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Recruitment & Retention
UT Austin’s Achieves Highest Four-Year Graduation Rate in its History
The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)’s Class of 2018 achieved the highest graduation rate of 69.8 percent for a four-year program in the university and of any public university in the state during the recent academic year. Among the percent of UT Austin’s most recent graduates, a record number of minority, first-generation and […]
September 27, 2018
Students
Gene Haas Foundation Awards Metropolitan Community College $10,000 for Manufacturing Scholarships
The Gene Haas Foundation, a private nonprofit organization, has awarded the Metropolitan Community College (MCC) Foundation with a $10,000 donation to fund scholarships for the MCC Precision Machine Technology program. The MCC Precision Machine Technology program is an increasingly popular initiative among students at the South Omaha campus as a result of the new Center […]
September 27, 2018
African-American
UNCF Lauds Congress for Increased Funding for HBCUs, Low-Income, First-Gen Students
Leaders from the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) are applauding the recent passing of the Conference Report to H.R. 6157, the Departments of Defense and Labor; Health and Human Services; and Education Appropriations Act of 2019. UNCF president and CEO Dr. Michael L. Lomax said organization officials are “thrilled” with the bill’s appropriation outcome, according […]
September 27, 2018
News Roundup
Agencies Launch Investigation into Yale University’s Admissions Practices
The U.S. Departments of Education and Justice have begun investigating whether Yale University Admissions racially discriminate against Asian American student applicants. The investigation was announced in a letter released on Wednesday from the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights to the Asian American Coalition for Education, according to the Washington Post. The letter also […]
September 27, 2018
African-American
Transitioning to Urban Education
After spending a decade at the University of Oklahoma, Dr. T. Elon Dancy II has joined the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh as the Helen S. Faison Chair and director of the Center for Urban Education.
September 27, 2018
Blogs/Opinion
Best-Kept Secret
There is a new generation of veterans in America. They’ve been labeled the Post 9/11 veterans or the Iraq and Afghanistan vets, but I prefer the term “Modern Veteran.” These men and women are smarter than every generation that’s come before. They’re tech-savvy, primarily because most of them are Generation X or Millennials. In addition, […]
September 27, 2018
Academics
Army Report Blames Overconfidence for Training Accident
BURLINGTON, Vt. — A U.S. Army accident report suggests overconfidence was a factor when Vermont soldiers were hit by an avalanche during a training exercise. The Burlington Free Press reported that an instructor in the heavily redacted report said soldiers underestimated the overall avalanche risk and overestimated their ability to mitigate conditions. Six soldiers were […]
September 27, 2018
Academics
U.K. Partners With Military to Study Optimal Fitness
LEXINGTON, Ky. — The University of Kentucky has been awarded a contract from the Defense Department to study physical and mental fitness. WKYT-TV reports UK President Eli Capilouto announced the $4 million partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense and the Office of Naval Research. He said the research would focus on determining optimal fitness […]
September 27, 2018
Academics
Naval Academy Cybersecurity Receives Accreditation
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The U.S. Naval Academy’s cyber operations program has been formally accredited. The academy said the program was accredited recently by ABET, a leading nonprofit accrediting agency. Three other universities also were accredited under the new cybersecurity criteria: the U.S. Air Force Academy, Towson University and Southeast Missouri State University. A cyber operations […]
September 27, 2018
Other News
Bill Would Support Creation of Campus Resource Centers
Veterans Resource Centers would be established via competitive federal grants made to public universities across the United States under a bipartisan bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE). “America’s veterans are a boundless source of national strength and economic potential, especially those who wish to further their education,” Rep. Bacon said. “This bill provides […]
September 27, 2018
Academics
Nontraditional Students Become the Norm
Nontraditional might be the new traditional for university students. According to a 2018 NPR article highlighting a research study, there has been a nation-wide increase in nontraditional student enrollment at universities. Nontraditional students at the University are increasing at a slow but steady pace and facing unique challenges in their campus and personal lives. According […]
September 27, 2018
Other News
Top DeVos Adviser Defends For-Profit Ties
TOP DEVOS ADVISER DEFENDS FOR-PROFIT COLLEGE WORK, OUTLINES REGULATORY PLANS: Diane Auer Jones, a top adviser to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, on Monday pushed back against criticism of her work on behalf of for-profit colleges, saying her record had been unfairly distorted by the press. Jones acknowledged that her appointment has been “controversial” but blasted […]
September 27, 2018
Veterans
Vietnam Vets Fund Scraps Plan to Build Museum
WASHINGTON—The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund announced Friday that it is ending its troubled project to build a $130 million underground Vietnam education center on the Mall. The proposed center, which would have been adjacent to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and near the Lincoln Memorial, had been plagued by funding problems almost since the project was […]
September 27, 2018
African-American
A Product of South Carolina
Despite his meteoric rise through the ranks of academia, Dr. James L. Moore III, isn’t shy about reminding anyone who he comes into contact with, that he’s a product of South Carolina.
September 27, 2018
Latest News
Survey Results Show Need for More Diversity in the Cybersecurity Field
More can be done to recruit women into the field of cybersecurity, according to a recent survey conducted by Champlain College Online, a private, regionally accredited institution
September 26, 2018
Students
Policy Experts Discuss Future College Affordability at Century Foundation Gathering
Foremost among the numerous challenges facing higher education is affordability, particularly disparities and inequities affecting Black and lower-income students who seek to enter college, graduate and pay back significant loan debt, according to policy experts at a gathering Wednesday convened by The Century Foundation.
September 26, 2018
Blogs/Opinion
Dangerous Denial
President Trump provoked outrage on Twitter and in the media in mid-September with his tweets that denied the death toll in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria in 2017 and blamed Democrats for artificially elevating it. Measuring the mortality in epidemic or emergency periods has long been controversial. Authorities often deny reports of high mortality because […]
September 26, 2018
African-American
Brown University Building Renamed After First Black Graduates
Brown University president Dr. Christina Paxson has announced it will rename one its most utilized buildings in the center of campus to Page-Robinson Hall, to honor Inman Edward Page and Ethel Tremaine Robinson, two of Brown’s first Black graduates. “Inman Page was born into slavery, sought liberty and opportunity and found them at Brown — and […]
September 26, 2018
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