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Asian American Pacific Islander
Asian American Artists Illustrate Students’ Coronavirus Stories
In a new social media project called #MyCovid19Semester, the University of Connecticut’s Asian and Asian American Studies Institute selected four Asian American artists to illustrate students’ written narratives about the coronavirus.
May 24, 2020
HBCUs
Can You Build a New HBCU? Trump Entertains Idea
During a meeting with Black Michigan leaders, Donald Trump and Rep. Karen Whitsett, D-Detroit, entertained the idea of founding a new historically Black college or university (HBCU) in Detroit, reported The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “I would love to see a historically black college in the city of Detroit, and I think you’re just the president to […]
May 24, 2020
LGBTQ+
Campus Pride and PFLAG Host a Virtual Lavender Graduation Ceremony
Members of the class of 2020, their families as well as faculty and staff from colleges and universities across the country gathered online May 23 for a virtual national Lavender Graduation ceremony.
May 24, 2020
News Roundup
Numerous Stakeholders File Brief Supporting Harvard’s Race-Conscious Admissions Policy
In tandem with attorneys general from 14 other states and the District of Columbia, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura T. Healey expressed support for Harvard University’s race-conscious admissions process in a brief filed in a federal appeals court last week, reports the Harvard Crimson. The brief is in response to a pending lawsuit against Harvard arguing […]
May 24, 2020
HBCUs
Inclusive Excellence, Now and Forever: How Predominately White Institutions of Higher Education Can Keep Their Promise to Students of Color
The impact of COVID-19 and the ensuing health, societal, and financial fallout have been disastrous and life-altering for most people and institutions, including a collapsed state of normalcy within the higher education landscape.
May 24, 2020
Other News
COVID-19 Will Intensify Education Inequities for Black Students
In the United States, data reveal that Black Americans are contracting and dying from the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, at rates that double, and sometimes triple their representation across various states. In Illinois, 43% of people who have died are African-American, although the race makes up only 15% of the population. In Louisiana, 70% of the […]
May 24, 2020
Other News
HBCU Launches First-of-Its-Kind COVID-19 Academy
Three months after the coronavirus disease outbreak in the United States was declared a national emergency, there have been 1.6 million confirmed cases with more than 95,087 deaths. Although the CDC says the effects of COVID-19 on the health of racial and ethnic minority groups are still emerging, current data suggest a disproportionate burden of […]
May 24, 2020
Other News
Louisiana HBCU, Baylor Med Sign Medical School Agreement
A historically Black university in New Orleans has its seventh agreement to fast-track medical school acceptance for some students. Xavier University of Louisiana and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston announced their early assurance program on May 13. It will let three qualified students a year participate in the collaborative medical track program with Baylor. […]
May 24, 2020
Other News
Should Medical Schools Require Transgender Health Education?
Given the 1 million to 1.4 million transgender people in the United States, most physicians will have transgender patients at some point as part of their practice. Until recently, this situation often caused consternation and embarrassment for both the patient and the physician. I have had transgender patients tell me that a particular specialist “doesn’t […]
May 24, 2020
Other News
Public Health Education Key for Growing COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy
A growing online movement has some medical professionals concerned the nation won’t achieve a herd immunity once a COVID-19 vaccine is developed, underscoring a need for better public health education and provider communication. Although support for vaccinations is generally high — a Gallup survey recently reported that 84 percent of adults agree it’s important children get vaccinated […]
May 24, 2020
Other News
Noozhawk News Hosting Free Webinars on Mental Health, Education During COVID-19 Pandemic
Noozhawk News is hosting two free webinars next week focused on how the community is dealing with mental wellness and education during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first session, at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, May 27, is entitled “Mental Wellness During the COVID-19 Crisis. Read More
May 24, 2020
Other News
Some Colleges Are Already Planning for the Next Wave of COVID-19
Even as many colleges are struggling to figure out what the beginning of the new academic year will look like, a few have made public schedules for the next semester that already account for another wave of COVID-19 infections in the fall, which epidemiologists have said is more or less inevitable. The colleges that have […]
May 24, 2020
COVID-19
Some Colleges Are Already Planning for the Next Wave of COVID-19
Even as many colleges are still struggling to figure out what the beginning of the new academic year will look like, a few have made public schedules for the next semester which already account for another wave of COVID-19 infections in the fall, which epidemiologists have said is more or less inevitable.
May 21, 2020
COVID-19
In a Move to Promote Equity, U of California to End the Use of SAT/ACT
After a six-hour debate, the University of California’s (UC) regents on Thursday voted to scrap the SAT/ACT standardized exam requirement for undergraduate admission by phasing it out through 2024 and completely eliminating it for California students by 2025, reported the Los Angeles Times and The Mercury News. UC has been debating the use of SAT/ACT […]
May 21, 2020
Students
Sorry, We Don’t Talk About That Here
COVID-19 underscores the reasons why student affairs practitioners should be open to conversations about spiritual struggle.
May 21, 2020
STEM
From ‘Slow Learner’ to Nuclear Arms Thought Leader: Dr. Mareena Robinson Snowden
Dr. Mareena Robinson Snowden, the first Black woman to graduate with a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), describes having an adversarial relationship with math and science as a child, fearing her classes far more than enjoying them.
May 21, 2020
COVID-19
U of California Anticipates Most Campuses Will Operate in Hybrid Mode for Fall 2020
University of California (UC) president Janet Napolitano said on Wednesday that “every campus will be open and offering instruction” this coming fall but added that she “anticipates that most, if not all of our campuses, will operate in some kind of hybrid mode,” reported The Mercury News. A hybrid mode entails some in-person instruction and some […]
May 21, 2020
News Roundup
U of Arkansas Little Rock Receives $25 Million Gift From Anonymous Donor
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has received a $25 million gift from an anonymous donor. It is the largest gift in the institution’s 93-year history. The gift will support the university’s strategic enrollment management plan. Of the total amount of the gift, $15 million will be used to establish new need-based scholarships for […]
May 21, 2020
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