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Recent Report Describes Racial Disparities in Military Academy Nominations from Congress

According to a recent report, fewer than 15% of students nominated by Congress members for national military academies since the mid-1990s have been Black and Hispanic, The Hartford Courant reported. The report – by the Connecticut Veterans Legal Center (CVLC) – is titled, “Gatekeepers to Opportunity: Racial Disparities in Congressional Nominations to the Military Service […]

March 19, 2021

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Naval Academy Issues New Punishment Policy for Midshipmen Violating COVID-19 Safety Rules

The U.S. Naval Academy has issued a new punishment policy for students – called midshipmen – violating COVID-19 safety rules, The Capital Gazette reported. “The first time a midshipman violated the Naval Academy’s rules intended to slow the spread of COVID 19 they face getting demerits, enough to be considered a major discipline offense but […]

March 19, 2021

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Florida Bill to Help Military-Connected Children in School Being Discussed

A bipartisan legislative effort is being made for a bill that would require the Florida Department of Education to establish in the state a program to help military-connected children during new school transitions, NWF Daily News reported. State Reps. Patt Maney, R-Shalimar, and Andrew Learned, D-Brandon, are sponsors of House Bill 429. The bill would lead […]

March 19, 2021

Prairie View A&M to Establish Toni Morrison Writing Program on Campus

Using a portion of author MacKenzie Scott’s $50 million donation in December, Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) announced plans to establish the Toni Morrison Writing program on campus. Morrison, author of several novels including Beloved, Song of Solomon, The Bluest Eye and Sula, was also Scott’s former professor at Princeton University. As part of the […]

March 19, 2021

T. Shá Duncan Smith Appointed Santa Clara University’s First Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer

T. Shá Duncan Smith will be Santa Clara University’s first vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and chief diversity officer (CDO). Duncan Smith is currently Swarthmore College’s assistant vice president and dean of inclusive excellence and community development. She is also senior strategist for the Liberal Arts Colleges Racial Equity Leadership Alliance at […]

March 19, 2021

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Dr. Anna Gonzalez Named Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs at Washington University in St. Louis

Dr. Anna Gonzalez will be vice chancellor for student affairs at Washington University in St. Louis, effective July 1. She is currently vice president for student affairs and dean of students at Harvey Mudd College and program director and faculty member for Claremont Graduate University’s graduate program in student affairs educational justice. She is an […]

March 19, 2021

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2021 Rising Graduate Scholars: Meet Jaylon Uzodinma

Jaylon Uzodinma knew he wanted to design aircraft since he was eight years old. A kid “infatuated with speed,” he read a book in his third-grade class called How Things Work with a diagram of the inside of an airplane. That was the “first moment” he saw the career path lying ahead of him.

March 19, 2021

Pierre Morton Appointed Franklin Pierce University’s First Chief Diversity Officer

Pierre Morton will be Franklin Pierce University’s first Chief Diversity Officer (CDO). He will report directly to the president. Morton came to Franklin Pierce in July 2019 as executive director of the Lloyd & Helen Ament Astmann ’69 Career Center. During his time at Franklin Pierce, Morton created Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) employer programs, […]

March 18, 2021

Announcing 6 qualifying institutions for the DOIT certification program

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ralph Newell Phone: 703.385.2419 Email: Ralph@DiverseEducation.com Fairfax, Va.— After reviewing the second survey results on Institutional Leadership and Commitment (Pillar I) and Curricular & Co-Curricular Transformation (Pillar II), CoopLew and Diverse: Issues In Higher Education are pleased to announce 6 qualifying institutions for the DOIT certification program. DOIT (Diverse Organizational Impact […]

March 18, 2021

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Some Tribal Colleges Are Growing Amid the Pandemic

A handful of tribal colleges are growing during the pandemic. Eight schools had an uptick in first-time student enrollment.

March 18, 2021

Education Department Streamlines Borrower Defense

On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Education announced that it will offer full student loan debt relief to students defrauded by unscrupulous colleges under the borrower defense to repayment law. In doing so, the department is rejecting the current partial relief model, announced in December 2019, which assessed how much relief would go to borrowers […]

March 18, 2021

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2021 Rising Graduate Scholars: Meet Cherish Taylor

For Cherish Taylor, having the opportunity to spend her 11th and 12th grade summers at the Massachusetts Institute for Technology exploring engineering and science opened new horizons and provided a foundation for her future research.

March 18, 2021

Oregon State University President F. King Alexander Put on Probation Amid Report Citing Title IX Mishandling

The Oregon State University Board of Trustees has put President Dr. F. King Alexander on probation through June 1, 2021, and will conduct an evaluation designed “to help inform his success,” according to a statement from board chair Rani Borkar. This follows a report – known as the Husch Blackwell report – that Louisiana State […]

March 18, 2021

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Earlham College Opens Courses to Alumni and Public

Earlham College is offering nine of its online courses to alumni and the general public this summer as part of its new Online@Earlham initiative. Current students, Earlham alumni and the general public can now register through May 12 or until classes fill up. Registrants must hold a high school diploma, must meet Earlham’s admissions requirements and […]

March 18, 2021

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Mills College to Close as College, Become Institute for Women’s Leadership

Mills College will become an institute for women’s leadership, closing as a college, SF Gate reported. This comes after the college faced financial issues for years, enrollment declines and the COVID-19 pandemic. “Our goal is to deliver an exceptional academic and co-curricular experience to our students for at least the next two academic years, with […]

March 18, 2021

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Milton H. Jones Jr. Elected First African American Chair of UNCF Board of Directors

Business and civic leader Milton H. Jones Jr. has been elected chair of the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) Board of Directors, making him the first African American to serve in the role, The Hill reported. Jones was previously vice chairman of the board and chairman of the finance committee for UNCF, an advocacy organization […]

March 18, 2021

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MSNBC President and Hampton University Alumna Rashida Jones to be 150th Commencement Speaker

MSNBC President and Hampton University alumna Rashida Jones will be the school’s 150th commencement speaker, WAVY reported. The commencement – held virtually – will be at 10 a.m. on May 19, 2021. Jones graduated from the historically Black college and university (HBCU) with a degree in Mass Media Arts in 2002 and was inducted into […]

March 18, 2021

Two New Presidents Named for Minnesota Colleges

Dr. Edward Inch has been named president of Minnesota State University, Mankato and Dr. Deidra Peaslee has been named president of St. Paul College, Yahoo News reported. Since 2016, Inch has been provost and vice president for academic affairs at California State University, East Bay. He starts July 1. Since July 2019, Peaslee has been […]

March 18, 2021

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