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Student Loan Service FedLoan Will Not Renew Federal Contract

Student loan servicer The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA)— also known as FedLoan — will not renew its contract with the federal government when it expires in December, The New York Times reported. FedLoan oversees loans of 8.5 million student borrowers. It is one of the companies the Education Department pays to manage the […]

July 9, 2021

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DAVID T. CARREON BRADLEY

DAVID T. CARREON BRADLEY has been appointed vice president for equity and justice and chief diversity officer at Occidental College. Previously faculty diversity officer at California State University, Fullerton, Bradley holds a bachelor’s degree in physics with a minor in gender & women’s studies from Grinnell College and a Ph.D. in engineering from the University of Nebraska.

July 9, 2021

Report: To Reach Educational Attainment Goals, Student Parents Must be Reengaged in Higher Education

Reengaging parents is vital to meeting national and state educational attainment goals, according to a new report from the Institute of Women’s Policy Research.

July 9, 2021

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CORRY SMITH

CORRY SMITH has been named associate director for leadership and program development in the Office of Sorority and Fraternity Life at Indiana University in Bloomington. On the staff the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life at Indiana State University since 2017, Smith holds a bachelor’s in human development and family studies as well as a master’s in higher education student affairs from Indiana State University.

July 9, 2021

JOHN HURTADO

JOHN HURTADO has been named interim vice chancellor and dean of the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University as well as interim agency director of the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station. Hurtado joined the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M in 2001 and serves as deputy director and chief technology officer for the Bush Combat Development Complex and professor of aerospace engineering. He holds a master’s and doctorate in aerospace engineering from Texas A&M.

July 9, 2021

CELINE PARREÑAS SHIMIZU

CELINE PARREÑAS SHIMIZU has been named dean of the Arts Division at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Director of the School of Cinema, professor of cinema studies and graduate faculty member in sexuality studies at San Francisco State University, Shimizu holds a master’s from the School of Theatre, Film and Television at the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Ph.D. from Stanford University.

July 9, 2021

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SMITA RUZICKA

SMITA RUZICKA has been appointed vice president for student affairs at Middlebury College. She has 18 years of experience in student-life administration, previously serving as dean of student life at Johns Hopkins University. Ruzicka holds a bachelor’s from Trinity University in Texas, a masters in counseling psychology from Texas State University and a Ph.D. in higher education administration at the University of Texas at Austin.

July 9, 2021

SARMISTHA BAGCHI-SEN

SHARMISTHA BAGCHI-SEN has been appointed director of the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning at Arizona State University. Previously a professor at the University at Buffalo of the State University of New York System, Bagchi-Sen holds a Ph.D. in geography and a certificate in global policy studies from the University of Georgia.

July 9, 2021

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BRIAN GIBSON

BRIAN GIBSON has been named the chief global officer at the University of Utah. He has been serving as executive director of George Mason University’s Global Education Office. Gibson holds a bachelor’s in international economics; a juris doctorate from Georgetown University; a master’sdegree from Columbia University; and a Ph.D. from the University of Amsterdam.

July 9, 2021

GWENDA RICHBURG GREENE

GWENDA RICHBURG GREENE has been named founding dean of the School of Graduate Studies, Continuing Education, and Integrative Learning at Voorhees College. Previously director of the honors program and professor of English at Benedict College, Greene holds a bachelor’s from Columbia College; a master’s from the University of South Carolina; and a doctorate in educational leadership systems from the Union Institute & University in Cincinnati.

July 9, 2021

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YOLANDA SMITH

YOLANDA SMITH has been appointed head of public safety at Tufts University in Massachusetts. She has been serving as special sheriff and superintendent of the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department in Boston, where she serves as the public safety agency’s chief of staff. Smith holds a bachelor’s and a master’s in public policy and organizational leadership from Liberty University.

July 8, 2021

SARBANI BASU

SARBANI BASU has been appointed the William K. Lanman, Jr. Professor of Astronomy at Yale University. A member of the faculty since 2000, Basu is the current chair of the Department of Astronomy at Yale. Basu holds a bachelor’s from the Women’s Christian College in Chennai, India; a master’s in physics from the University of Poona in Pune, India; and a Ph.D. in physics from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai, India.

July 8, 2021

KENNETH STROTHER JR.

KENNETH STROTHER JR. has been named assistant vice president for public safety at Princeton University. Director of operations in the Department of Public Safety at the university, Strother was previously station commander for The Pennsylvania State University Police and Public Safety at the Abington campus. He holds a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Thomas Edison State University in New Jersey and a master’s degree in criminal justice from the University of Oklahoma.

July 8, 2021

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‘I’ve Never Told Anyone’: Study Examines Why Sexual Assault Victims Remain Silent

Throughout the years, Dr. Sandra Caron and Deborah Mitchell began to notice a certain trend each time they spoke to classes about sexual assault. Directly after the discussion, or perhaps days later, a student would come forward and disclose their experience of being assaulted. More often than not, Caron and Mitchell noted, these students would use the following phrase: “I’ve never told anyone this but…”

July 8, 2021

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University of Illinois Chicago Granted $2.25 Million for Next Generation Energetic Materials

The University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) has been granted $2.25 million to create a research center by the U.S. Army through a program to diversify its research base through partnerships with historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and minority-serving institutions (MSIs). The five-year grant will establish EXtreme EnErgy Density (EXEED), a research center focused on […]

July 8, 2021

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Female Military Veterans in Congress Advocate for Preservation of DoD Women’s Personnel Panel

Six female military veterans in Congress are arguing to preserve a Defense Department panel on women’s personnel issues that has advocated for opportunities for female servicemembers, Military.com reported. The Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS) has been temporarily suspended due to an efficiency review of the Defense Department’s 42 advisory committees that […]

July 8, 2021

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Community Colleges

Community College Student Housing Needs Heightened Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

Student housing at community colleges is somewhat rare — only 28% of community colleges in America have on-campus dormitory options for their students. But the last twenty years have seen a growing number of community colleges try to find creative ways to help their students who are housing or food insecure.

July 8, 2021

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Higher Ed Stakeholders Urge Congress to Double Maximum Pell Grant

Despite President Joe Biden’s proposal to increase the Pell grant by $1,875, higher education organizations and institutions urge Congress to double the maximum rate.

July 8, 2021

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