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Students
New Reports Identify Obstacles to Education Completion
Tyton Partners, a provider of strategy consulting and investment banking services to the education sector, has published three reports that highlight achievement gaps among students from historically underrepresented groups.
July 12, 2022
News Roundup
North Carolina Institutions Awarded $2.3 Million to Study How to Improve Pregnancy Outcomes
N.C. A&T and UNC Chapel Hill were awarded a $2.3 million grant to study how to improve outcomes among women who are more likely to experience pregnancy complications due to poor heart health.
July 12, 2022
News Roundup
Report Shows Pandemic Disproportionately Impacted Latino Students, Families
The COVID-19 pandemic had a disproportionately negative impact on Latino students and their families in the U.S., according to a recent report from UnidosUS.
July 12, 2022
News Roundup
Hunt Appointed UCLA Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost
Dr. Darnell Hunt is expected to become UCLA’s next executive vice chancellor and provost.
July 12, 2022
News Roundup
Alabama HBCUs Receive Grants to Preserve Historic Campus Locations
Five HBCUs in Alabama are getting funding from the National Parks Service to preserve historic campus locations.
July 12, 2022
On the Move
ROSHAUNDA ROSS-ORTA
Roshaunda Ross-Orta has been named director of the Office of Student Transitions and Community Engagement at Vanderbilt University in Nashville.
July 12, 2022
On the Move
PRABIU DAVID
Prabiu David has been appointed associate provost for faculty and academic staff development at Michigan State University.
July 12, 2022
On the Move
ANITA BORGMEYER
Anita Borgmeyer has been appointed the next vice president for marketing and communications at Saint Louis University in Missouri.
July 11, 2022
Disabilties
UIC Hosts Symposium for Disability Cultural Centers
At a symposium at the University of Illinois, Chicago, attendees were able to reflect on how they built their DCCs and share best practices.
July 11, 2022
Sports
Black Women Leaders Call on Biden Administration to Step Up Efforts to Free Brittney Griner
Two-time Olympic gold medalist, WNBA champion, and NCAA champion Brittney Griner has been held in a Russian jail since Feb. 17.
July 11, 2022
Opinion
The Color of Harvard
Who wants to be president of Harvard University? Or maybe the question is who should be the first African American president of the university? That’s a question that moves us all in a good direction.
July 11, 2022
STEM
$1.8 Million to Aid STEM Pursuits at CSU campuses
CSU Northridge (CSUN)’s Global Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) Equity Innovation Hub announced $1.8 million in CSU HSI Community Grants to inspire students to pursue pathways to STEM careers.
July 11, 2022
News Roundup
UGA to Expand NSF-Sponsored Statewide STEM Program
The University of Georgia has received $2.5 million from the National Science Foundation to expand a statewide UGA STEM program.
July 11, 2022
News Roundup
Yale Study: Students from Marginalized Groups More Likely to Leave Med School
A recent Yale study has indicated that students from marginalized groups leave medical school at higher rates.
July 11, 2022
African-American
Furious Flower Poetry Center Executive Director Retires
Dr. Joanne V. Gabbin, the founder of the nation’s first academic center for Black poetry, recently retired.
July 8, 2022
Students
Thinking Beyond “Summer Melt” Enrollment Declines
Given continued drops in student enrollment, many colleges seek to tackle not only "summer melt" but longer-term enrollment declines.
July 8, 2022
News Roundup
VCU School of Social Work Professor Sues University for Discrimination
Dr. Muthoni Imungi, a professor in Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of Social Work, is suing the university for discrimination, alleging she was demoted because she is Black and was born in Kenya.
July 8, 2022
News Roundup
Tuskegee, UC Berkeley Partner to Develop Data Science Curriculum and Research Opportunities
Tuskegee University and the University of California, Berkeley, recently announced a multi-year partnership to develop data science curriculum and research opportunities.
July 8, 2022
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