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U of Michigan Students Offer Free, Online Tutoring to Struggling K-12 Students

University of Michigan students have created a free online tutoring service, called MiTutor, as a way to volunteer their time and help struggling K-12 students from low-income families, reports Michigan Live. “We all know that lower-income families have been hit harder than anyone by the pandemic,” said Alina Bardwell, a UM sophomore who came up […]

January 8, 2021

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VCU Renames Fine Arts Building to Honor Former Dean Dr. Murry N. DePillars

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) announced plans to rename its fine arts building in honor Dr. Murry N. DePillars, the former School of the Arts dean. During his time as dean from 1976-1995, VCU’s School of the Arts became one of the largest art schools in the United States. Additionally, the school received increased funding while […]

January 8, 2021

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University College London Apologizes For Role in Eugenics Movement

University College London (UCL) issued a formal apology for its role in propagating eugenics and has promised to improve conditions for disabled staff and students as well as emphasize the malevolent nature of the pseudoscience in its curriculum, reports The Guardian. “UCL acknowledges with deep regret that it played a fundamental role in the development, […]

January 8, 2021

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Scholars Reflect on the Symbolism of a Black-Jewish Senate Runoff Election Win in Georgia

Georgia elected Jon Ossoff, its first Jewish senator, and Reverend Dr. Raphael Warnock, its first Black senator, in a suspenseful runoff election on Tuesday. For scholars, Warnock and Ossoff’s joint Senate victory reflects a long, winding relationship between Black and Jewish communities in the United States, particularly in the context of Georgia’s political history.

January 7, 2021

Syracuse University Launches Joint J.D./M.B.A. Degree Program

To increase access into the legal workforce, Syracuse University’s Whitman School of Management and College of Law have collaborated to establish the first-of-its-kind joint online Juris Doctor and Master of Business Administration degree program.

January 7, 2021

Football Coach Fired After Attacking Stacey Abrams on Twitter

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga has fired one of its football coaches after he posted a racist tweet targeting Stacey Abrams and falsely accusing her of election fraud on Twitter, reports MSN. “Congratulations to the state GA and Fat Albert @staceyabrams because you have truly shown America the true works of cheating in an […]

January 7, 2021

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What Will You Do to Embrace Who America Truly is in 2021?

The year 2021 promises to be one of the biggest efforts to recruit diverse talent in history. America’s top companies, nonprofits and schools have the opportunity to not only uproot systemic barriers to advancement, but also leverage diverse perspectives and experiences as a means to innovate, problem solve and provide better products and services.

January 7, 2021

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Creighton University Joins Growing List of Schools Divesting From Fossil Fuels

Omaha’s Creighton University will phase out all investments in the fossil fuel industry from its $587 million endowment within the next 10 years. Instead it will channel investments toward sustainable energy, reports the National Catholic Reporter. The decision comes more than two years after students began pressuring the Jesuit university to join the growing list […]

January 7, 2021

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Theatre Fellowship at Columbia U To Support Emerging, Diverse Producers

The diversity-focused Front Row Productions has established a fellowship at Columbia University School of the Arts Theatre Program to support emerging theatrical producers and increase the diversity of Broadway’s professional theater industry, reports DC Metro Theatre Arts. Founded by multiple Tony Award nominees and Olivier Award winners Stephen Byrd and Alia Jones-Harvey, Front Row Productions […]

January 7, 2021

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College of the Albemarle Plans to Offer Course on Mental Health First Aid

The College of the Albemarle (COA) announced plans to offer a mental health first aid course, the Virginian-Pilot reported. Launching this spring, the eight-hour course will highlight warning signs for substance abuse or mental health issues. Between 35-40% of Americans reported at least one mental or behavioral health condition from April to June 2020, according […]

January 7, 2021

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North Carolina HBCU Launches First Graduate Program in Its 154-Year History

An historically Black university in North Carolina, Saint Augustine’s University, has launched a graduate program for the first time in its 154-year history, announced the school Wednesday. The fully online program will offer a Master of Public Administration (MPA) designed to prepare career professionals to serve as public administrators, public managers and policy analysts who […]

January 7, 2021

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The Fight for Tenure an Uphill Battle for Minoritized Faculty

Black and other minoritized faculty have long complained about an implicit bias in the tenure and promotion process. That is why it came as no surprise when the tenure denial of Dr. Paul C. Harris, an education professor at the University of Virginia (UVA), struck a chord among minoritized groups during the summer of […]

January 7, 2021

Riots at U.S. Capitol Prompt Strong Response from Higher Ed Leaders

An insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday afternoon dominated the national headlines and prompted a forceful rebuke from politicians, law enforcement officials and higher education leaders from coast to coast.

January 6, 2021

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Northern Virginia Community College Hires First Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer

Growing up in a mixed-race household, Dr. Nathan Carter knows what it’s like to have hard conversations about race. With White friends, he faced stereotypes about what it meant to be Black. With Black friends, he heard assumptions about what it meant to be White.

January 6, 2021

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Report: Leadership at FBS Institutions Continues to Lack Diversity

The latest report card from The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) gives FBS schools an F for gender hiring, but improvement may lay ahead.

January 6, 2021

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Howard University President Urges Black America to Get COVID-19 Vaccine

Howard University President Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick is urging Black America to get vaccinated in a public service announcement, according to university officials. Frederick – a practicing surgeon who has the sickle cell disease – was one of the first to get vaccinated at Howard University Hospital. “The coronavirus pandemic is having a significant […]

January 6, 2021

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UNC Wilmington to Cluster Hire for Africana Studies, Race, Racial Inequality and Social Justice

University of North Carolina Wilmington’s College of Arts and Sciences will be making a cluster hire in the areas of Africana studies, race, racial inequality and social justice, according to a UNCW university officials. The hires will be in psychology, history, sociology, criminology, film studies and philosophy, with more hires in other subjects in the […]

January 6, 2021

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Dr. Ronnie Hopkins Appointed Interim President at Voorhees College

Dr. Ronnie Hopkins has been appointed interim president of Voorhees College after the departure of Dr. W. Franklin Evans, the school’s ninth president, The Times and Democrat reported. After four years as president, Evans took another job as the first African American president of West Virginia’s West Liberty University on Jan. 1. Previously, Hopkins was […]

January 6, 2021

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