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Students
Lake Superior State University Offers Cannabis Chemistry Scholarships
Lake Superior State University (LSSU) – which established the nation’s first chemistry program on cannabis when it launched The Cannabis Center of Excellence in 2019, is offering its first cannabis chemistry scholarship, CBS News reported. Steadfast Labs, a Michigan-based research facility aiming to ensure access to safe cannabis medicine, has created an annual $1,200 scholarship […]
April 6, 2021
Students
The University of Akron Announces Scholarship for Local Low- and Moderate-Income Students
Under the Zips Affordability Scholarship, the University of Akron plans to cover the cost of tuition for local low- and moderate-income full-time students, Akron Beacon Journal reported. To qualify, first-year students must be Pell grant-eligible and live within the six counties of Medina, Stark, Wayne, Cuyahoga, Summit and Portage. Since the scholarship is considered “last […]
April 2, 2021
Students
First-Generation Institute Highlights Social Class and Institutional Responsibilities
Social class identity was one of many topics discussed during the First-Generation Institute hosted by the University of Minnesota’s (UMN) College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) last week.
April 2, 2021
Students
Brown University Students Vote in Favor of Reparations
Brown University students have voted by a vast margin that the Ivy League school should offer reparations to descendants of enslaved people who were affiliated with the school and its founders, NBC News reported. The voting – on two referendum questions – took place last week during an annual election. One question was whether Brown […]
March 30, 2021
Students
Conference Highlights Improvements to Student Affairs Practices on Campuses
Student affairs practitioners shared personal practices and examples on ways to confront inequities within the student conduct process at this year’s NASPA virtual conference.
March 24, 2021
Students
California Higher Ed Leaders to Host California Community College Black Student Success Week April 26-30
California higher ed leaders are hosting California Community College Black Student Success Week from April 26 to 30, an event dedicated to Black and African American student success at California community colleges. A daily webinar series – called “The Black Hour” – will be held throughout the week from 12 to 1 p.m. and open […]
March 24, 2021
Students
Columbia University Grad Students and Student Workers Go on Strike
Thousands of Columbia University graduate students and student workers went on strike Monday – and are continuing to strike – after negotiations with the school proved unsuccessful again, the New York Post reported. Students’ demands include higher wages, improved benefits and a system to better investigate sexual harassment and discrimination allegations. According to the Graduate […]
March 16, 2021
Students
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Faculty Senate Votes In Support of Raising Minimum Stipends for Graduate Assistants
The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville faculty senate voted 26 to 14 Wednesday in support of raising minimum stipends for graduate assistants to $2,225 per month, the Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette reported. For a nine-month period, the total amount in the voted-on resolution would be $20,025. As it stands now, history graduate student teaching assistants get […]
March 12, 2021
Students
Low-Income Families Struggle With Worsening College Affordability in the South, Research Finds
The Southern Regional Education Board’s (SREB’s) college-affordability profiles for the 16 states in its region illustrate that families had to pay a higher percentage of their income in 2017-18 for a full-time student to attend a four-year institution than in 2012-13.
March 2, 2021
Students
Education Company EAB to Acquire Student Success Platform Starfish
Education company EAB will acquire Hobsons’ student success platform, Starfish. As Starfish joins EAB, hundreds of colleges and universities will join EAB’s Student Success Collaborative network. “Starfish has helped more than five million students stay on their postsecondary roadmaps to success and graduation,” EAB CEO David Felsenthal said. “By adding the Starfish team and technology […]
February 19, 2021
Students
Biden Rejects Proposal to Cancel $50,000 in Student Loan Debt
At a CNN town hall on earlier this week, President Joe R. Biden rejected the proposal to cancel $50,000 of student loan debt per student, CNN reported. “I will not make that happen,” Biden said. Democrats like Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Ayanna Pressley urged Biden to use executive power […]
February 18, 2021
Students
Beverage Company Makes $10M Investment in HBCUs
To address student loan debt inequities, Diageo North America — a beverage company popularly known for Smirnoff vodka, Guinness beer and Crown Royal whiskey, among other brands — has donated $10 million to 25 historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU) across the country.
February 11, 2021
Students
New California Bill Would Allow Transgender and Nonbinary College Students to Use Preferred Names on Diplomas
Under the newly introduced AB 245 bill, led by California Assemblyman David Chiu, nonbinary and transgender public college students would be allowed to put their preferred names on diplomas instead of their birth names, according to SFGATE. This is an extension of Chiu’s previous bill, AB 711, which mandated K-12 school districts update former students’ […]
January 15, 2021
Students
Mount Holyoke College Receives $10M Donation to Support Scholarships
Mount Holyoke College recently received a $10 million donation to support scholarships and other financial aid opportunities for students, according to MassLive. The donation, made by alumna Liz Cochary Gross and her husband, Philip Gross, was given as part of the college’s “Meet the Moment Scholarship Challenge.” In response to their contribution, the largest in […]
January 15, 2021
Students
Report Highlights COVID-19 Impact on College Students’ Mental Health
A new report analyzed how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the mental health of college students. “Constant Stress Has Become the New Normal: Stress and Anxiety Inequalities Among U.S. College Students in the Time of COVID-19,” found that one-third of college students reported emotional distress brought on by the pandemic, according to the research.
January 13, 2021
Students
U.S. Department of Education Updates College Scorecard
In the interest of transparency, the U.S. Department of Education is updating College Scorecard to have it provide prospective students with “information on how well borrowers from individual colleges and universities are progressing in repaying their federal student loans, as well as how overall borrower cohorts are faring at certain intervals in the repayment process,” […]
January 13, 2021
Students
TMCF Receives $5 Million to Fund Need-Based HBCU Scholarship Program
Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) has received $5 million from philanthropist Stephen Feinberg’s charitable foundation to fund a scholarship program for students at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and Predominantly Black institutions (PBIs). The Stephen Feinberg Scholarship Program will give need-based scholarships to students at these institutions who are facing financial hardships. Feinberg is […]
December 17, 2020
Students
Doubling the Pell Grant to Promote Access to Opportunity, Higher Ed
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ victory signals a crucial moment for enhanced access to higher education that could, given their commitment to “Doubling the Pell Grant,” promote a success model as well. One of the points to be emphasized is that the goal of college access has force and plausibility as an aim of social policy only insofar as colleges and universities function as effective means for delivering what they promise to deliver. And, while education has a number of legitimate goals, among the most central are promoting cognitive and socio-emotional development, allowing students to attain general knowledge and skills, and helping students become desirable from the perspective of employers. For the latter, they must graduate. What follows from these considerations, then, is that whatever form access strategies assume, college campuses need to adopt corresponding strategies that meet the needs of the students they choose to enroll.
December 15, 2020
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