom, a program that intertwines exercise into the school day, on elementary student’s health. Currently, the program is used in all 50 states. It aims to combat childhood obesity and helps students with ADHD, dyslexia or […]

Former President of Southern Vermont College Files Lawsuit Against Trustees

After the closure of Southern Vermont College, former president Dr. David Evans has filed a lawsuit against four of the college trustees. The lawsuit was introduced in federal court on Dec. 30. After disagreements occurred during the process of shutting down the school, Evans alleged that the trustees and the chief restructuring officer denied him […]

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Film Producer Gifts $2 Million to Northwestern University, Establishes Dramatic Writing Professorship

A $2 million gift from the Berlanti Family Foundation will establish a dramatic writing professorship titled the Barbara Berlanti Professorship in Writing for the Screen and Stage at Northwestern University’s School of Communications. The endowed professorship intends to “significantly expand” the school’s writing programs by boosting teaching capacity and creating a curriculum that trains students […]

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