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Community Colleges
Community College of Philadelphia and Rutgers-Camden Partner on Dual Admission
The Community College of Philadelphia (CCP) and Rutgers University-Camden will partner for a cross-state, dual-admission agreement that will allow the community college’s students to earn their bachelor’s degree. CCP students who complete their associate’s degree and meet transfer requirements can transition to Rutgers-Camden starting in their junior year, according to WHYY. Although CCP has previously […]
October 16, 2018
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Placing ‘Purpose First’ in Higher Education
A new report from Complete College America (CCA) is pushing higher education institutions to rethink their student onboarding and advising experiences by encouraging them to help students connect their purpose and career interests to an academic program early on.
October 15, 2018
Opinion
It is Necessary to Disseminate Multicultural Standards in Higher Education
Multiculturalism intensities the bond of connection that makes all one. Lack of understanding and not knowing the standards that one grew up under or may still be living under can lead to a false image of the individual or their whole culture. This can lead to prejudice, bias and hatred of not only of a person but also all who are of the same nationality.
October 15, 2018
Blogs/Opinion
Latino Crisis
Latinos make up nearly a third of New York City’s eight million residents. But even though we are a large part of New York’s present and a rising population that’s crucial to the city’s future, we are completely invisible. We are invisible in large part because we are different. And because of those joined factors, […]
October 15, 2018
Disparities
Study: Life-Threatening Birth Complications More Common in Minority Women
On Valentine’s Day 2017, Ebony Boyd picked up some holiday doughnuts as she headed to work feeling “blessed and happy,” she recalls. She was six months pregnant and excited to be having a baby whom she and her boyfriend had already named. But a few hours after she got to work, Boyd, 36, started feeling […]
October 15, 2018
Policies
Senate Vote on Health Care Likely Fodder for Both Parties
WASHINGTON — Days after ending a turbulent Supreme Court confirmation fight, the Senate turned back to health care — with a battle squarely aimed at coloring next month’s crucial elections for control of Congress. In a return to its characteristically more unruffled mode of work, the Senate on Wednesday rejected a Democratic attempt to stop […]
October 15, 2018
Policies
Thousands of Children Get No Vaccines, Survey Finds
NEW YORK — A small but growing proportion of the youngest children in the U.S. have not been vaccinated against any disease, worrying health officials. An estimated 100,000 young children have not had a vaccination against any of the 14 diseases for which shots are recommended, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]
October 15, 2018
Policies
Patient Advocates Decry Restrictions for Immigrants
Health officials and advocacy groups are strongly condemning the Trump administration’s proposal to limit legal immigrants’ access to green cards if they use an array of public benefits, including Medicaid, food stamps and federal housing subsidies. “This is not only bad for the health and well-being of the people most directly affected, it is bad […]
October 15, 2018
Policies
Obamacare Premiums Dip for First Time
After two years of double-digit price hikes, the average premium for individual health coverage on the federal health law’s insurance marketplace will drop by 1.5 percent for 2019, the Trump administration said Thursday. The announcement marked the first time average premiums have fallen since the exchanges created by the Affordable Care Act went into effect […]
October 15, 2018
Other News
Meghan Markle Will Have ‘Geriatric Pregnancy’
Putting an end to months of rumors, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced they are, indeed, expecting their first child — a baby due in the spring. The Duchess of Sussex is said to be in good health, but having celebrated her 37th birthday in August, her pregnancy announcement means she will technically be classified […]
October 15, 2018
Other News
Taraji P. Henson Launches Mental Health Foundation
Through the foundation, scholarships will be provided to African-American students who major in mental health. It will also offer mental health services to kids in urban school “and combat recidivism within the prison system, according to its website. “I named the organization after my father because of his complete and unconditional love for me; his […]
October 15, 2018
LGBTQ+
Educator Makes LGBTQ and Immigration a Focus of her Work
Trinice McNally sits in her office at the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) surrounded by boxes of papers and bags full of empowerment swag-buttons with “undocumented, unafraid and unapologetic” in bold, printed graphics. These items share their space with a herd of elephant figurines standing as silent symbols of her sorority, Delta Sigma Theta.
October 15, 2018
Students
Coalition Urges Loan Debt Cancellation for Former Corinthian Students
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, Rep. Joe Kennedy III of Massachusetts, Massachusetts attorney general Maura Healey, the Debt Collective organization and others on Monday joined the Project on Predatory Student Lending to launch a public awareness campaign urging eligible students of former Corinthian Colleges to apply to have the Department of Education cancel their […]
October 15, 2018
Opinion
The Perfect Victim and the Perfect Judge —The New Challenge to Affirmative Action
If it feels like we’ve been here before, we have. The use of race in college admissions is legal and has been tested and upheld by the high court time and again, most recently in the Fisher v. Texas case. But that’s not stopping conservative anti-affirmative activist Ed Blum.
October 15, 2018
HBCUs
Knoxville College Takes First Steps to Restore the Campus
Knoxville College, the historically Black college in Tennessee, announced last week that it has plans to apply for grants under the U.S. Department of Interior to restore and preserve buildings on campus. Any awarded grants would help restore the 143-year-old college’s historic buildings and expand their listings on the National Register of Historic Places, according […]
October 15, 2018
Community Colleges
Brookdale Community College at Risk of Losing Accreditation
Brookdale Community College has until March 1 to show the Middle States Commission on Higher Education that it has “internal controls and processes to ensure ongoing consistent ethical behavior” and uses “assessment results for the improvement of educational effectiveness” or the college will lose its accreditation, according to the Asbury Park Press. The college received […]
October 15, 2018
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Doing Racial Equity
The USC Race and Equity Center is helping institutions achieve equity goals through its robust evidence-based work.
October 15, 2018
HBCUs
History of Helping: Black Churches Have Tradition of Giving College Scholarships
The United States has a long history of churches and other religious organizations giving money to youngsters seeking a college education. Such financial support has been particularly instrumental in the lives of African-Americans, whose denominations and local congregations have helped fund post-secondary education for high school graduates since Blacks first gained access to college campuses.
October 14, 2018
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