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The Trump Administration Is ‘Temporarily’ Rejecting All New DACA Applications and Shortening Renewals
Weeks after the Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), the White House announced Tuesday it would reject all new applications for the program and shorten the length of renewals from two years to one for the more than 650,000 DACA recipients. A day later, on Wednesday, […]
July 29, 2020
Community Colleges
Roueche Center Forum: Diversifying the Undergraduate Engineering Education Pathway – An Opportunity for the Community College
Vision 2030, a recently released report from the National Science Board (NSB), is the latest in a plethora of warnings that the American way of life is threatened because we are in danger of falling behind in STEM, the disciplines that have powered American prosperity for decades. The current COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates the power and […]
July 29, 2020
Sports
Are Video Games the Future of HBCU Sports?
As the coronavirus continues to wreak havoc on traditional fall sports, historically Black colleges and universities are leaning into a growing athletic trend – esports.
July 29, 2020
COVID-19
At Least 6,300 COVID-19 Cases Linked to 270 U.S. Colleges, Reveals a NYTimes Survey
Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, at least 6,300 cases have been linked to a group of roughly 270 U.S. colleges, reveals a survey published Wednesday by The New York Times, which also noted that the data is “almost certainly an undercount.” The group includes public four-year colleges, some research universities and some private […]
July 29, 2020
Opinion
Points to Consider for Running a Virtual Orientation Program
While institutions across the nation continue to finalize their Fall opening plans, many of them have opted-in for a virtual orientation program.
July 29, 2020
Sports
Abolish the Term “Student-Athlete”
As higher education embraces social justice and abandons oppressive language and symbols, universities should banish one more offensive term.
July 29, 2020
Sports
NAIA Postpones Most Fall National Championships, To Decide Football on Friday
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, or NAIA, announced it is postponing national championships in cross country, men’s soccer, women’s soccer and women’s volleyball to spring of next year on account of the COVID-19 pandemic. A decision on the date of the football national championship is expected Friday. NAIA conferences will still be allowed to […]
July 29, 2020
African-American
Many HBCUs Are Recipients of Gift From Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott
Many historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) as well as the United Negro College Fund have received a donation from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, who announced the gift in a blog post on Medium on Tuesday. Diverse reported on Tuesday that Howard University and the Thurgood Marshall Fund also received a donation from Scott. The other […]
July 29, 2020
Sports
American Southwest Conference Delays Fall Sports to Spring
The American Southwest Conference has decided to delay fall sporting events “with anticipation of resuming” competition and tournaments in spring 2021 in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The delay includes the fall sports of cross country, football, soccer and volleyball. Individual institutions can engage in athletics-related activities, including non-conference competition, as long as they follow […]
July 29, 2020
Sports
New Jersey Athletic Conference Suspends Fall Sports
The New Jersey Athletic Conference has “made the difficult decision” to suspend all fall sports contests and league championships during the 2020 fall semester because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The conference sponsors the fall sports of football, women’s soccer, men’s soccer, field hockey, women’s volleyball, women’s tennis, women’s cross country and men’s cross country. The […]
July 29, 2020
Sports
MIAC Postpones Several Fall Sports to Spring
The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference said it will postpone fall 2020 competition events in cross country, football, soccer and volleyball to the spring due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The conference said it is working to develop spring schedules for these sports, which are categorized by the NCAA as medium- or high-risk for coronavirus transmission. […]
July 29, 2020
Sports
GMAC Delays Fall Sport Competition to September 24
The Great Midwest Athletic Conference has decided to delay fall athletic competition to Sept. 24. The conference has decided on Aug. 28 as the first permissible practice date for the championship segment in football, men’s and women’s soccer, volleyball and cross country. “The Great Midwest has made the determination that a delay of the fall […]
July 29, 2020
Sports
South Atlantic Conference Delays Fall Sport Competition to September 26
The South Atlantic Conference announced it is delaying the start of all fall sports competition to Sept. 26 and limiting competition to conference-only team events. The decision affects men’s and women’s cross country, field hockey, football, men’s and women’s soccer, and volleyball. For the winter sports of men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s indoor […]
July 29, 2020
Sports
USA South Postpones Fall Sports Competition to Spring 2021
The USA South Athletic Conference is postponing all fall sports conference competition to the spring 2021 semester due to the “recent rise in positive COVID-19 cases throughout the USA South’s geographical footprint.” The sports affected by the postponement are football, men’s soccer, women’s soccer, volleyball, men’s cross country and women’s cross country. Men’s and women’s […]
July 29, 2020
African-American
Howard University Receives Its Largest Ever Gift From a Single Donor
Howard University announced Tuesday it has received “a generous eight-figure gift” from author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. The gift is the largest one from a single donor in the historically Black university’s history. The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) also announced it received “a generous donation” from Scott in support of its efforts to empower […]
July 28, 2020
COVID-19
International Diverse Universities in the Midst of a Global Pandemic
When we began our Ford Foundation grant, “Women and University Leadership in Post-Conflict and Transitional Societies” in 2015, we could not envision addressing the effects of the global COVID-19 pandemic, particularly on universities and women leaders. Nor would we have anticipated reading about a Kenyan woman who wept, while she boiled rocks for her children, […]
July 28, 2020
Latinx
Seeing Stars: TIMESTEP Helps Minority Students Launch Careers in STEM
Dr. Gurtina Besla, associate professor of astronomy at the University of Arizona, says getting a career or standing out on a graduate school application goes beyond what is taught in the classroom. “You can walk through your entire degree and do great in your classes, but it doesn’t mean that you’re going to walk out […]
July 28, 2020
STEM
Boston Partnership Connects High School Grads to High-Tech Careers
Help is on the way for a fortunate group of high school graduates in Boston who, like their peers around the country, are trying to figure out their next step in the middle of the COVID-19 crisis and the surrounding confusion about which colleges will open in the fall and how courses will be taught. […]
July 28, 2020
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