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JHU Faculty Protest Armed Police Force on Campus

More than a 100 faculty members at Johns Hopkins University is protesting a plan to create an armed school police force at the private Baltimore university, according to a report in The Baltimore Sun. “If Johns Hopkins wants to cultivate better relations with its neighbors and with the City government, the creation of a private […]

January 27, 2020

Wesleyan University Student Being Monitored for Possible Coronavirus

A college student at Wesleyan University in Connecticut is being monitored after showing symptoms of coronavirus, school officials announced on Sunday. According to university officials, the student is in isolation after travelling internationally in Asia and returning with a fever and cough. “Out of an abundance of caution, we are working with the state Department […]

January 27, 2020

Orange Coast College Baseball Coach Killed in Helicopter Crash

John Altobelli, the longtime baseball coach at Orange Coast College, was killed along with his wife and daughter in the helicopter crash Sunday that also took the lives of Kobe Bryant and the retired NBA superstar’s daughter, Gianna. Altobelli spent 27 seasons as coach at the community college in Costa Mesa, California. The team won […]

January 27, 2020

Orange Coast College John Altobelli (Register file photo)

Academia in 20/20 Vision

How we hold ourselves in academia contributes to our own character development as scholar-practitioners and the legacy we wish to leave. As we progress in our careers we will work with students in many capacities and hopefully cultivate their aspirations and goals so that they too develop in character.

January 27, 2020

2020 Emerging Scholars: Dr. Miltonette Craig

Dr. Miltonette Craig, an assistant professor of criminal justice sciences at Illinois State University, wants to know why police violence happens and how officers justify racially biased incidents to themselves and others.

January 27, 2020

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2020 Emerging Scholars: Dr. Nichole Margarita Garcia

Garcia has found a way to do what so many scholars find difficult: to combine the personal with the theoretical, bringing her lived experiences to her scholarship, and, in doing so, inspiring a generation of younger scholars to do the same.

January 27, 2020

Q&A with medical diversity leader Leon McDougle, M.D., MPH

As president-elect of the National Medical Association, the nation’s oldest and largest organization representing black physicians, Leon McDougle, M.D., MPH, has the responsibility of visiting doctors and medical students across the country. He spent time in Houston this month in the run-up to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday observance to speak with medical school faculty, […]

January 27, 2020

Faculty Senate rings in 2020 with updates to health care, education, structure

The UA Faculty Senate met for the first time this semester, kicking off the new year with an update on sexual assault resources and diversity initiatives, as well as changes to general education, senate structure and employee health care. SAFE CENTER Public efforts to bring a nonprofit Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner (SAFE) Center to Tuscaloosa […]

January 27, 2020

UIS PERSPECTIVES: Addressing UIS students’ mental, emotional health needs

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, about 19.9 million students are attending a college or university in the U.S. this year, including students pursuing both undergraduate and graduate degrees at the University of Illinois Springfield. Most people think of college as an exciting time of learning and growth — a time to become […]

January 27, 2020

UH College of Medicine gets $5M gift to fund scholarships, attract diverse students

HOUSTON – The University of Houston College of Medicine received a $5 million gift from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas with the aim of attracting diverse students pursuing primary care medicine, according to a release. The contribution will be divided into $3.5 million for scholarships and $1.5 million to create a pipeline program to […]

January 27, 2020

Improving Mental Health on College Campuses is a Priority for State Officials

In the wake of a tragedy at UConn, students are talking about mental health on campus. An issue that affects students not only at Storrs but on campuses across the country. Mental health affects one in five young adults. Students at Storrs are asking for more help from the University. “We are all deeply hoping […]

January 27, 2020

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Past Racist “Redlining” Practices Increased Climate Burden on Minority Neighborhoods

Groundbreaking research on the intersection of climate change and segregation reveals how racist banking practices banned by Congress 52 years ago continue to shape how black and lower-income Americans experience the effects of global warming. Among other things, researchers found that historical “redlining” of minority neighborhoods in more than 100 American cities has placed a heavier […]

January 27, 2020

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Report: Students of Color Find it Difficult Accessing Mental Health Support

A new study has found that only 48% of students of color feel comfortable reaching out to a teacher or counselor if they need mental health support compared to 57% of White students. These numbers stand out sharply, considering the report, by the non-profit ACT, found only one in four American adolescents experiences mental health […]

January 27, 2020

AAC&U Panelists Share Strategies for Supporting Underrepresented STEM Students

How can STEM departments support underrepresented students? Panelists at the Association of American Colleges and Universities annual meeting suggest some strategies.

January 26, 2020

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Racial Discrimination Continues to Deny Access to Gifted Education for Black Students: A Few Reality Checks

A new report indicates that Black students do not have access to advanced courses. For some readers, this is new news, as in unfamiliar. For others, like myself, my contemporaries, this is very old and frustrating news—the kind that makes me grind my teeth to the point of getting a migraine.

January 26, 2020

Andrew Goodman Foundation Files Injunction to Lift Student Voter Restrictions in Wisconsin

The Andrew Goodman Foundation (AGF) filed a motion for an injunction to ensure that student voters have equal access during the upcoming 2020 Presidential Election. This would effort would lift voter restrictions for students in Wisconsin, according to AGF. Before the Wisconsin law was passed in 2011, the state had the highest voter turnout rate […]

January 26, 2020

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University of Alabama at Birmingham Names New Dean of Libraries

After a national search for a new dean of libraries, the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) has appointed Kasia Gonnerman to the position, starting April 1. Currently the director of Vanderbilt University’s Central Library, Gonnerman joins UAB’s library at a time when more than $2 million has been invested in its collections, resources and […]

January 25, 2020

Kasia Gonnerman, Central Library Photos by: Susan Urmy

University of Kentucky Hosts Men of Color Symposium

The University of Kentucky’s Martin Luther King Center is hosting its first Men of Color Symposium, in collaboration with the university’s Office for Institutional Diversity and the Office of Student and Academic Life. The free, daylong symposium will be held on Thursday, Feb. 6 and will be open to students and professionals on and off […]

January 25, 2020

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