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GOP Candidates Recast Their Records on Pre-Existing Conditions
Josh Hawley, the Republican Senate candidate in Missouri, says he is all about making sure anybody can get health insurance, regardless of their medical status: “We need to cover pre-existing conditions,” he said earlier this summer. But Hawley, who is currently Missouri’s attorney general, is one of the 20 state officials who has signed onto […]
September 5, 2018
News Roundup
Point Park University to Launch a School of Education
Point Park University has created a School of Education, providing flexible online, campus and hybrid programs for undergraduate, master’s and doctoral degrees in education, according to university officials. “Establishing a School of Education at Point Park reflects the status and reputation of this exceptional department, not only regionally and nationally, but within our own campus community,” said Dr. Paul […]
September 5, 2018
News Roundup
Jason Brooks Appointed Director of UK’s MLK Center
Dr. Jason Brooks, assistant dean of students for diversity, equity and inclusion at Emporia State University, has been appointed as director of the University of Kentucky Martin Luther King Center, effective Sept. 24. “I am very excited to have Jason join our campus community as the new director of the MLK Center,” said Dr. Sonja […]
September 5, 2018
Students
UMass Amherst Graduate School to Launch STEM Fellowship Program Geared to Historically Underrepresented Students
The University of Massachusetts Amherst Graduate School will begin a fellowship program starting Fall 2019, geared towards increasing the percent of historically underrepresented students majoring in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. The program, named the Spaulding-Smith Fellowship Program, after UMass Amherst alums Major Franklin Spaulding and Elizabeth Hight Smith, will assist 20 […]
September 5, 2018
Opinion
Diversity at Stake in Kavanaugh Hearings
Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination is about institutionalizing the trend at the highest court to reverse everything that makes American society coincide with a sense of racial diversity and fairness.
September 5, 2018
Latest News
Guns on College Campuses Debate Ushers in New School Year
The issue of guns on campuses looms large as differing groups seek to find a balance between First Amendment free speech rights and the Second Amendment right to bear arms. Students and academics weigh in on the controversy as another semester begins.
September 4, 2018
African-American
Spelman Receives Largest Single Donation of Books from Henry Louis Gates
Renowned Harvard University scholar Dr. Henry Louis “Skip” Gates, Jr. has awarded Spelman College with the largest single donation of books given to a historically Black college or university. Spelman received nearly 14,000 volumes from Gates’ personal library. The collection will be housed in the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library, where Spelman students […]
September 4, 2018
Asian American Pacific Islander
Poor in Rich Times: State Funding for Public Higher Education in California
In spring 2018, I woke up to an email announcing a proposed $61 million cut from the Governor’s Office to the California State University’s (CSU) 23-campus system’s requested budget for 2018-2019. I had long been baffled that a state so rich in resources – the sixth largest economy in the world – could be so poor when it came to supporting the single largest producer of the California’s workforce.
September 4, 2018
Students
UConn Has Been “Intentional” About Diversity Efforts
The University of Connecticut (UConn) has created and implemented a variety of wrap-around support services to assist minority students on its campus. Of the 23,845 undergraduates in attendance at UConn, 51 percent are female and 33 percent are minority students, according to college officials. For the 8,337 graduate students, 53 percent are female, while 19 […]
September 4, 2018
Blogs/Opinion
Abandoning Borrowers
The common wisdom is that college is a must-take route to lifetime success. Most people fuel their journey with student loans. A federal agency created to make sure education consumers have protection is siding with financial sharks instead. Student-loan oversight was a significant part of the portfolio of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, created in […]
September 4, 2018
Veterans
GI Benefits in Jeopardy at Some California Campuses
The agency in California that oversees veteran education benefits has warned several schools with satellite campuses in the state that they could soon lose their eligibility to accept GI Bill funds which would, in turn, affect their students. Inside Higher Ed reports the California State Approving Agency for Veterans Education has sent suspension letters to […]
September 4, 2018
Academics
West Point Hosts Diversity Conference
WEST POINT, N.Y. — The U.S. Military Academy is hosting a conference on diversity this week. The sixteenth annual West Point Diversity & Inclusion Leadership Conference is being held Wednesday through Friday at the academy. Pro Football Hall of Famer Rod Woodson is among the speakers at this year’s conference, which is will emphasize building […]
September 4, 2018
Veterans
One-Source Benefits Expanded to Serve Transitioning Military
The Department of Defense has extended the eligibility period for the Military OneSource program. Formerly 180 days, the new timeframe for OneSource eligibility is one year after honorable discharge or retirement from service. The OneSource program is centered around helping new veterans adjust to civilian life. They have career help, insurance advice, and counseling for […]
September 4, 2018
Other News
For-Profit Students Saddled with Debts Adam Harris
For many students, the path toward enrolling in a for-profit college starts with an advertisement—maybe while browsing online or watching a favorite television show. Either way, the message is usually the same: Get off the couch and do something with your life. The ads feature compelling and relatable stories: A young—or perhaps middle-aged—African-American stuck in […]
September 4, 2018
Academics
Navy Accidents Boost Interest in Academy Training
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Lt. Devan Gurecki remembers feeling uneasy the first time she set foot on the bridge of a Navy ship. All she knew about warships she had learned in officer candidate school classrooms. Suddenly, she was a lookout on the bridge and giving directions. “I literally walked on board my ship the first […]
September 4, 2018
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IRIS RIVERO
IRIS RIVERO has been selected as the department head of industrial and systems engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology. She recently served as a faculty-researcher and associate professor in the industrial and manufacturing systems engineering department at Iowa State University. Rivero earned bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in industrial and manufacturing engineering from Penn State University.
September 4, 2018
Academics
What Really Happens in Military Transition Program
The military’s Transition Assistance Program is designed to make the process easier. But does it? Some military families are reluctant to take advantage of the TAP program. The apprehension comes from rumors they’ve heard about the TAP of the past. But the TAP program of today may be more robust, and more useful, than you […]
September 4, 2018
Academics
How Penn State World Campus Trains Next-Generation of Army Educators
For members of the armed services, education is one of the key drivers of advancement. But educational opportunities need to fit into a busy schedule and deployments that may put them in a base or aboard a ship halfway around the world. Increasingly, online degree programs are filling the higher education needs of uniformed personnel, […]
September 4, 2018
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