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California Teachers Union Has Pay Breakthrough with Foothill-De Anza

In the wake of conflicts over employee salaries which occurred last semester, Foothill-De Anza Community College officials announced a temporary agreement with its largest union over pay raises for the 2018-2019 school year. Members of the union still need to ratify the settlement and the Foothill-De Anza board of trustees still need approve it, however it’s […]

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House Bill Provides $8M for HBCU Historic Preservation Fund

Advocates for historically Black colleges and universities are praising the passage of a U.S. House of Representatives “minibus” appropriations bill that will increase funding for the HBCU Historic Preservation Fund if approved by the Senate for fiscal year 2019. Earlier this year, the H.R. 6147 bill originally set aside $5 million for the fund for […]

Report Outlines College Graduates’ Employment, Debt and Enrollment

A U.S. Department of Education report on college graduates from 2008 shed insight into their employment, debt and enrollment status four years after their graduation. Tracking graduates’ outcomes to 2012, the “Statistics in Brief” indicated that 69 percent of those who earned a bachelor’s degree in 2008 were employed, 11 percent were simultaneously employed and […]

Renowned Journalist Ed Gordon Named FVSU Visiting Lecturer

Emmy Award-winning journalist Ed Gordon will join Fort Valley State University in Georgia as a visiting lecturer for the Fall 2018 semester. As part of programming from the Department of Visual and Performing Arts and Media Studies, Gordon’s “master classes” will cover topics such as the business of media, the impact of social media on […]

Claflin Wraps Up HBCU-UP, CECOR Cybersecurity Summer Programs

The importance of early-college summer programs was on display last week when the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Under Graduate Program (HBCU-UP) and the Consortium Enabling Cybersecurity Opportunities & Research (CECOR) program at Claflin University hosted an awards and recognition luncheon for participating high school students planning to enroll at the institution this fall. HBCU-UP […]

After Parkland Shooting, VA Youth Voter Registration Skyrockets

According to a new TargetSmart analysis, voting registration rates for voters aged 18-29 have increased over the last seven months in Virginia, along with 38 other key battleground states. These results indicate that youth turnout is on the rise just in time for this year’s midterm and state primary elections. This increase in youth voter […]

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Study: 4 in 10 College Students Binge Drink

Four in every 10 U.S. college students binge drink, according to a survey by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, whose findings have been published in The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association. Binge drinking is a pattern of drinking that elevates a person’s blood alcohol to 0.08 percent or above per 100g […]

Hampton University’s ‘First Family’ Continues Charitable Giving

Hampton University president Dr. William R. Harvey and his wife Norma B. Harvey donated an unprecedented gift of $553,000 to the institution’s faculty and staff this month, continuing their years of generosity to the university.

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UH Receives Donation for College of Medicine’s First Class

An anonymous donor has donated a $3 million gift to the University of Houston College of Medicine. The gift will fund the entire tuition for the college’s incoming class of 30 medical students in fall 2020, according to college officials. The funds will also go toward the university’s “Here, We Go” Campaign, the first public […]

Former Nebraska Tax Commissioner Gets University Post

A former Nebraska tax commissioner has been named a vice chancellor for the University of Nebraska at Omaha and University of Nebraska Medical Center. University officials say Doug Ewald will oversee business, finance and business development for both Omaha campuses. He’ll begin his work Aug. 1, pending approval by university regents. Ewald has nearly 30 […]

Trustees OK $1.7M for University of Arkansas Medical Campus

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — University of Arkansas trustees have approved a $1.7 million renovation at the school’s medical campus in Fayetteville. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that trustees on Monday unanimously approved the renovations to support classrooms and lab space for students in a new occupational therapy program. The three-year, clinical doctorate program expects to enroll its […]

Harvard-Linked Employee Apologizes Over ‘Affordable’ Comment

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — An employee with a Harvard University-affiliated research center has issued an apology after she was captured on video asking a neighbor and the woman’s biracial daughter if they lived in affordable apartments. Theresa Lund, executive director of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, told The Boston Globe on Monday that she’s “terribly sorry” and […]

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