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Report: Fewer Blacks, Hispanics Enrolling in Medical Schools Amid Worsening Doctor Shortage
A new report by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), released on Friday, predicts an exacerbated doctor shortage in the U.S. over the next 15 years, at a time when Black and Latinx enrollment in medical schools is on the decline, USA Today reported. Authors of the report expect there to be a shortage of up to 139,000 […]
June 29, 2020
News Roundup
Following Petition, Georgia State Creates Center Dedicated to African Diaspora
Georgia State University — home to the largest student body of any higher ed institution in the state of Georgia — is creating a center dedicated to African diaspora and its people, reports the Atlanta Journal Constitution (AJC). The AJC notes that according to state data, approximately 40% of Georgia State’s students are Black. In […]
June 26, 2020
Sports
Morehouse College Cancels Fall Sports Amid COVID-19 Concerns
The historically Black Morehouse College has cancelled its fall football and cross country seasons in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, in light of an expected second wave of COIVD-19 predicted to begin in September. In a letter announcing the decision Friday, Dr. David A. Thomas, Morehouse’s president, cited the inability to social distance during […]
June 26, 2020
News Roundup
Former Liberty U Diversity Director Raises Money to Help Black Employees Leave Institution
After resigning earlier this month, LeeQuan McLaurin, the former director of diversity retention at Liberty University, has raised over $18,000 to help Black employees leave the institution, reports to the News and Advance. McLaurin’s resignation came after Liberty President Jerry Falwell Jr. used Virginia Governor Ralph Northam’s blackface scandal in a tweet to mock the […]
June 26, 2020
Health
Report: Fewer Blacks, Hispanics Enrolling in Medical Schools Amid Worsening Doctor Shortage
A new report by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), released on Friday, predicts an exacerbated doctor shortage in the U.S. over the next 15 years, at a time when Black and Latinx enrollment in medical schools is on the decline, USA Today reported. Authors of the report expect there to be a shortage […]
June 26, 2020
Latest News
A New Guide Helps Faculty Plan Equitable Online Courses For Fall
A new guide for faculty, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, aims to help professors plan their online courses for fall as the coronavirus pandemic continues. The faculty playbook, called, “Delivering High-Quality Instruction Online in Response to COVID-19,” came out of a collaboration between Every Learner Everywhere, a network of non-profits focused on student outcomes, and two of its member organizations, the Online Learning Consortium and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU).
June 26, 2020
African-American
California Senate Approves Bill Requiring State Universities to Implement Ethnic Studies Course Requirement
Beginning next fall, all California State Universities will implement a three-unit ethnic studies course as part of a graduation requirement for all students, according to Mustang News. On Thursday, the California Senate approved the Assembly Bill 1460 to establish an ethnic studies course focused on Native Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans and Latinx Americans. If […]
June 26, 2020
Other News
Army is Taking Limited Steps to Counter Racial Divisiveness
The Army will take a few limited steps to counter racial divisiveness among its force, but is delaying a number of more contentious decisions, including recommendations on banning Confederate symbols and changing the names of bases. Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy announced Thursday that beginning in August the service will no longer include soldiers’ photos when […]
June 26, 2020
Veterans
Advocacy Group Petitions the Federal Trade Commission to Investigate For-Profit Colleges and Controversial Lead Generators
Veterans Education Success, a nonprofit that works to advance higher education success for veterans, service members and military families, submitted two petitions to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to counter predatory schools’ use of abusive lead generators. The first petition requests that the FTC investigate schools that used the services of Sunkey Publishing, Inc., […]
June 26, 2020
Policy
Advocates Decry Congress’s Failure to Protect Student Loan Borrowers and Taxpayers from School Fraud and Closures
Congress is being criticized over its failure to override President Trump’s veto of its prior bipartisan vote to protect federal student loan borrowers by striking down the Department of Education’s new borrower defense regulations. The new regulations outlined by Secretary Betsy DeVos’s administration, are now set to go effect on July 1. Critics argue that […]
June 26, 2020
COVID-19
Colleges Cancel Fall Study Abroad Programs, Look at New Ways of Global Engagement
With many international borders remaining closed to tourists and non-essential travelers to contain the spread of COVID-19, colleges and universities nationwide are making the decision to cancel fall study abroad programs.
June 26, 2020
Students
10 Concrete Policy Changes PWIs Can Enact to Show Black Lives Matter
As senior leaders prepare for the fall semester, I would like to provide 10 concrete policies and practices that could positively impact the institutional climates for their Black populations.
June 25, 2020
African-American
Roanoke College Establishes Center to Discuss Racism and Slavery
Roanoke College recently established The Center for Studying Structures of Race to address systemic racism and further explore the institution’s history with slavery.
June 25, 2020
News Roundup
U of Pennsylvania to Withdraw Funding to Philadelphia’s Police Foundation
The University of Pennsylvania said Wednesday it will withdraw funding to Philadelphia’s police foundation following nationwide protests against racism and police brutality, reported The Philadelphia Inquirer. The university has also commissioned a review of its police department, one of the largest campus police departments in the country. The review will be conducted by the university’s Quattrone […]
June 25, 2020
News Roundup
U of Oregon to Remove the Name of a Racist From a Campus Building
The University of Oregon will remove from a campus building the name of a White settler who supported slavery, reported the Associated Press. This week, the university’s board decided to rename Deady Hall, the university’s first building, named after Matthew Deady. The building will temporarily be called University Hall. A formal renaming process will begin […]
June 25, 2020
African-American
Sallie Mae Fund Commits $4.5 Million to Promote Diversity in Higher Education
Sallie Mae Fund, the charitable arm of private student lender Sallie Mae, said on Thursday it will contribute $4.5 million over the next three years to promote diversity in higher education. “Systemic racism, discrimination, and oppression of African Americans and communities of color have gone on too long. It’s not enough to acknowledge that there’s […]
June 25, 2020
African-American
McDonald’s Starts $500,000 Fund to Help HBCU Students Return to College Amid COVID-19
McDonald’s USA has started a $500,000 fund to help students attending historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) continue their education this fall amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Black & Positively Golden Scholarship Fund will be facilitated by the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, and scholarships will be distributed for the 2020-2021 academic year. “This year, donations […]
June 25, 2020
News Roundup
Foundation Gives $1.5 Million to New Boston U Center for Antiracist Research
The Vertex Foundation will donate $1.5 million over three years to support the new Boston University Center for Antiracist Research,  founded and led by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, one of the most sought-after scholars on racism in America, reported BU Today. The gift will support the center’s research and data efforts to identify policies that reduce […]
June 25, 2020
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