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Bowie State Launches Scholarship in Honor of Slain Student

Bowie State University officials have created a new scholarship in honor of slain student 2nd Lt. Richard Collins III, in an effort to increase enrollment in Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) programs at Maryland historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). Collins was fatally stabbed on the University of Maryland, College Park campus in May 2017 just […]

November 29, 2018

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UML, military join forces for research

LINCOLN — “The Navy is here for business.” That’s what Robert Smith, director of the U.S. Navy’s Small Business Innovation Research program, had to say Tuesday at the opening of UMass Lowell’s new Research Institute. The center will host a variety of public-private sector partnerships, including workforce development, research opportunities and more. Located just down […]

November 29, 2018

Pennsylvania State System of Higher Ed has $14M Surplus

The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education has $14 million it does not know what to do with, as a result of interest rates from a $191 million investment fund that took place in the 1990s. According to Penn Live, the state system refinanced a series of bond issues that at first had 5 to […]

November 29, 2018

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Don’t let space become the next military battleground

President Donald Trump’s recent proposal for a military-oriented Space Force has renewed a debate that occurred at the outset of American space exploration 60 years ago: Should issues associated with exploring the heavens be controlled by the military or by a civilian organization? In 1958, embarrassed by the Soviet Union’s triumphant launch of Sputnik, President […]

November 29, 2018

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Program Looks to Improve College Student Completion Rates in Florida

Take Stock in Children (TSIC), one of the country’s largest mentoring and college readiness organizations, has announced that it has established a new program aimed at improving the college completion rates of students attending a Florida college or university. The program, Take Stock in College, has a goal of increasing the completion rates of students […]

November 29, 2018

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They served their country. Why aren’t elite colleges serving them better?

PRINCETON, N.J. — The ink starts at Sam Fendler’s left wrist and winds up his arm, a tableau of his life before college that begins with a block of text: “People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.” At the top of the […]

November 29, 2018

Swastikas Painted on Wall Outside of Professor’s Office Triggers Investigation

Dr. Elizabeth Midlarsky, a Jewish professor at Columbia University’s Teachers College who teaches and researches the Holocaust, was heading to her office on Wednesday when she found two swastikas, an painted on the walls outside her office. “I was in shock. I stopped for a moment, because I couldn’t believe what I was seeing,” Midlarsky […]

November 29, 2018

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Thousands of Tennessee veterans haven’t received GI Bill benefits for months. Here’s why.

Staff Sgt. Robert Baker was so stressed about money that he made a “spur of the moment decision” and dropped out of all his classes. It was already October and he hadn’t received his GI Bill benefits for the start of his fall semester at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville. The 30-year-old communications major […]

November 29, 2018

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NSSE Survey Reveals Key Insights on Students’ Career Preparation

With new questions about career preparation and purpose, this year’s National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) results reveal key insights around empowering students to connect their field of study to career aspirations and the real world throughout their collegiate matriculation.

November 29, 2018

Forum Dissects Millennials’ Disconnection from School and Work

Alarming numbers of America’s largest demographic group – millennials – are disconnected from education and employment, and the causes must be identified and addressed to save trillions of dollars in untapped potential and related social outlays, according to presenters and guests brought together Wednesday afternoon by the Educational Testing Service to discuss its two new reports on the subject.

November 28, 2018

VANYA QUIÑONES

VANYA QUIÑONES was appointed provost of Pace University. Prior to her new role, she was an associate provost at Hunter College. Quiñones received a bachelor’s degree in biology and a master’s in cell biology from the Universidad de Puerto Rico and a Ph.D. in neurobiology and physiology from Rutgers University.

November 28, 2018

CLAUDIA MARIN ANDRADE

CLAUDIA MARIN ANDRADE was appointed dean of students at State University of New York (SUNY) College at Old Westbury. She previously was the assistant dean of students and director of student advocacy and prevention awareness at Hofstra University. Andrade earned a bachelor’s in graphic design from Manhattanville College and a master’s in social work from Fordham University.

November 28, 2018

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MYRON ANDERSON

MYRON ANDERSON was named vice president for inclusive excellence at The University of Texas San Antonio. Currently he serves as the associate to the president for diversity at Metropolitan State University of Denver. Anderson received a bachelor’s in political science from Virginia Tech, a master’s from Radford University and a Ph.D. from Virginia Tech.

November 28, 2018

CHING-HUA WANG

CHING-HUA WANG was named president of Samuel Merritt University. She previously was provost and vice president for academic affairs at California State University at Sacramento. Wang earned a medical degree from Beijing Medical College, a master’s in immunology from Beijing University and a Ph.D. in immunology from Cornell University.

November 28, 2018

THELATHIA “NIKKI” YOUNG

THELATHIA “NIKKI” YOUNG was named associate professor of women’s and gender studies at Bucknell University. Prior to her new role, she served as an assistant professor of women’s and gender studies and religion at the university. Young earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Asheville and a master’s degree, a master of divinity degree and a Ph.D. from Emory University.

November 28, 2018

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MAURICE EMMANUEL PARENT

MAURICE EMMANUEL PARENT has been appointed the Rev. J. Donald Monan, S.J., Professor in Theatre Arts at Boston College. Currently, he serves as an adjunct professor of acting at Tufts University and of music theatre technique at Boston University. Parent received a bachelor’s degree from Carnegie Mellon University and a master’s degree in vocal performance and musical theatre from New York University.

November 28, 2018

LESLIE R. WALKER-HARDING

LESLIE R. WALKER-HARDING has been appointed chair of the University of Washington (UW) School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics and associate dean for its School of Medicine. Walker-Harding received a medical degree from the University of Illinois, completed her pediatric residency training at the University of Chicago and her adolescent medicine fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco.

November 28, 2018

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BAYO HOLSEY

BAYO HOLSEY has been named associate professor of anthropology at Emory University. She previously served as an associate professor of history at Rutgers University. Holsey earned a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from Emory University and a Ph.D. from Columbia University.

November 28, 2018