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African-American
State of Black Higher Ed Attainment in Higher Ed: New Report Highlights Work Still to Do
The Campaign for College Opportunity released a new report Tuesday detailing the state of Black higher education in California. While progress has been made in a number of areas, the report’s authors found gaps in Black students’ college preparedness and persistent disparities when it comes to college completion.
February 23, 2021
African-American
Will the Current Focus on Black Lives Matter Lead To Lasting Change?
There have been major strides and clear, sometimes violent, hostility toward America’s professed promise of equal opportunity for everyone. That reality makes it impossible to forecast how long the latest surge in race-equity initiatives will last, several scholars contend, adding that anything short of systemic change isn’t really change at all.
February 23, 2021
News Roundup
IHEP Guidebook Outlines How Lost Degrees Can Be Reclaimed Via Reverse Credit Transfers
A new guidebook from the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) addresses how institutions can create equity-centered “reverse credit transfers” — allowing the transfer of a student’s earned credits from four- or two-year institutions to a two-year institution that can award the student, if eligible, an associate degree. According to IHEP, a disproportionate number of […]
February 23, 2021
African-American
Stanford’s African and African American Studies Program Moves Closer to Department Status
Stanford University’s African and African American Studies (AAAS) program is now in the process of becoming a department, thanks to a task force recommendation accepted by Dr. Persis Drell, Stanford’s provost, and Dr. Debra Satz, dean of Stanford’s School of Humanities & Sciences, reported Stanford Today. After the murder of George Floyd last May, a […]
February 23, 2021
COVID-19
Examining the Impact of COVID-19 on Prospective College and University Student-Athletes
There may not be a group of student-athletes in the country who have been more significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic than current high school seniors who were and are aspiring to garner athletic scholarships to compete at higher educational institutions.
February 23, 2021
African-American
This San Francisco State Professor Celebrates Black Culture In and Out of the Classroom
Literature has always been prevalent in every aspect of Dr. Dorothy Tsuruta’s life.
February 22, 2021
Home
Ohio State President Announces Pledge to Hire 50 Scholars Focused on Race, Equity Issues
In her first state of the university address, Dr. Kristina M. Johnson, president of The Ohio State University, announced a new initiative called RAISE: race, inclusion and social equity, which includes a pledge to hire 50 scholars who address social equity and racial disparities in their work as well as 100 faculty members from underrepresented backgrounds across all fields. All new openings will be tenure-track positions.
February 22, 2021
African-American
AMA and Satcher Health Leadership Institute Launch Health Equity Fellowship Program
The American Medical Association (AMA) and the Satcher Health Leadership Institute (SHLI) at Morehouse School of Medicine have established a new post-doctoral fellowship program that aims to prepare physicians to address health inequities. Each year, the Medical Justice in Advocacy Fellowship program will train 10 physicians on tackling root causes of inequity and racism, aiming […]
February 22, 2021
Community Colleges
Community Colleges Face Declining Enrollment Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
National community college enrollment has fallen 10% from fall 2019 to fall 2020, according to the National Student Clearinghouse, the Associated Press reported. The COVID-19 pandemic hit older adult students hard, with many losing their jobs or saddled with more time-consuming, at-home responsibilities due to the shift to online classes for children. And given that […]
February 22, 2021
African-American
Morehouse, Spelman to Host New Center for Black Entrepreneurship
Bank of America, the Black Economic Alliance Foundation, Morehouse College and Spelman College have announced the establishment of the Center for Black Entrepreneurship (CBE). The CBE will be housed in two new facilities on the campuses of Spelman and Morehouse, the two historically Black institutions in Atlanta. “Our students will learn to build strong businesses […]
February 22, 2021
African-American
Morgan State University Receives $20 Million Gift to Bolster Scholarship Fund
Morgan State University (MSU) has received $20 million from alumnus and philanthropist Calvin E. Tyler Jr. and his wife, Tina, to increase and expand the Calvin and Tina Tyler Endowed Scholarship Fund, which was first created in 2002. This $20 million gift is the largest alum contribution of its kind to a historically Black college […]
February 22, 2021
Other News
UK Speeds Up Vaccinations: All Adults Get 1st Jab by July 31
The British government declared Sunday that every adult in the country should get a first coronavirus vaccine shot by July 31, at least a month earlier than its previous target, as it prepared to set out a “cautious” plan to ease the U.K.’s lockdown. Read More
February 22, 2021
Other News
Cassidy Announces Nearly $5 Million for LSU Health Shreveport, LSU and A&M College Baton Rouge
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) today announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is awarding $4,617,645 to Louisiana State University (LSU) Health Shreveport and LSU and Agricultural and Mechanical (LSU and A&M) College Baton Rouge under the pharmacology, physiology, and biological chemistry research program. Read More
February 22, 2021
Other News
Meet College of Health Sciences and Technology Dean Yong ‘Tai’ Wang
RIT’s College of Health Sciences and Technology began the year under new leadership with Dean Yong “Tai” Wang. Wang joined RIT in January from the University of Texas at Tyler, where he was dean and endowed chair professor of the Drs. Lee Roy and Lucy Mathis College of Nursing and Health Sciences. His research focuses on rehabilitative […]
February 22, 2021
Other News
UMN Collaboration Seeks to Strengthen Healthcare Workforce in Afghanistan
The University of Minnesota recently entered a partnership designed to further advance health sciences higher education and strengthen the healthcare workforce in Afghanistan over a five-year period. The program, Advancing Higher Education for Afghanistan’s Development (AHEAD), will work to combat the limited access to higher education caused by ongoing conflict in Afghanistan. Supported by a […]
February 22, 2021
Other News
Cuomo Urges NY Colleges & Universities to Ramp Up Campus Testing to Avoid Full Remote Learning
New York’s colleges and universities that are testing at least a quarter of their on-campus student and faculty population can be exempt from going to full remote learning if COVID-19 positivity rates increase, Governor Andrew Cuomo said Friday. He set the testing minimum at 25% of total on-campus students, faculty and staff tested weekly for a college or university […]
February 22, 2021
Other News
Helping College Students Cope with Mental Health Issues
The pandemic has highlighted how important mental health is and how impactful mental wellness can be. Knowing what resources are available can be crucial, especially for college students. Doug Wermedal, South Dakota State University’s associate vice president of student affairs, says the school has a counseling center on campus which has seen a 15% increase […]
February 22, 2021
Other News
Who Is Giving the COVID Vaccines? States Scramble to Find Vaccinators
Beating back Covid-19 right now comes down to balancing supply and demand. With hopes pinned to vaccines, demand has far outstripped the supply of doses. But, as an increasing number of vaccine vials are shipped in coming weeks, the concern about shortages may well shift to human capital: the vaccinators themselves. “We need to mobilize […]
February 22, 2021
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