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Kendi Pushes Educators Not to Embrace Racist Ideologies, Policies

American University’s annual Summit Institute on Education Equity and Justice drew in dozens of community members—particularly educators—who wanted to share best practices that lead to equitable outcomes for underserved students, families and communities.

July 1, 2018

One HBCU Will Win $1.5M Grant for Rocketry Program

While a number of historically Black colleges and universities are likely to enter a competition for a seven-figure grant to develop a rocketry program, a professor at Tuskegee University is letting it be known that his Alabama school has a distinct edge.

June 30, 2018

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He Said, He Said: Black Male Cross-Generational Conversations on Perspective, Place and Positionality

What began as an informal chat between college faculty member and undergraduate student morphed into a complex and multi-layered exploration of topics that challenged us both to think deeply about issues ranging from diversity, equity, identity, masculinity, positionality and social justice to Trump and Wakanda.

June 30, 2018

Gordon F. May: The Educator Who Will Never Fully Retire

Dr. Gordon F. May had not initially thought of entering higher education until his wife proposed the idea to him nearly 30 years ago. In August, he will retire from the presidency of Baltimore City Community College.

June 29, 2018

Iowa Dental College to Turn Away New Medicaid Patients

IOWA CITY, Iowa— The University of Iowa’s dental college plans to turn away new patients covered by Iowa’s Medicaid program, citing low payments and confusing rules. The Des Moines Register reports that leaders of the college have decided that, starting next week, it no longer will routinely accept patients covered by Iowa Medicaid’s Dental Wellness […]

June 29, 2018

Kansas Student Prepares for College With Mobile Food Trailer

Ramsey McVey poured colored syrup over shaved ice and handed out sno-cones to two tree service workers taking a break from the afternoon heat. She graduated from St. John High School in May, but selling sno-cones and other treats out of her mobile food trailer — Ramsey Roo’s — is not just a gig to […]

June 29, 2018

Ex-Virginia University Student Sues Fraternity for Hazing

RADFORD, Va. — A former student of a Virginia university has accused a fraternity of hazing and is suing it seeking $7.3 million in damages. The Roanoke Times cites online court records that say nine of the defendants in the complaint have filed a demurrer objecting to the lawsuit as of Wednesday. The suit filed […]

June 29, 2018

Inclusion for MOOCs

By definition, MOOCs are massive. It’s not atypical for a given course to bring in tens of thousands+ of students looking to re-skill, study, learn a language, or feed their curiosity. With any population that size, there will be a great deal of diversity. So—how does an instructor tango with that dance partner? How do […]

June 29, 2018

Thousands Sign Up for Berkeley Blockchain Training Online

UC Berkeley in 2016 saw the potential for teaching about blockchain with a primary focus on bitcoin and the other cryptocurrencies the technology underpins. At the time, about 70 students signed up. Next month, the university will kick off an online professional certificate program for blockchain, a three-month, two-part course focusing on cryptocurrencies and permissioned […]

June 29, 2018

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25 Programs Bringing Veterans Into Agriculture

In honor of the Fourth of July, Food Tank is celebrating military veterans by highlighting 25 organizations around the United States that help veterans transition to healthy, meaningful civilian lives in agriculture. By providing a roadmap to a career in farming, these companies, NGOs, and universities are helping veterans translate their skills and discipline from […]

June 29, 2018

What Drives High Tuition for Online Programs

Most online college programs cost the same as on-campus alternatives. Some even cost more. There’s evidence that pricey online tuitions may be driven by hidden, expensive costs in designing, delivering and marketing those programs. Still, online programs at some schools are generating profit. Read More

June 29, 2018

Arms 2 Artisans Gives Transitioning Service Members a Future

When Torie Fisher finished her first combat tour of the Middle East, she, like many other young veterans, tried to find a job and establish new roots. Though the then-21-year-old had already carried more responsibilities than what most do in a lifetime, she didn’t have a degree, a professional certificate or any translatable skills. After quitting […]

June 29, 2018

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Law Would Veterans Keep Overpayments

The Department of Veterans Affairs has accidentally overpaid hundreds of thousands sending some into debt when the government agency asked them to pay it back. But, new legislation sponsored by Sen. Sherrod Brown aims to prevent that from happening in the first place. The U.S. Senate earlier this week passed Brown’s amendment to the Military […]

June 29, 2018

Judge Tosses California Suit Over Student Debt

SAN FRANCISCO — A U.S. judge threw out a lawsuit June 27 by the state of California accusing the Trump administration of illegally reneging on an Obama-era commitment to quickly forgive the loans of students defrauded by the Corinthian for-profit college chain. The state had failed to establish it had the right to bring the […]

June 29, 2018

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V.A. Nominee Hears Challenge to Fix Morale Crisis

Senate lawmakers told Robert Wilkie on Wednesday that he will face a workforce beset by poor morale if he is confirmed to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs, and that he must fix the problem if he is to stabilize the troubled agency. “Of all the challenges we have at VA, morale may be the […]

June 29, 2018

San Jacinto College Students Get Free Online Textbooks and ‘Aid Like a Paycheck’

As a contender for the 2019 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, San Jacinto College’s efforts around student success have gone beyond the traditional means of access, affordability and completion to offering two programs that have helped reduce student loan default rates and increase student retention each semester.

June 28, 2018

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LEANNA RICE

LEANNA RICE was appointed director of the African, Latino, Asian, Native American (ALANA) Center at Colgate University. Rice previously served as the campus adviser for the JED Foundation. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

June 28, 2018

Long Tenure Comes to End for Community College President

Dr. Antonio Pérez, one of the longest-serving community college presidents, will step down in August after 23 years at Borough of Manhattan Community College. His high school guidance counselor had told him he wasn’t college material.

June 28, 2018

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