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Veterans
Webster Alumnus Nominated to Become First Black Secretary of Defense
Webster University lauded the selection of one its most high profile alumni, who was nominated this week by President-elect Joseph Biden to be the next Secretary of Defense. If approved, Retired Gen. Lloyd Austin III, a Webster University alumnus, would be the first Black man to serve as Secretary of Defense in the United States. […]
December 11, 2020
Sports
Former HBCU Athletes Sue NCAA for Disproportionate Discrimination
A group of former HBCU athletes is suing the NCAA, “claiming academic standards and subsequent penalties for not meeting them disproportionately discriminates against black athletes and universities,” HBCU Sports reported. The 58-page Thursday lawsuit demanded that the Academic Progress Rate (APR) – a metric to indicate student athletes’ and team’s academic success – be abolished, […]
December 11, 2020
STEM
Dominion Energy Commits $25 Million in Grants for STEM at HBCUs
Dominion Energy is committing $25 million in grants to support science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), Power Engineering reported. Using a $6 million Dominion grant, Virginia Union University will endow a STEM studies program. The school will establish a Dominion Energy Scholars scholarship program, finish its Huntley […]
December 11, 2020
Latest News
Decision to Relocate Gen. “Stonewall” Jackson Statue to Civil War Museum Prompts Mixed Reaction
The Virginia Military Institute (VMI) is relocating a statue of Confederate Gen. “Stonewall” Jackson from its campus to another VMI property, the Virginia Museum of the Civil War.
December 11, 2020
Latest News
Report: Universities With More Racial Segregation by Major Graduate Fewer Black Students Into High-Paying Fields
While campuses are growing more diverse, minorities tend to be concentrated within certain majors rather than integrated across fields of study, according to a report by the Urban Institute, a public policy think tank.
December 11, 2020
COVID-19
U of Minnesota Might Borrow $82M to Cover COVID-19 Budget Deficit
Projecting a $166 million budget deficit brought on by COVID-19, The University of Minnesota might borrow as much as $82 million to cover lost athletic and housing revenue, reports the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. University administrators pitched the proposal to the Board of Regents on Thursday, and the regents plan to vote on the proposal […]
December 11, 2020
Other News
Job Preferences to be Given to Veterans in South Carolina
As part of a new regulation in South Carolina, United States Armed Forces veterans who were “honorably discharged” will take priority in certain job applications across the state, according to WAVY-TV. During the hiring process for higher education institutions and government agencies, one eligible veteran must be interviewed for every available full-time position posted. Beginning in 2021, to […]
December 11, 2020
Academics
Webinar Analyzes Prior-Learning Assessments’ Impact on Adult Student Outcomes
Using firsthand accounts of student experiences and input from higher education leaders, Lumina Foundation’s webinar on Thursday noted the impact of prior-learning assessments (PLA) on adult student outcomes. The event, which brought together over 300 people virtually, also used data from Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) and the Council for Adult and Experiential […]
December 11, 2020
News Roundup
Jerry Falwell, Jr. Drops Defamation Lawsuit Against Liberty University
Jerry Falwell, Jr. has dropped a defamation lawsuit against his former employer, Liberty University — the Virginia-based evangelical school his late father founded — reported The Associated Press. Falwell resigned from his post as president and chancellor of the university in August following a sex scandal and other controversies. Falwell then sued the university in October, […]
December 11, 2020
Campus Climate
Academia’s Role in Fighting Mental Illness Stigma
Though we are in an era of growing anti-intellectualism, colleges and universities still retain a large amount of influence in educating vast sectors of society and shaping public discourse, and can play a large role in destigmatizing mental illness. Stigma is one of the primary barriers to diagnosis and treatment, and given the prevalence of mental illness across demographic groups, fighting it should be a cause that everyone can get behind.
December 11, 2020
Community Colleges
South Puget Sound Community College Receives Historic Gift of $2.5M
South Puget Sound Community College has received $2.5 million — the largest gift in its history — from the Bruno and Evelyne Betti Foundation. The donation will benefit the college’s professional technical degree programs, which include automotive and welding trades, as well as health care programs in the college’s Dr. Angela Bowen Center for Health […]
December 11, 2020
Community Colleges
How Two-Year Colleges Can Mitigate Student Enrollment Declines
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect the higher education sector, concerns arise around enrollment rates. More specifically, at community colleges. This fall, the freshman enrollment rate declined by 18.9% at community colleges. The largest declines were seen among Native American males and Black males at 20.1% and 19.2%, respectively, according to the National Student […]
December 11, 2020
Latest News
Webinar Analyzes Prior-Learning Assessments’ Impact on Adult Student Outcomes
Using first-hand accounts of student experiences and input from higher education leaders, Lumina Foundation’s webinar Dec. 10 discussed the impact of prior-learning assessments (PLA) on adult student outcomes.
December 10, 2020
COVID-19
Panel Discussion Focuses on Small Businesses and Education Amid COVID-19
A virtual panel on Thursday highlighted the ways in which small business owners and educators have been affected and have had to adapt amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
December 10, 2020
Home
Diversity Takes Center Stage in Biden-Harris Nominations
With about six weeks to go before President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris take office, their incoming administration is likely to be the most diverse in the nation’s history.
December 10, 2020
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BRITT RIOS-ELLIS
BRITT RIOS-ELLIS has been named provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at Oakland University. Rios-Ellis was the founding dean at the College of Health Sciences and Human Services at California State University (CSU), Monterey Bay, and was founding director of CSU’s Long Beach Center for Latino Community Health, Evaluation and Leadership Training.
December 10, 2020
Students
Virtual Panel Urges Student Debt Cancellation, Calling it a Racial Justice Issue Too
Cancelling student debt isn’t just an economic issue but a racial justice one too, argued higher education leaders and policy makers in a Thursday virtual panel hosted by the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) and the NAACP.
December 10, 2020
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Year in Review
Top 100 Associate Degree Producers | Community Colleges
December 10, 2020
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