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News Roundup: Page 58
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New Report Recommends California Higher Ed to Support Older High School Graduates
A new report from California Competes is recommending that California higher ed institutions create better pipelines to college for not only recent high school graduates but also older adults. The report, “Untapped Opportunity: Understanding and Advancing Prospects for Californians without a College Degree”studies Californians ages 25 to 54 who graduated from high school and suggests […]
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Marquette University Receives $1 Million to Help Preserve Historic St. Joan of Arc Chapel
Marquette University has received a $1 million gift from the Slaggie Family Foundation to help preserve its St. Joan of Arc Chapel. The chapel – more than 600 years old – was originally built in France and later reconstructed on campus more than 50 years ago, first gifted in 1966 by Marc and Lillian Rojtman. […]
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Acting Central Alabama Community College President Officially Appointed into Role
Jeff Lynn – acting president at Central Alabama Community College (CACC) since last June – will officially become the school’s president, effective March 1, Alabama News Network reported. Prior to joining the Alabama Community College System, Lynn was executive director of workforce development programs (LED FastStart) for Louisiana Economic Development. He has also served as […]
Community Colleges
Ozarks Technical Community College Appoints First Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Daniel Ogunyemi has been appointed Ozarks Technical Community College’s (OTC) first director of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). According to census data, 8% of residents in OTC’s 12-county service region are non-white. Yet, non-White enrollment in the school system is 18%. One of Ogunyemi’s first goals is to listen. “I want to listen to anybody willing […]
African-American
Vincent D. Rougeau Named College of the Holy Cross’s First Black and First Lay President
Vincent D. Rougeau, dean of Boston College Law School, will become president of the College of the Holy Cross, the school’s first Black and first lay president, effective July 1, Mass Live reported. Since 2011, he has been serving as dean of Boston College Law School. Prior to becoming dean, he was a tenured law […]
African-American
FedEx Pledges $5 Million to Four HBCUs
A handful of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) – three in Mississippi and one in Tennessee – are each receiving $1 million from shipping company FedEx to prepare students for the workforce, WLBT reported. Tennessee State University, Jackson State University, Mississippi Valley State University and LeMoyne-Owen College will each get $1 million, with another […]
COVID-19
Study Shows Decline in Federal Student Aid Filings from Potential College First-Years in California
Federal student aid applications from potential college first-year students in California fell 14% between mid-March and mid-August of 2020, after the onset of the COVID-19 crisis last March, according to a recent study published in Educational Researcher. University of Missouri (UM) public affairs professor Oded Gurantz and UM PhD student Christopher Wielga served as the […]
News Roundup
University of Georgia Creates DEI Award in Diversity Advocate’s Honor
The University of Georgia has created a new award in honor of diversity advocate and professor Dawn D. Bennett-Alexander, according to UGA officials. For 33 years, Bennett-Alexander – a UGA associate professor emeritus – taught employment law and legal studies at the school’s Terry College of Business. The annual Dawn D. Bennett-Alexander Inclusive Community Award will be […]
LGBTQ+
Baylor University Faculty Senate Passes Resolution Supporting LGBTQ+ Student Group
Baylor University’s Faculty Senate passed a resolution 26 to 9 to approve the LGBTQ+ support group Gamma Alpha Upsilon as an officially chartered student organization, Baylor Lariat reported. This resolution asks the school administration to allow the group to be an official organization. “This is not a policy vote or governance vote. It is our […]
News Roundup
Rapper Kodak Black Offers to Pay College Tuition of Killed FBI Agents’ Children
Rapper Kodak Black has offered to pay college tuition for the children of two FBI agents killed last week, NBC News reported. The two agents – Special Agents Daniel Alfin and Laura Schwartzenberger – were fatally shot Feb. 2 while serving a search warrant at the Florida apartment of a child pornography suspect. Alfin had a 3-year-old. Schwartzenberger had two children, […]
Women
Student Activists Protest Against Sexual Assault on Campuses
College students across the U.S. staged socially distanced protests this week against sexual assault on campuses, such as Boston University and Minnesota State University, CBS News reported.
Military
U.S. Army War College Head Suspended, Matters Unrelated to Role
Maj. Gen. Stephen Maranian, head of the U.S. Army War College, has been suspended from his school duties by the Army, The Hill reported. “This matter is under investigation and unrelated to his current position,” Army spokeswoman Cynthia Smith said in a statement. Maj. Gen. David Hill, deputy chief of engineers and deputy commanding general […]
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