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Students Work Toward Missouri School’s First Latina Sorority
COLUMBIA, Mo. ― University of Missouri students are working to establish the school’s first Latina sorority. Jessica Banuelos, who is studying psychology, has been working for the past two years to establish a chapter of the Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority at the school. The Columbia Missourian reports that it was started in 1975 at […]
December 22, 2015
Students
Why Must International Students Pick Up the Tab for U.S. Higher Education?
The growth in student population does not fully account for the increasing rate of the profits generated by international students.
December 22, 2015
Students
E. Tennessee State Identifies Certain Restrooms as Gender-neutral
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. ― East Tennessee State University has updated some restrooms in academic buildings and residence halls with signage that identifies them as gender-neutral restrooms. The university’s Associate Vice President for Facilities Management Bill Rasnick tells the Johnson City Press that the restrooms with the new signs had previously been restrooms that were not […]
December 21, 2015
Students
U.S. Higher Ed Leaders See Endless Opportunities in Cuba
American and Cuban higher education leaders are exploring the possibilities of establishing ongoing relationships of all kinds to help teachers and students in both countries.
December 20, 2015
Students
Michigan State President Rejects Raise; Trustees Create Scholarship
EAST LANSING, Mich. ― Michigan State University is creating a scholarship to honor its president after she turned down another raise. The Lansing State Journal reports that it’s the eighth time in 10 years that Lou Anna Simon has rejected a pay raise. Instead, trustees will endow a scholarship in the names of Simon and […]
December 20, 2015
Students
National Debate Over Tuition-free Plan Continues
The national debate to make community colleges free continues as more states develop a tuition-free plan for students.
December 17, 2015
Students
Desegregation Not Same as Diversity and Inclusion
Do colleges and university senior administrators have a coherent definition of diversity that moves beyond demographics?
December 17, 2015
Students
Success Story
Bunker Hill Community College President Pam Eddinger seeks the best for the 14,000 students she serves.
December 16, 2015
Students
Lawsuit Alleges Hazing Led to University Student’s Suicide
ALTOONA, Pa. — The family of a Penn State-Altoona student who jumped to his death off the roof of a New York hotel sued the university and a suspended fraternity alleging that he killed himself because of hazing. The suit alleges that Marquise Braham “had been hazed for months” by members of the Phi Sigma […]
December 16, 2015
Students
PHYLLIS WORTHY DAWKINS
PHYLLIS WORTHY DAWKINS has been appointed provost and vice president for academic affairs at Bennett College. She was vice president for academic affairs at Cheyney University. Dawkins received a bachelor’s from Johnson C. Smith University, a master’s from the University of Michigan and a doctorate from The Ohio State University.
December 16, 2015
Students
CHRISTINA GONZALES
CHRISTINA GONZALES has been named vice chancellor for student affairs at the University of Colorado Boulder. She was interim vice chancellor for student affairs at UC Boulder. Gonzales earned a bachelor’s from Western New Mexico University and a master’s from New Mexico State University.
December 16, 2015
Students
IVAN L. HARRELL II
IVAN L. HARRELL II has been appointed executive vice president for academic and student affairs at Georgia Piedmont Technical College. He was vice president of student success at Lone Star College. Harrell earned a bachelor’s from Wittenberg University, a master’s from Vanderbilt University and a doctorate from Florida State University.
December 16, 2015
Students
JOYCE JACOBSEN
JOYCE JACOBSEN was appointed interim provost and vice president for academic affairs at Wesleyan University. She is Andrews Professor of Economics at Wesleyan. Jacobsen earned a bachelor’s from Harvard University, a master’s from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a doctorate from Stanford University.
December 16, 2015
Students
The Silent Minority: Hmong Women in Higher Education
Despite a history lacking a value on education for women, today Hmong women are actively pursuing degrees in higher education.
December 15, 2015
Students
Social Media Will Broadcast the 2015 ‘Revolution’
In the 1970s Gil Scott-Herron decreed that the revolution will not be televised; however, students in 2015 have taken up a revolutionary insurgence vis-a-vis multiple forms of “social” media.
December 14, 2015
Students
Student Won’t Receive Degree Despite Disability Accommodation
A nursing student who failed a mandatory test four times in a required course despite disability accommodation isn’t entitled to her bachelor’s degree, a federal judge in Covington, Kentucky, has ruled.
December 13, 2015
Students
Winthrop Drops Name of White Supremacist from Award
ROCK HILL, S.C. ― Winthrop University’s top academic award will no longer bear the name of avowed segregationist and former South Carolina governor “Pitchfork” Ben Tillman. Media outlets report the university’s president Dan Mahony told faculty, staff and students in an email Friday that the university will discontinue the 75-year-old Tillman Award. Instead, the students […]
December 10, 2015
Students
No Disciplinary Action Taken after Alleged Racist Frat Party
NEW HAVEN, Conn. ― No disciplinary action will be taken against any students or student groups at Yale University involved in allegations of racism at a fraternity party held by Sigma Alpha Epsilon in October. At the party in question, students complained that the fraternity denied entrance to minorities. Men at the door were […]
December 10, 2015
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