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COVID-19
Tribal Colleges Say They Need Immediate Funding to Face up to Coronavirus Challenges
The American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) said on Tuesday that special, set-aside funding is required for tribal colleges and universities (TCUs) to deal with the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report in The Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education. AIHEC said that TCUs need to move instruction online […]
March 24, 2020
Students
The Flaws With College Rankings
I would never suggest getting rid of rankings altogether. They serve as a great starting point for students who are researching potential schools, and they encourage schools to constantly strive for growth and improvement. Specific ranking lists that provide information on the best colleges for veterans, undergraduate teaching, and affordability can be quite helpful. However, it is important to note the limitations of the ranking system and to encourage students to find the school that is the best fit for their individual needs.
March 24, 2020
Asian American Pacific Islander
The President’s Diversity Values Stink
While there is no vaccine for COVID-19 we do have a vaccine for the ignorance of xenophobia. It’s called knowledge. President Trump can use a little of that right now, instead of shooting from the lip as he did numerous times on live television last week.
March 24, 2020
African-American
EAB Analyst: Under-Resourced Colleges Could Face Closure Due to Coronavirus
The coronavirus crisis will “accelerate a closure of colleges and universities,” especially under-resourced institutions, said a higher education analyst from EAB to Diverse. EAB, which on March 19 held a flash poll of 500 university enrollment officials during a webinar, said that the vast majority of respondents said they felt the highest levels of concern about meeting enrollment targets.
March 23, 2020
Latest News
Do Test Optional Policies Work? Depends On Who You Ask
Do test optional policies work? Are universities that practice it actually enrolling – and graduating – more low-income students and students of color? Now that some schools have been employing these policies for decades, there’s data to help answer those questions – though higher education leaders continue to debate how conclusive that data is.
March 23, 2020
News Roundup
After Racial Incident, Amherst College Suspends Men’s Lacrosse Team, Terminates Coach
Amherst College has suspended its men’s lacrosse team and terminated team coach Jon Thompson following what it said was a racial incident involving team members, reported The Boston Globe. The college sent a letter Friday to students, faculty and staff addressing its investigation into an alleged incident “that occurred nearly two weeks ago [that] involved […]
March 23, 2020
News Roundup
University of Memphis Instructor Dies From COVID-19-Related Complications, Reports Say
Dr. Lenard Wells, a criminal justice instructor at the University of Memphis, died last week while traveling in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, reportedly of complications arising from COVID-19, Fox13Memphis reported, citing Fox6Now. A university spokesman said Wells died Saturday. Wells had worked at the University of Memphis for about seven years. Before that, he spent 30 years […]
March 23, 2020
Other News
Doctors Are Concerned That Black Communities Might Not Be Getting Access To Coronavirus Tests
A group of doctors in Virginia is calling for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization to release information about whether black communities are being left behind as the shortage of coronavirus tests continues in the US. They’re concerned that black communities and other underserved groups might be disproportionately missing out on […]
March 23, 2020
Other News
Alabama’s Acclinate Genetics Partners With National HBCU Debate Group to Tackle Minority Health Disparities
Speech and debate are skills that require study and practice, much like athletics. The mental and emotional endurance required for students participating in a national speech and debate championship rivals that of athletes on the field, but in debate the competitive advantage is words. Pair that with a meaningful problem worth solving, and a movement […]
March 23, 2020
Other News
Five FIU Medical School Administrators Leaving to Launch Medical School in Las Vegas
Five administrators at Florida International University’s medical school will depart this summer to launch another medical school in the Las Vegas area — marking a huge shift for FIU’s relatively new program during a global pandemic. Dr. Pedro “Joe” Greer, a long-serving community figurehead and Associate Dean of FIU’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, will […]
March 23, 2020
Other News
Medical Students Should Get Out of the Hospital–Now
With COVID-19 cases already numbering in the thousands and a doubling rate of three days, the United States is on track to have 100 million cases by May. To have any hope of mitigating spread, we now know that we need to practice aggressive social distancing. As a medical student who was scheduled to have patient practicum […]
March 23, 2020
Other News
Meet the Medical Students Who Launched a Program to Offer Childcare to Hospital Workers Fighting the Coronavirus Pandemic
As the war against the merciless coronavirus rages on, health care workers nationwide are on the frontline of an unpredictable battle. While working tireless hours, those in the field often forgo their own needs. Now, one group of University of Minnesota (UMN) Medical School students has decided to lend a hand — not at the […]
March 23, 2020
Other News
In Face Of Coronavirus, Many Hospitals Cancel On-Site Training For Nursing And Med Students
Yet another casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic may be the clinical training that’s so essential for America’s future nurses and doctors. As university campuses close and disease prevention efforts intensify, hospitals, nursing homes and other health care venues in California and nationally are canceling clinical rotations for student nurses — and, in some cases, medical […]
March 23, 2020
Other News
How Med Students Can Stay Safe From Coronavirus
Medical school is demanding regardless of the circumstances, but now is an especially challenging time to be studying medicine. The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has sparked public fear, and it’s understandable for a medical student to feel anxiety – especially if he or she is in clinical rotations and interacting with patients. The best course of […]
March 23, 2020
Other News
Major Universities Suspend Most Lab Research — But Not Into Coronavirus
This week, Erin Goley froze research at her Johns Hopkins University lab — literally. With the university sending students and professors packing in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, Goley stopped experiments in the medical school lab and stored in freezers bacteria that scientists are studying. Goley, an associate professor of biological chemistry, considers herself fortunate because […]
March 23, 2020
Faculty & Staff
The Four E’s to Increasing Diversity of Course Materials
Academia does not always reflect the racial and ethnic makeup of the student body. Schools in diverse areas do not necessarily have a high number of minority faculty members and the texts and readings assigned to students are often written by White authors.
March 23, 2020
COVID-19
Love in the Time of the Coronavirus
The world is in a panic and chaos brews in the media and in the communities where we live. How does one make sense of and put words to this epidemic that has become known as the Coronavirus (COVID-19)?
March 23, 2020
African-American
Sens. Booker, Jones Urge $1.5 Billion in Support for HBCUs, MSIs Amid Coronavirus Crisis
Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Doug Jones (D-AL) on Thursday pressed for $1.5 billion in emergency funding to help historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and other minority-serving institutions (MSIs) respond to the coronavirus pandemic.
March 22, 2020
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