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African-American
Jackson State University Counsels Local Small Businesses Impacted By COVID-19
Jackson State University’s Small Business Development Center is working with local small businesses impacted by the pandemic.
April 30, 2020
Latinx
Webinar Discusses How Institutions Are Supporting Latinx Students During The Pandemic
Since its establishment 15 years ago, Excelencia in Education has looked at how colleges and universities across the country are intentionally serving and supporting Latinx students. Now, rather than looking at the need to increase enrollment and retention among Latinx students, the focus has shifted into how schools can best support them during the time of a pandemic.
April 29, 2020
African-American
First-Year Students at Edward Waters College to Receive Laptops
Starting in the fall, first-year students at the historically Black Edward Waters College (EWC) will receive personal Chromebook laptop computers, in a new partnership between EWC and the Follett Higher Education Group, the college said in a statement. The collaboration, called the EWC/Follet ACCESS Program, is intended to enhance student access to technology. It will […]
April 28, 2020
African-American
Racist Hackers ‘Zoombomb’ Online Meeting of U of South Carolina’s African American Students
An online social gathering of the University of South Carolina’s (UofSC) African American students was ‘Zoombombed’ by hackers who invaded the video conferencing platform with racial slurs and images, reported WVLT 8. The incident occurred at an annual spring cookout hosted by the university’s Association of African American Students on Friday. The event was held […]
April 27, 2020
African-American
Asian Americans are Not the “Model Minority”
Asian Americans are wrongly assumed to be doing well, uniformly and virtually without exception. The stereotype, dubbed “the model minority myth,” has been debunked again and again, but it persists in ideological claims that Asian Americans demonstrate racial discrimination has been eliminated and hard work is all it takes to do well.
April 27, 2020
African-American
Two Young HBCU Graduates Raise Funds for Students Impacted by COVID-19
In the wake of COVID-19, Jonathan Allen and Derrick Young Jr. were anxious to lend a helping hand. Both Allen and Young — two graduates of Grambling State University, a historically Black university in Louisiana — launched an online fund to provide small emergency grants to Boston-area college students displaced by coronavirus.
April 24, 2020
Latinx
Report: Latinx Enrollment Rises in Colleges and Universities
Enrollment in higher education institutions has increased among Latinx students and the number of Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs) continues to grow, shows new research by Excelencia in Education, an organization focused on Latinx students’ success. The group released an annual analysis focused on HSIs and emerging HSIs over the last 15 years.
April 24, 2020
Asian American Pacific Islander
Scientific Organizations Write to Congress Denouncing Anti-Asian Sentiment
More than four dozen scientific organizations have written to congressional leaders supporting resolutions to denounce anti-Asian discrimination as related to COVID-19. “Our societies have been concerned by news reports that individuals of Asian ancestry are increasingly subject to stigma, physical attack, or suspicion due to the potential origins of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2,” said the […]
April 23, 2020
Latinx
Ensure Emergency Grants to Students Aren’t Taxed: Higher Ed Groups
A host of higher education groups, including the American Council on Education, have written to congressional leaders asking them to ensure that the emergency student financial aid grants authorized by the coronavirus stimulus package, or the CARES Act, are not subject to taxation. Under the act, $6.28 billion was awarded to college and universities “to […]
April 21, 2020
African-American
Dr. Pellom McDaniels, NFL Veteran and Emory Professor, Dies at 52
Dr. Pellom McDaniels III, a National Football League (NFL) veteran and assistant professor of African American Studies at Emory University, died Sunday in Atlanta, reported Oregon Live. He was 52. McDaniels began his athletic and academic career at Oregon State University where he earned accolades playing as a defensive lineman, said a statement on Emory’s […]
April 21, 2020
African-American
Diversity in the DACA Numbers—Undocumented Whites
For the first time, someone thought it would be a good idea to do an official count of undocumented students in higher ed. And yes, it confirms what we know more or less, there’s a lot of them, about 450,000, two percent of all students in post-secondary education, according to the The New American Economy and the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration, which collaborated on the survey using Census data.
April 19, 2020
African-American
‘Protect Students, Faculty and Staff of Color’: Emory U’s Student Newspaper Editorial to Incoming President
An editorial in Emory University’s student newspaper calls on newly-appointed president Gregory Fenves to “protect students, faculty and staff of color.” Fenves, currently president of the University of Texas at Austin, was named Emory president on April 7. He begins his new position on August 1. “As we welcome Fenves to the Emory community and […]
April 19, 2020
Asian American Pacific Islander
UCLA Law Professor Wonders on Twitter if One of His Chinese Students Brought Back Coronavirus
Stephen Bainbridge, a University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law professor, wondered last week on Twitter whether one of his Chinese students brought back the coronavirus from China, reported Law 360 and Above The Law. After a strongly worded letter of condemnation from the school’s students, for racism and xenophobia, Bainbridge apologized publicly […]
April 16, 2020
African-American
Student Body Leaders: To Ensure Equity Accept Pass/Fail Grades Without Conditions
Student leaders said the shutdown of campuses has caused a huge upheaval in many students’ lives, especially in the learning environments for historically marginalized and low-income undergraduates. And graduate schools and potential employees must take this into consideration.
April 15, 2020
African-American
How TMCF is Responding to COVID-19
There is little question that higher education in general, and our historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in particular, have been greatly impacted by COVID-19, the likes of which we have not seen in our lifetime.
April 15, 2020
African-American
Medical Colleges Association Calls For Race, Ethnicity Data on COVID-19 Infections
The Association of American Medical Colleges is calling for more granular data that reflects the race and ethnicity of people sickened by COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus. The association said the pandemic is illuminating longstanding social, economic and health inequities in the U.S. And it is visible in that people of color, […]
April 14, 2020
Students
You Are Worthy of Your Dreams
“You are worthy of your dreams.” This is my unchanging message to my students as their president, never more important than during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
April 14, 2020
Disabilties
How Colleges Can Support Students With Disabilities During Remote Learning
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, colleges and universities across the country have rushed to move courses online, potentially overlooking the needs of students with intellectual, physical, emotional and behavioral disabilities.
April 13, 2020
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