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Sale of Westminster Choir College to Chinese Company Canceled
The controversial sale of Westminster Choir College to Kaiwen Education, a Beijing-based for-profit company partly owned by the Chinese government, will not go forward. According to National Public Radio, Kaiwen Education, and Rider University, which has Princeton, N.J.-based WCC among its holdings, announced that they had “mutually agreed” to not go ahead with the sale. […]
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Doctor Gives $8.8M to University of Arizona’s Tucson Medical College
The estate of Dr. Ronald K. Baker, an alumnus of the University of Arizona, has given $8.8 million to the school’s College of Medicine–Tucson, its largest endowed scholarship gift ever, according to the Arizona Daily Star. With $5.9 million of the gift, the college will establish the Ronald K. Baker, M.D., Scholarship Endowment to support […]
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Claflin Latest HBCU to Use Tech Provider to Aid Online Students
Claflin University is the 11th and most recent historically Black college or university to partner with Texas-based education tech start-up Upswing to help their online students connect to support resources on campus. The collaboration will involve Upswing creating an engagement platform customized to fit the particular needs of students attending the New Orleans institution online. […]
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UMUC Name Changing To University of Maryland Global Campus
University of Maryland University College is undergoing a name change and will now be known as University of Maryland Global Campus. According to UMGC, the efforts to transition to the new name will continue into next year as the new UMGC name and logo are placed on its website and other materials beginning this fall. […]
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McNeely Elected President of University of Holy Cross
Dr. Stanton F. McNeely III has been elected the new president of the University of Holy Cross (UHC). McNeely will become UHC’s 19thpresident succeeding Dr. David M. “Buck” Landry who retired earlier this year after five years at the helm. The University of Holy Cross Board of Trustees voted and approved  McNeely’s selection at a […]
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Steve Harvey Awards Full Scholarships to 8 Kent State Students
Comedian and former Kent State University student Steve Harvey is awarding eight of Kent State’s incoming freshmen with scholarships that will cover the total cost of attendance for each student, according to a Kent State news release. Additionally, Harvey highlighted the students on a segment of his talk show, “Steve.” The Steve & Marjorie Harvey […]
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Hollins University President Resigns After Two Years on the Job
Dr. Pareena Lawrence, the president of Hollins University, the small, private women’s college near Roanoke, Virginia has resigned from her post, after just two years on the job. The first person of color to lead the campus, Lawrence had high hopes for the position when she spoke to Diverse last year. Alexandra Trower, chair of […]
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University of Maryland Receives Accreditation Warning
The University of Maryland, College Park has been put on warning and is in jeopardy of losing its accreditation. Margaret M. McMenamin, commission chair said that the accrediting team “identified concerns regarding the institution’s compliance with Standard VII (Governance, Leadership and Administration) and more specifically transparency of its governance structure” that contributed to the warning […]
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Ross University, Dillard Partner to Expand Black Physician Pipeline
Ross University School of Medicine (RUSM) has entered into an agreement with Dillard University in Louisiana to help increase the number of African-American students who enter medical school at RUSM, and ultimately become physicians. Under the terms of the agreement, qualified Dillard students who earn full acceptance into RUSM will receive a scholarship covering full […]
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Report: U.S. Degree-Attainment Disparities Persist
College-degree attainment rates have improved over the past decade in the United States, with the share of young adults with at least an associate’s degree rising by 20 percent, resulting in an additional five million more individuals earning a college degree, according to a report by the Center for American Progress. But the gains are […]
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VSU Student Wins Scholarship to Intern with Actor Terrence J
Virginia State University junior Jaelan Hodges has won a $15,000 summer internship scholarship on behalf of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. Hodges received the award at the recent BET Weekend Brotherhood Dinner in Los Angeles from actor and TMCF national ambassador Terrence J. “I am beyond blessed!” exclaimed Hodges, a mass communications major from Virginia […]
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Labor Department Awards $183M in Apprenticeship Grants
Miami Dade College has been awarded a U.S. Department of Labor Scaling Apprenticeship Through Sector-Based Strategies grant worth nearly $2 million to expand and create new apprenticeship opportunities in Florida. The labor department this week announced $183.8 million in Scaling Apprenticeship Through Sector-Based Strategies grants to support the development and expansion of apprenticeships for educational […]
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