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News Roundup: Page 247
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JCSU Partners with Next Level Leadership to Launch African-American Leadership Pipeline Program
Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU) is working with Next Level Leadership, Inc., a non-profit training organization that creates educated African-American leaders, to establish a program where future leaders can cultivate and flourish. The program will occur over the course of five months, and the first class will be selected in January from students, professionals, and […]
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Tuition Grant Program Doubles Summer School Enrollment at University
In the first summer of the pilot Wings Up Summer Tuition Grant program, enrollment at Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU) in San Antonio, Texas rose 108 percent from the previous summer and 99 percent of students in the program returned for the fall semester. Designed to help students stay on track to graduate, […]
HBCUs
Bethune-Cookman University Facing ‘Existential Threat’
Bethune-Cookman University (B-CU) interim president Hubert L. Grimes, in a news conference Tuesday, dismissed rumors that the school would close, although it is facing an “existential threat,” he said. Amid ongoing financial issues, including repercussions from a $306-million dormitory deal, B-CU officials plan to address the challenges, the Orlando Sentinel reported. “Our problems reflect the culmination […]
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Petition for Potential Freeze on SC College Tuition Receives Warm Reaction
A bill that would briefly stop increases in South Carolina college tuition was recently presented to the Joint Education and Finance Study Committee and received warm reactions from committee members. The bill was sponsored by Sen. Vincent Sheheen and states that if passed, it would establish a $125-million trust fund to increase state funding of […]
Women
Debra McCurdy Named Baltimore City Community College President
Dr. Debra McCurdy will assume the role of president of Baltimore City Community College (BCCC) this spring after serving as president of Rhodes State College in Ohio for the last 11 years. McCurdy will succeed interim president Dr. James H. Johnson, Jr. in Spring 2019 as the college is working to boost enrollment and graduation […]
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American U. Professor Wins $1.3M in Age-Discrimination Case
A District of Columbia Superior Court ruled in favor of former American University professor Dr. Loubna Skalli Hanna on Monday following the jury’s unanimous decision that the university denied her tenure and promotion due to her age. Hanna – who was 52 at the time of her tenure application in 2013 – received internal and […]
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Court Ruling Allows Loan Forgiveness for Defrauded Students
A U.S. District Court judge has lifted the suspension of a rule that would allow defrauded student borrowers to have their federal loans forgiven. The 2016 borrower defense rule is a process created by the Obama Administration that allows misled and defrauded student loan borrowers to have their federal loans discharged. The court ruled that […]
News Roundup
President Theodore Roosevelt’s Papers now Available Online
A collection of former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt’s letters, personal diaries, family memories, speeches and records throughout his career as U.S. president, vice president, New York governor, a naturalist and writer is now available online at the Library of Congress’s website. The collection, called the Theodore Roosevelt papers, is one of the largest presidential print […]
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Vassar College and DCC Announce Partnership to Benefit Students
Vassar College and Dutchess Community College (DCC) announced it has partnered in an agreement that allows full-time students from one college to enroll in up to two courses a year at the other college, tuition free, effective immediately. The new policy came to be after previous discussions that the two institution presidents, DCC president Dr. […]
News Roundup
St. Cloud State Names Building for First African-American Graduate
St. Cloud State University has named one of its buildings after its first African-American graduate, Ruby Cora Webster, according to a story published on the Minnesota university’s website. Webster attended the university, then known as State Normal School, in 1909. Webster’s children, grandchildren and other family members were present when Ruby Cora Webster Hall was […]
Community Colleges
Inaugural Leadership Conference Empowers Minority Male Students
Santa Monica College recently hosted an inaugural Men of Color Leadership Conference under the theme “Agents of Change” to holistically support all minority male students enrolled in the California Community College system. Workshops throughout the conference Friday focused on the men’s academic and post-grad success. There were sessions on leadership development, managing relationships and access […]
News Roundup
St. Lawrence University Alumni and Faculty ask Officials to Rescind Collins’ Honorary Degree
As a result of Sen. Susan Collins R-Maine voting to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in the beginning of October, faculty and alumni from her alma mater are requesting St. Lawrence University rescind her honorary degree from the institution. Over 1,800 alumni and faculty members have sent letters to university officials asking for her […]
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