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Predictions for Fall 2021 International Student Enrollment

As colleges and universities conclude their spring semesters, uncertainties remain around fall enrollment numbers—especially among international students.

June 4, 2021

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NAACP Calls on Biden Administration to Cancel Student Debt

The NAACP—the nation’s oldest civil rights organization—is stepping up its efforts to pressure the Biden administration to cancel student debt, after the administration excluded debt forgiveness from its $6 trillion budget proposal last week.

June 4, 2021

Oklahoma Republican Legislators Emboldened in Anti-Transgender Sports Efforts After NCAA Seems to Give Ground

Weeks after the NCAA issued an April statement that seemed to threaten to pull championships from states with anti-transgender bills, the college sports organization awarded regional softball championships to three states that had passed bans targeting transgender children in sports, emboldening Oklahoma Republicans in their legislative efforts, The Washington Post reported. The annual NCAA softball […]

June 4, 2021

Anti-Racism & Humanistic Inquiry

By the fall of 2020, this nation had experienced uncertainty paralleling its most unsettling historical moments. We were collectively holding our breath while attempting to reconcile the harsh realities of our country’s racial injustices as they played out in social movements and civic moments, and through the racialization of the pandemic virus. There were no assurances of a vaccine, no healing from our summer of discontent, and the anxiety of an unpredictable election and its ultimately contested outcome only amplified the wail of an increasingly divided nation.

June 4, 2021

Cathy Marie Ouellette

African-American

Knoxville College Receives $200,000 from City of Knoxville for Renovations

Knoxville College is getting $200,000 from the city of Knoxville to renovate a building housing the school’s workforce development program, Knox News reported. The $200,000 comes from the Community Agency Grant program for renovations to the Alumni Library. Dr. Leonard Adams, the school’s president, said administrators continue to secure funds from sources so that buildings […]

June 4, 2021

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Education Department Withdraws Recognition of Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools

The Education Department is withdrawing its recognition of the controversial Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS), The Washington Post reported. The Education Department relies on accrediting agencies to determine whether colleges can participate in the federal student aid program. In a decision last Wednesday, Jordan Matsudaira, deputy undersecretary for education, deemed ACICS unfit, […]

June 4, 2021

Dr. Jordan Matsudaira

African-American

Black Chemist Declines UNC Faculty Position, Citing Controversial Nikole Hannah-Jones Tenure Case

Dr. Lisa Jones, a prominent Black chemist, has turned down an offer to join the faculty at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill citing a decision by UNC trustees not to offer tenure to Pulitzer Prize journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, The News & Observer reported. And some faculty worry the loss of Jones – who […]

June 4, 2021

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Community Colleges

Organizations Partner to Create Shared Online Course Platform to Improve Completion Rates

A new initiative by the League for Innovation in the Community College is looking to improve completion rates at two-year colleges through a shared online course platform.

June 3, 2021

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Community Colleges

Reports: Two-Year Colleges Hit Hard by Declining Enrollment

Enrollment rates have largely fallen during the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly for two-year and community colleges, according to two recent reports from The College Board and the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.

June 3, 2021

Dr. Jessica Howell

NCAA Inclusion Forum Tackles Issues of Systemic Racism

One year after the murder of George Floyd, speakers at this year’s NCAA Inclusion Forum discussed systemic racism and how best to address it.

June 3, 2021

Civil Rights Lawyer, Higher Ed Leader Named Chief Diversity Officer at Baruch College

Civil rights lawyer and higher education leader Elliott Dawes will become the new executive chief diversity officer at Baruch College, a constituent college of the City University of New York (CUNY) system. Starting Aug. 2, Dawes will lead Baruch’s Office of Diversity, Compliance, and Equity Initiatives and serve as the College’s Title IX Coordinator, Section […]

June 3, 2021

Dr. Sara Clarke Kaplan Named Executive Director of Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University

Dr. Sara Clarke Kaplan was named the executive director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University. As an associate professor in the Department of Ethnic Studies and the Critical Gender Studies Program at the University of California, San Diego, she also co-founded the Black Studies Project—which has since expanded to become a […]

June 3, 2021

Veteran’s Mic Cut During Memorial Day Speech as He Shares Black Origins of Holiday

Organizers of a Memorial Day ceremony turned off a speaker’s microphone when the former U.S. Army officer began talking about how freed Black slaves had honored fallen soldiers soon after the Civil War. Retired Army Lt. Col. Barnard Kemter said he included the story in his speech because he wanted to share the history of […]

June 3, 2021

NABJ Black Male Media Project Needed to Battle Negative Narratives

On Saturday, June 5, the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) will engage in its annual Black Male Media Project through their chapters across the country. The initiative was launched in 2017 to “help change the narrative around the lives and images of black men in the news and in society”. The project is especially needed at this moment in time when the Biden Administration is on the brink of moving major pieces of legislation through Congress that can help to address the needs of Black males and communities of color at large.

June 3, 2021

Hezekiah Walker Partners With VUU to Launch Center for Gospel Music

To bring exposure to the industry, Grammy award-winning gospel artist Hezekiah Walker has partnered with Virginia Union University (VUU) to establish an education center for Gospel music on campus. As part of the Hezekiah Walker Center for Gospel Music—set to launch this month, students will learn about the business factors of gospel music, study worship […]

June 3, 2021

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Rice University’s Open Resources Program Welcomes New Cohort of Universities

A dozen new colleges and universities will join in on Rice University’s educational technology initiative OpenStax, which helps provide open educational resources, textbooks and technologies to universities. “This OpenStax program has helped over 70 colleges and universities expand the use of open educational resources on their campuses, saving their students money and putting more flexible […]

June 3, 2021

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VMI Investigation Finds Culture of Racism and Sexism

An independent investigation of Virginia Military Institute (VMI) released last Tuesday found a culture of racism and sexism, resistance to change and fear of retaliation among those who want to report bigotry or sexual misconduct, The Washington Post reported. “This investigation found that institutional racism and sexism are present, tolerated, and left unaddressed at VMI. […]

June 2, 2021

Pentagon Defends Diversity and Inclusion Training Programs in Military

The Pentagon has defended military diversity and inclusion training programs amid criticism, saying that they are essential for recruiting the “right people,” New York Post reported. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby was asked last Tuesday about GOP lawmakers making websites urging military whistleblowers to report progressive diversity training programs. “We certainly respect the oversight that Congress […]

June 2, 2021