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News Roundup
AAC&U Receives Grant from Lumina Foundation for Civic Skill-Building Research
The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) has received a $210,000 grant from Lumina Foundation to support research on higher ed’s role in fostering students’ civic skill-building through community-based engagement and other practices. The money will fund two strands of research on best practices for developing civic skills. The first will combine existing research […]
June 15, 2021
Students
Latter-Day Saints Church Funds Initiatives With NAACP and UNCF
Three initiatives that aim to provide scholarships, humanitarian aid and educational opportunity were announced Monday during a news conference from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) and the NAACP, Deseret News reported. The first initiative – funded by the church – will give $1 million a year for three […]
June 15, 2021
Community Colleges
Cuyahoga Community College Opens Food Pantry for Student Needs
Cuyahoga Community College has opened a food pantry for students needing basic items, Cleveland.com reported. The pantry is located in the south concourse adjacent to the Metro Campus Center. It will give eligible students up to 15 pounds of food, toiletries and necessities each week. The pantry is funded by $1,020,000 from Char and Chuck Fowler of […]
June 15, 2021
News Roundup
Dr. Kimberly Jacob Arriola Appointed Dean of Emory University’s Laney Graduate School
Dr. Kimberly Jacob Arriola has been appointed dean of Emory University’s Laney Graduate School. She also will serve as vice provost for graduate affairs. Arriola is executive associate dean for academic affairs in the Rollins School of Public Health and is the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Behavioral, Social and Health Education Sciences at Emory. […]
June 15, 2021
LGBTQ+
Institutions Work To Build Community for LGBTQ Students — Even Virtually
According to the Human Rights Campaign, 15 anti-LGBTQ laws regarding access to healthcare, bathrooms and certain types of education have been approved in eight states since January. Additionally, 11 more similar laws are awaiting a governor’s signature. It triggers a kind of trauma, observers say, that LGBTQ students do bring with them to campuses that may or may not have special programs to shepherd and shield LGBTQ students from the laws of their states.
June 14, 2021
Asian American Pacific Islander
Supreme Court Seeks Biden Administration’s Advice on Harvard Case
In an unusual request, the United States Supreme Court has asked for the Biden administration’s opinion on whether it should take up the case of Harvard University’s use of race in undergraduate admissions.
June 14, 2021
Asian American Pacific Islander
Not Yet? Harvard Case Not Enough To End Affirmative Action.
Why is the Supreme Court balking on the Harvard affirmative action case? It’s a bad case if you want to get rid of affirmative action. At least ethically and logically. Racists can get rid of it for any reason they want. But we’re talking about the black robes of SCOTUS here.
June 14, 2021
News Roundup
Florida State University Launches Initiative to Connect Public-Impact Research Centers to Donors
Florida State University (FSU) has launched a new initiative to promote centers and institutes doing public-impact research and connect them to donors. Big Bets is led by interim vice president for research Dr. Laurel Fulkerson. “Big Bets requires faculty to look several years, perhaps even a decade, into the future and articulate the major impacts […]
June 14, 2021
Other News
Rhodes College to Charge Health Fee for Unvaccinated Students
Rhodes College has plans to make unvaccinated students cough up a little more money each semester for a health and safety fee. The college says the $1,500 fee will cover the costs of mandatory COVID-19 testing. Read More
June 14, 2021
Other News
Kentucky Community and Technical Colleges Freeze Tuition
The Kentucky Community and Technical College System’s Board of Regents voted Friday to keep tuition flat for the coming year. “The pandemic has taken a toll on our students who’ve been affected in numerous ways, including job loss,” Board Chair Gail Henson said in a news release. “The board wanted to help students, and we […]
June 14, 2021
Other News
University Hospitals Receives $10 Million Donation from Ahuja Family to Support Community Health Center, Reach Underserved Populations
University Hospitals will use a $10 million donation from the Ahuja family to bolster services at its Cleveland health center for women and children and establish a new position dedicated to improving community health, outreach and education for underserved populations. In recognition of the donation, the health center in Cleveland’s Midtown neighborhood will be renamed the UH […]
June 14, 2021
Other News
Healthcare Workers Pushback on Indiana University Health Vaccine Mandate
Healthcare workers are fighting a new Covid vaccine mandate from Indiana University Health, which says all employees must get a vaccination by September or face termination. Other hospitals are facing the same challenge. Read More
June 14, 2021
Other News
Stetson University Breaks Ground On $18M Cici and Hyatt Brown Hall for Health and Innovation
When Wendy Libby, then Stetson University’s president, met with Cici and Hyatt Brown on Sept. 29, 2017, she addressed a few of the school’s wants, ranging in cost from $5 million to $15 million. The Ormond Beach couple asked what was most important. Outside of Sage Hall, on a warm Friday afternoon, almost four years after […]
June 14, 2021
Other News
‘A Perfect Fit’: Salem Academy and College Names A New President with Extensive Health Sciences Background
As Salem Academy and College turns to preparing its college graduates for careers and leadership roles in health-related fields, the institution has picked a new president who helped start a health sciences school at a New England university. Salem Academy and College on Thursday announced its 21st president: Summer Johnson McGee, the founding dean of the School […]
June 14, 2021
News Roundup
Getty Images Offer Grants to Digitize HBCU Histories
Getty Images is partnering with the Getty Family and Stand Together to launch the inaugural Getty Images Photo Archive Grants for HBCUs, for digitization of visual history of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The grants will commit $500,000 for digitization of two HBCU’s photo archives, including digitization of up to 100,000 archival assets per […]
June 14, 2021
News Roundup
Black Law Professor Files Motion to Disqualify Campbell University’s Law Firm
Black law Professor Amos N. Jones is challenging his former employer – Campbell University’s lawyers– in Raleigh federal court, Your Black World reported. In the suit, Amos N. Jones v. Campbell University, Jones claims Campbell’s law school sabotaged his academic career via discrimination, intimidation and retaliation over his last faculty semesters, later refusing to renew […]
June 14, 2021
Other News
Kaiser Commits $1M to Community College Scholarships
The Foundation for Colorado Community Colleges has received a $1 million gift from Kaiser Permanente to create the Kaiser Permanente Colorado Equity Scholarship Fund. The gift will create a 15-year endowed scholarship fund to provide financial assistance to Colorado community college students who are African American, Black, Asian American, Pacific Islander, Latino, Hispanic, Native American, […]
June 14, 2021
News Roundup
Georgetown University Revokes Honorary Degree of Former Provost Following Sexual Abuse Allegations
Georgetown University has revoked the late Dr. J. Donald Freeze, S.J.’s honorary degree and all other university-sanctioned recognitions following allegations from a former student about Freeze’s sexual abuse behavior, according to a letter from Georgetown officials. Freeze was provost from 1979 to 1991 and was given an honorary degree 1991. The letter called Freeze’s behavior […]
June 14, 2021
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