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News Roundup
National Science Foundation Recognizes Three Scientists with Alan T. Waterman Award
The U.S. National Science Foundation has named three scientists to receive this year's Alan T. Waterman Award, the country's top honor for early-career scientists and engineers.
April 21, 2022
Latinx
AAHHE Names Award in Honor of Dr. Mildred GarcÃa
April 21, 2022
HBCUs
Coppin State Tackles Race Gap in Nonprofit Leadership
Coppin State University is one of the few HBCUs to offer an undergraduate degree in nonprofit work.
April 20, 2022
Latest News
Xavier University Partners with Takeda to Build Center for Health and Tech Innovation
Xavier University in New Orleans has partnered with Takeda, a Japanese pharmaceutical company, in a multi-year effort to improve health equity for marginalized populations.
April 20, 2022
News Roundup
University of Maryland Names Dr. Stephanie Shonekan Dean of College of Arts and Humanities
The University of Maryland has named ethnomusicologist and Black studies scholar Dr. Stephanie Shonekan dean of the College of Arts and Humanities. She will start on July 1 this year.
April 20, 2022
News Roundup
Achieving the Dream Study Reveals Promise of Open Education Resources
A study from Achieving the Dream, a community college research and advocacy group, found that open education resources bring more student-centered, equitable teaching into classrooms. But greater OER support and training is needed to realize its promise.
April 20, 2022
News Roundup
ED Takes Steps To Fix Failures in Student Loan Programs
The Department of Education has made moves to address longstanding dysfunction in the public service loan forgiveness program as well as income-driven repayment plans for borrowers.
April 20, 2022
Opinion
What White University Presidents and Other Leaders Could Learn from HBCU Leadership About Diversifying STEM
In the U.S., the population of STEM billionaires remains almost exclusively white and male. Black STEM professionals – both men and women - remain virtually invisible in these fields both in academia and in industry.
April 19, 2022
HBCUs
Keeping HBCUs Accountable to Their Mission, Students, and Communities
At a webinar hosted by Diverse, HBCU leaders shared their recommendations for HBCUs to maintain accountability, stay in-line with their mission values, and create student-centered learning supported by data and behind-the-scenes efforts.
April 19, 2022
Students
A Surge In Tech Companies Target Student Mental Health Support
Amid a student mental health crisis, tech companies have emerged to fill gaps.
April 19, 2022
News Roundup
Adjuncts at George Washington University Seek Pay Increases
Adjunct faculty union members at the George Washington University are calling for pay raises to combat big wage disparities between professors.
April 19, 2022
News Roundup
Florida Gov. DeSantis Signs Higher Ed Law Targeting Tenure
On Tuesday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a higher education reform bill into law to change how faculty tenure works at state colleges and universities. To many critics, the bill attacks academic freedom.
April 19, 2022
Latest News
Catto Scholarship at The Community College of Philadelphia Expands Reach
The Community College of Philadelphia is expanding its Octavius Catto Scholarship program, which will help another 500 students gain access to higher education.
April 19, 2022
Latest News
Rutgers University to Host Memorial for Dr. Cheryl A. Wall
When Dr. Cheryl A. Wall, renounced scholar of Black literature, American literature, and feminist criticism, died in April 2020, the chaos of the pandemic made it impossible for Rutgers University to pay proper tribute to their professor of English.
April 18, 2022
African-American
Veteran Education Administrator Dead at 67
Dr. Lillian Lowery, who ran public schools in Maryland, Delaware and Virginia, ultimately spearheading new national curriculum standards and reforms to student discipline policies, died last week. She was 67.
April 18, 2022
HBCUs
#BlackTechFutures Builds Connection Between Technology, Equity, and HBCUs
#BlackTechFutures is leading #BlackTechPolicyWeek to discuss ways in which technology can be equitized.
April 18, 2022
News Roundup
Purdue Welcomes Ukrainian Scholar Refugees
As part of its Ukrainian Scholars Initiative, Purdue University has so far matched 11 scholars fleeing war-torn Ukraine with campus hosts. The program seeks to help visiting scholars continue their scholarship safely in the U.S. for about a year.
April 18, 2022
Latest News
Dr. Thomas W. Cole, Jr., Former HBCU President, Dead at 81
Dr. Thomas W. Cole, Jr., former president of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) West Virginia State University (WVSU) and Clark Atlanta University (CAU), died on Thursday, April 14.
April 18, 2022
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