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UAA Nixes Conference-Adopted Schedule
The University Athletic Association has decided to move away from a conference-adopted schedule. “Despite exceptional work over the last several weeks to develop [association]  fall schedules that would provide substantial [association] competition in a manner that assumes no air travel and allows for bus travel only within limited distances and travel times, it has become […]
July 13, 2020
African-American
Edward Waters College to Become a University
The historically Black Edward Waters College in Jacksonville, Florida, is set to become a university after it received more than it expected in state funding, reported The Florida Times-Union. The 2020-2021 state legislative budget allocated an additional $3.5 million to Edward Waters, bringing total funding to $6.4 million. With the enhanced funding, the college will […]
July 13, 2020
Sports
After Black Athletes’ Demands, UT Austin Announces Host of Changes to Enhance Diversity
The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) on Monday said it will retain its controversial “The Eyes of Texas” school song and the statue of segregationist James Hogg, but it also announced a host of measures aimed at making its campus “more diverse and welcoming” after the institution’s Black athletes campaigned for over a […]
July 13, 2020
Other News
New Hospital Ranking Weighs Commitment to Diversity, Civic Leadership Along With Health Outcomes
A new national hospital ranking that measures more than just patient health outcomes has recognized 10 Arizona facilities. The Lown Institute, a nonprofit organization based in Brookline, Massachusetts, assessed almost 3,300 hospitals nationwide on 42 metrics. Its new methodology, the results of which were released on July 7, recognized civic leadership, value of care and […]
July 13, 2020
Other News
Health Care Providers Support Implicit Bias Training Mandate
LANSING, Mich. (WILX) – Health care workers in Michigan will have to get implicit bias training. Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order requiring the training partly because of how COVID-19 is hitting Black communities harder. The training teaches people how to recognize ways they might be biased without knowing it, teaches them ways to […]
July 13, 2020
Disparities
Increasing Diversity in Clinical Trials: What Can Doctors, Regulators, and Patients Do?
Many diseases lack effective treatments, and many researchers worldwide are trying to address these unmet needs. Clinical trials form the cornerstone of new drug approvals, and without the volunteers who participate in clinical trials, this process would not be possible. Yet, clinical trials overwhelmingly fail to represent the demographic diversity of the populations that the […]
July 13, 2020
Other News
In College Students, COVID-19 Has Increased Depression Rate and Raised New Barriers to Mental Healthcare
The COVID-19 pandemic is putting significant stress on college students, many of whom are worried about increasing financial pressures caused by the pandemic and the lack of easily accessible mental healthcare. Those are two of the troubling findings of a survey of more than 18,000 college students on 14 campuses, published July 9 by the […]
July 13, 2020
Other News
University Professors Fear Returning to Campus as Coronavirus Cases Surge Nationwide
Laura Crary, an art history professor at a liberal arts college in South Carolina, is anxious to return to the classroom, so much so that she was prescribed anti-anxiety medications for the first time in her life. “I am 62.5 years old, which means I’m four years from full retirement age, or I’d probably retire […]
July 13, 2020
Disparities
How Should Minority Mental Health Resources Factor Into a School’s Reopening Plans?
As colleges and universities prepare for the fall semester, they have decisions to make about how to keep students safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. But alongside questions about socially distanced classes and dorms, university leaders are asking themselves about other kinds of safety, particularly how to approach mental health resources for students of color, amid […]
July 13, 2020
Disparities
Meharry Is Enlisting Volunteers for COVID-19 Vaccine Trials, Hildreth Is Ready to Roll Up His Sleeve
When Meharry Medical College begins conducting COVID-19 vaccine trials in a few months, it will face a big challenge: how to inspire trust in the Black community that has reason to mistrust such interventions but stands to benefit the most. It is a big “ask,” acknowledges Dr. James E. K. Hildreth, the president and CEO […]
July 13, 2020
COVID-19
Intellectual Humility: Re-Imagining a Democratic Virtue
The role of educational institutions—as a supplement to media, economic and governmental institutions—is crucial in developing virtues to balance the tension between the intellectual entitlement to have one’s own views respected and the intellectual humility to see those views as fallible, partial, dogmatic, and often unjustified.
July 12, 2020
Veterans
Decorated Veteran and Artist Pass Away at 84
Bob Snead, an art educator and decorated war veteran who told the stories of Black soldiers of the frontier, died last week. He was 84. Snead retired in El Paso, Texas after a 30-year career as a military aviator. He received three Purple Hearts during the Vietnam War, among other military decorations. He starred in […]
July 12, 2020
Academics
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Instructor Under Fire for Comments
Betsy Schoeller, a retired Wisconsin Air National Guard officer who is also an instructor at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee is drawing criticism after she posted comments on Facebook in response to an article about slain solider  Specialist Vanessa Guillen’s sexual harassment allegation, saying sexual harassment is the price of admission for women in the […]
July 12, 2020
Other News
Air Force Moves to Address Racism Within its Ranks
The Air Force has launched a task force to review and potentially recommend changes to the policies and procedures that unfairly hurting minorities or other underrepresented airmen. The Air Force said the Diversity and Inclusion Task Force directed by Brig. Gen. Troy Dunn, the Air Force’s director of military force policy, has already increased the […]
July 12, 2020
Other News
University of Maryland Divests from Military Equipment Program
The University of Maryland, College Park Police Department is getting rid of an arsenal of military weapons. Dr. Darryll Pines, the university’s new president, announced the department is divesting from the federal government’s 1033 program, which gives local police departments free surplus military equipment. Pines announced the change on his first day as the university’s […]
July 12, 2020
Sports
Syracuse U Creates New Position, Names a Diversity Director for Athletics
Syracuse University has appointed a director for diversity in campus sports, creating a new position in response to the nationwide protests about the poor racial climate in the country. The university announced it has named Salatha Willis associate athletic director of diversity, culture and climate. Willis has been serving as associate director of the university’s […]
July 10, 2020
Sports
Big Ten Moves to Conference-Only Model for All Sports This Fall
The Big Ten said it will move to a conference-only model for fall sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is the first Power 5 conference to announce a pandemic-related change to its fall sports schedule. “We are facing uncertain and unprecedented times, and the health, safety and wellness of our student-athletes, coaches, game officials, […]
July 10, 2020
Sports
SIAC Announces Suspension of 2020 Fall Sports and Championship Events
The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, which includes primarily historically Black institutions in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, said it “has made the very difficult decision” to suspend all sporting and championship events through the fall to ensure the health and safety of student-athletes, coaches, students, staff, fans and other campus stakeholders. The conference suspended intercollegiate athletics this past […]
July 10, 2020
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