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News Roundup
Harriet B. Nembhard Named Dean of College of Engineering at University of Iowa
Dr. Harriet B. Nembhard has been appointed dean of the University of Iowa’s College of Engineering. Currently head of the School of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Oregon State University, Nembhard will oversee six different departments, $50 million in annual research expenditure, 2,400 students and 250 faculty while at UI. Nembhard holds a bachelor’s […]
December 18, 2019
African-American
Funding and Investment in HBCUs, a Focus of Discussion on Capitol Hill
During the 2020 fiscal year, there will be a 15% increase devoted to strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities and minority-serving institutions (MSIs). Additionally, the maximum Pell grant award will increase by $150 from $6,195 to $6,345 for the 2020-21 academic year, according to the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations.
December 17, 2019
News Roundup
Funeral Scheduled on Saturday for Former Gary Mayor Richard Gordon Hatcher
Richard Gordon Hatcher, the first Black mayor of Gary, Indiana, died Dec. 13 at the age of 86. There will be a public visitation at the Genesis Convention Center Friday and funeral services will take place Saturday, December 21, 2019, according to the Chicago Tribune. Hatcher served as mayor for 20 years, beginning in 1967, […]
December 17, 2019
News Roundup
Tuskegee University to Offer Master’s in General Psychology
Tuskegee University’s Department of Psychology and Sociology will offer a new master’s degree in general psychology beginning in fall 2020. According to university officials, the degree “blends biological and social bases for applied behavior analysis with the fascinating process of human development, the history and impact psychology has had on today’s culture, and the role […]
December 17, 2019
Opinion
Women Make Strides in MBA Classrooms, But Progress Remains Elusive in the Workplace
By now, virtually every stakeholder in the world of graduate management education (GME) is well aware of the overall decline in the number of applications to MBA programs in recent years, and the even sharper drop in international applicants to American programs.
December 17, 2019
News Roundup
University of Cincinnati to Remove Slave Owner’s Name From its College of Arts and Sciences
The University of Cincinnati (UC) board of trustees unanimously voted to discontinue the school’s association with the name of slave owner Charles McMicken, reported The Cincinnati Enquirer. Upon dying in 1858, McMicken donated his land to the city of Cincinnati, requesting that a college be built “for the education of White boys and girls” on […]
December 17, 2019
Home
Students Can’t Afford to Work Their Way Through College, Report Finds
The idea that a college student can work their way through school at minimum wage is a myth, according to a new report from The Education Trust, a college access advocacy organization.
December 17, 2019
Community Colleges
College Enrollment is On the Decline
Compared to last fall, postsecondary enrollment has decreased this year by more than 231,000 students, according to new research from the non-profit organization National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) Research Center.
December 16, 2019
Community Colleges
Report Outlines Policies and Reforms that Address Student Needs
A recently issued policy brief from Ithaka S+R offers insights and policy suggestions to increase diversity and meet the needs of today’s students.
December 16, 2019
News Roundup
Dr. F. King Alexander Named Next President of Oregon State University
Dr. F. King Alexander has been unanimously appointed Oregon State University’s (OSU) next president by the school’s board of trustees. Most recently the president and chancellor of Louisiana State University (LSU), Alexander has past presidential experience at Murray State University in Kentucky and California State University Long Beach where he was twice awarded “CSU president […]
December 16, 2019
Opinion
The Power and Problems of Language When Used by Leaders with Power and Privilege
I am beyond outraged when Purdue President Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. (or anyone for that matter) had the audacity— which I call ‘caudacity’— to refer to Black scholars as “creatures”.
December 16, 2019
African-American
How Should Asian Americans Respond to Asian Racism?
Asian racism is an especially touchy subject for Asian Americans. For every effort to denounce the attitudes overseas comes the inevitable backlash of “Who are you to judge us?”
December 16, 2019
African-American
Rice University Announces First African American Provost
Rice University recently promoted its dean of engineering, Dr. Reginald DesRoches, to the position of provost. DesRoches will be the university’s first African-American provost, a historic moment for the Texas campus, which didn’t enroll Black undergraduates until 1965, the Houston Chronicle reported. As dean, DesRoches opened the Center for Transforming Data to Knowledge, which gives […]
December 16, 2019
News Roundup
Former Death Row Inmate Graduates College
After being exonerated of murder, Ryan Matthews worked to earn his college degree. In 1997, Matthews and a friend were accused of killing a grocery store owner in an attempted robbery. The suspected getaway car shared a similar color as his friends but had a different body style. However, police pulled them over and brought […]
December 16, 2019
News Roundup
Foundation Pulls $1.5 Million Following UNC’s ‘Silent Sam’ Settlement
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation withdrew its anticipated $1.5 million grant to the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, in direct response to the school’s decision to allocate $2.5 million to the N.C. Sons of Confederate Veterans for the upkeep of a Confederate memorial. The grant, according to the foundation’s director of communications, […]
December 16, 2019
Other News
Knee-Jerk Vaping Bans Will Fail Public Health, Experts Argue
Bans and other policies restricting e-cigarette sales could do more public harm than good, according to a group of public-health, tobacco-policy and ethics experts. In a piece published online today (Dec. 12, 2019) in the journal Science, the authors, including three public health deans, caution that blanket policies developed in a rush to address two […]
December 16, 2019
Other News
‘Magic Mushroom’ Ingredient Could be Used to Treat Depression, Study Says
“Magic mushrooms” may have moved one step closer to becoming a treatment for depression. The active ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms is called psilocybin — and a new British study suggests it could safely be used to treat depression when other drugs have failed, offering hope to millions of patients worldwide. Read More
December 16, 2019
Other News
Amber Eagen Named VSU College of Nursing and Health Sciences Top Graduate
VALDOSTA — Amber Faith Eagen of Tallahassee, Florida, is the recipient of the Fall 2019 President’s Award for Academic Excellence for the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Valdosta State University. The President’s Award for Academic Excellence is presented to the graduating student with the highest grade point average in each of VSU’s six […]
December 16, 2019
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