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COVID-19
Saint Joseph’s College Issues $50 Fines to Students Violating Face Mask Requirement
Saint Joseph’s College is fining $50 to students who violate the school’s face mask policy, making the school the first Maine college to have this kind of rule, WMTW reported. “We are using all of the tools at our disposal to try to keep COVID off campus,” Saint Joseph’s College Associate Vice President and Chief […]
April 14, 2021
Tenure
Engaging Academia on My Own Terms
I associated my belonging and success in academia with persisting and succeeding in the “traditional pathway” of doctoral students. While no one specifically told me, “you need to get a tenure-track position at a research institution,” I was socialized to believe that was the only goal I should aspire to.
April 14, 2021
Latest News
AGB Issues Guidelines to Help Institutions Tackle Justice, Equity and Inclusion Issues
The Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB) released a statement on Wednesday focused on justice, equity and inclusion. The statement is designed to help institutions address such matters on their campuses.
April 14, 2021
Sports
NCAA Forum: A Collegiate Athletics Call to Action
Sports has often been viewed as the “great equalizer” in our society, where no one sees color or race and focuses on teamwork and collectively building success. However, at the same time, throughout history and especially currently, athletes of color are being told to “Shut up and dribble” and to avoid social justice and political involvement.
April 13, 2021
Latinx
HACU’s Capitol Forum Discusses Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on HSIs
Hundreds of higher education leaders and members of Congress convened virtually on Tuesday to discuss legislative priorities for Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs) as part of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities’ (HACU) 26th National Capitol Forum.
April 13, 2021
News Roundup
Morris Brown College Receives Accreditation Candidacy
In 2002, financial mismanagement and debt led to the rescinding of Morris Brown College’s accreditation. Now, almost 20 years later, the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools (TRACS) granted the historically Black college accreditation candidacy. Morris Brown can now apply for Title IV funding and financial aid programs through the United States Department of […]
April 13, 2021
STEM
Delaware State University Creates Genome Analysis Center
Delaware State University has created its new Delaware Nucleotide Analysis (DNA) Core Center, Delaware Business Times reported. The center will allow researchers to analyze an entire genome sample. Dr. Jung-lim Lee is associate professor in the Department of human ecology, principal investigator of all the grants and the director of the DNA Core Center. DSU […]
April 13, 2021
News Roundup
Dr. Donald J. Green Appointed Point Park University President
Dr. Donald J. Green has been appointed president of Point Park University, effective this summer, Trib Live reported. Green is currently the president of Georgia Highlands College and has served at a number of institutions including Ferris State University. “Among a group of highly qualified and diverse candidates, Dr. Green’s commitment to educational excellence, diversity and […]
April 13, 2021
Sports
Former Tennessee Titans Star Eddie George to Be Tennessee State Head Football Coach
Former Tennessee Titans star Eddie George has been named Tennessee State’s head football coach, ESPN reported. George, 47, starred as a running back for the Tennessee Titans from 1996 to 2003. George does not have much coaching experience but he has served as a mentor to multiple Titans players, particularly Derrick Henry. George won the […]
April 13, 2021
News Roundup
Lisa Howie Appointed First Chief Investment Officer at Smith College
Lisa Howie has been appointed Smith College’s first chief investment officer. Howie is currently a director in the Yale University Investments Office. There, she is responsible for managing the school’s foreign public and private equity portfolios. Howie holds an undergraduate degree in molecular biophysics and biochemistry and a master’s in business administration from Yale. She is […]
April 13, 2021
African-American
Scholars Wonder at the Trajectory of Expanding Social Justice Programs
George Floyd was killed by police a few miles from Dr. Valerie Chepp’s house. And as her students went out into the streets to protest this past summer, she completely redesigned her senior capstone course for the fall. Chepp is the social justice program director for Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota, and through the program, she felt like she had the opportunity to address the questions student activists were asking themselves while equipping them with applicable skills for their community organizing.
April 13, 2021
STEM
Miami-Dade College Partners With Correlation One and SoftBank to Meet Data Science Industry Needs
In an effort to address skills and opportunity gaps within the workforce, technology company Correlation One established Data Science For All/Empowerment (DS4A)—a program that offers free data analytics training, networking and career coaching to individuals from underrepresented backgrounds. The first cohort consisting of 500 people was launched last year. Now however, to meet their goal of training at least 10,000 people over the next three years, Correlation One collaborated with SoftBank and Miami-Dade College (MDC).
April 12, 2021
Asian American Pacific Islander
Do People Really Think Harvard Admissions Discriminates Against Asians?
Harvard’s admissions process is based on a holistic sense of the applicant, not just grades and test scores. It’s a lot like other schools’ methods where grades and test scores and race are just one factor. It’s a method that has stood up to court challenges for years.
April 12, 2021
Opinion
What Does an Anti-Racist College Admissions Process Look Like?
As our country confronts how racism affects so many other aspects of our lives, college admissions has some soul searching to do as well. The reality is that the process is rife with unintentional bias, and higher education is reckoning with its history as an institution originally designed by, and for, America’s white male elite. Many widely used practices, such as requiring standardized test scores, are being reevaluated or even scrapped altogether.
April 12, 2021
Other News
Hansen Named Dean of the College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions
BROOKINGS – Dan Hansen has been chosen as the dean of South Dakota State University’s College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, SDSU Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Dennis Hedge announced Thursday. The announcement comes after a national search. Hansen was the college’s interim dean since June 2020 after Jane Mort announced she […]
April 12, 2021
Other News
There Are Potential Solutions to Address Wisconsin’s Expected Health Care Worker Shortage. None Are Foolproof
There are a number of proposed courses of action for the “Silver Tsunami,” the expected surge from an aging U.S. population that will likely strain the U.S. health care system in a way similar to the COVID-19 pandemic but over a longer period of time. The “Wisconsin 2020 Health Care Workforce Report” from the Wisconsin […]
April 12, 2021
Other News
Glenville State College Investing in Health Sciences
Glenville State College is aiming to tackle the need for qualified health sciences professionals in the Mountain State with a number of ongoing and planned programs. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, jobs in healthcare related occupations are projected to grow 15% from 2019 to 2029. That rate is much faster than the […]
April 12, 2021
Disparities
‘Getting a Clearer Picture’: Black Americans on the Factors That Overcame Their Vaccine Hesitancy
Richard J. Sylvia Jr. did not get an annual flu shot, so he wondered, why take the coronavirus vaccination? He understood Covid-19 was far more contagious and deadly, but as someone who had worked at a data center in a health clinic, he also knew that clinical trials for vaccines always took longer than the […]
April 12, 2021
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