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Group of UCSC Graduate Student Workers On Strike
A group of graduate student workers at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) are on strike and withholding students’ semester grades until given a 70% pay increase, which would equal an additional $1,412 a month. According to the students, the raise would account for the higher cost of living in Santa Cruz, which they […]
December 12, 2019
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Democrats in Congress Question DeVos on Relief For Defrauded Students
Tensions ran high at a House Education and Labor Committee hearing on Thursday, where Democrats questioned U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos about her implementation of the borrower’s defense rule, the provision that allows loan forgiveness for defrauded students.
December 12, 2019
Sports
Intercollegiate Athletics Forum Addresses Prospect of Major Policy Changes
The consensus at this year’s Intercollegiate Athletics Forum is that changes are coming to the NCAA and overall governance of college sports, but questions remain about when and how.
December 12, 2019
Latest News
Kentucky’s Law Schools Unite for Diversity
Kentucky’s three law schools, which typically compete for prospective students, recently joined ranks in a new effort to increase diversity at all of their institutions.
December 12, 2019
News Roundup
APLU and AAU Receive $191,000 National Science Foundation Grant
The Association of American Universities (AAU) and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) received a $191,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). NSF’s funding would go towards developing guidelines for universities to establish policies and procedures to ensure the public has access to federally funded data, according to a press release. Last […]
December 11, 2019
News Roundup
Tuskegee Receives $50,000 Grant to Preserve Civil Rights History
The National Park Service (NPS) recently awarded a $50,000 grant to Tuskegee University to help preserve its civil rights history. The two-year NPS African American Civil Rights grant was specifically given to the Tuskegee Institute Summer Education Program (TISEP) and the Tuskegee Institute Community Education Program (TICEP) — both volunteer networks created in the 1960s […]
December 11, 2019
News Roundup
University of Phoenix Agrees to $191 Million Settlement Over Deceptive Ads
The University of Phoenix – and its parent company Apollo Education Group – will forgive $141 million in student loan debt and pay $50 million, settling federal charges that it used false advertising to attract students, according to a Federal Trade Commission announcement this week. The school’s marketing falsely implied that it had job contacts […]
December 11, 2019
Students
Howard University Receives $4 Million Gift to Invest in Minority STEM Scholarship
Howard University received $4 million from the Hopper-Dean Foundation to fund the Bison STEM Scholars Program, a scholarship program designed to increase the number of minority students earning a Ph.D. or M.D.-Ph.D. in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) by alleviating their financial burden. The gift, which is the largest amount Howard has received from […]
December 11, 2019
Faculty & Staff
Yale University Renews Faculty Excellence and Diversity Initiative Program
Dr. Peter Salovey, president of Yale University, announced that the institution will renew its Faculty Excellence and Diversity Initiative (FEDI) for another five years. The program, which aims to diversify and develop more faculty members, was in its last year of an initial five-year period. The university will increase the program’s budget from $50 million […]
December 11, 2019
News Roundup
Trump to Sign Executive Order Targeting Anti-Semitism on Campus
Donald Trump will sign an executive order targeting anti-Semitism on college and university campuses, according to the Associated Press. The order will broaden the federal government’s definition of anti-Semitism, thus allowing schools more opportunities to enforce laws against discrimination while also allowing the government to withhold money from campuses deemed biased. According to the AP, […]
December 11, 2019
Military
Report Details Bullying, Harassment at Coast Guard Academy
A report released by two Congressional committees – the House Homeland Security Committee and the House Government Oversight and Reform Committee – accuses the Coast Guard Academy of overlooking bullying and harassment and retaliating against those who made complaints. In a joint hearing on Wednesday, committee members will share their findings, the product of an […]
December 11, 2019
Latest News
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare Announces Partnership with University of Memphis
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare recently announced a partnership with the University of Memphis to help its employees earn certifications or college degrees in an affordable and flexible manner.
December 11, 2019
Health
Diversity at Public Health Schools Improves at a Crawl, Report Finds
A 20-year update on a 1999 study found that public health schools are diversifying – but not nearly at the rate that they should be. In particular, minority faculty remain concentrated in junior positions.
December 11, 2019
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Some College Students Facing Homelessness, Hunger Around the Holidays
This month, home for the holidays will be a much-anticipated destination for many college students as they wrap up finals, look forward to family celebrations and their long winter break. But as the semester grinds to a close and the holiday break nears, for some students, their only concern is finding a place to stay and making sure that they have food to eat.
December 11, 2019
News Roundup
Women Now the Majority of U.S. Medical Students, AAMC Data Reveals
For the first time in history, women comprise the majority of enrolled medical students in the U.S. at 50.5%, according to 2019 data released today by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). With an increase of 2.6% between 2015 and 2018, the number of female medical students has been continually rising in recent years. […]
December 10, 2019
Students
Medical College of Wisconsin Receives $2M to Help Train Rural Doctors
The Sentry Insurance Foundation donated $2 million to the Medical College of Wisconsin intending to boost the number of physicians serving rural areas, according to Stevens Point Journal. This is the largest gift given to the school and will go towards creating the Sentry Deanship at the Medical College of Wisconsin’s Wausau campus. Through the […]
December 10, 2019
Students
University of California Regents Sued Over Use of SAT, ACT Scores in Admissions
The University of California Board of Regents faces lawsuits from four students, six nonprofits and the Compton Unified School District for their use of SAT and ACT test scores during the admissions process, according to the Public Counsel. According to the lawsuit, the University of California system is “knowingly creating barriers to higher education for […]
December 10, 2019
News Roundup
Tension Stands Between Students, University of Maryland Diversity Chief
Though Dr. Georgina Dodge is just competing her first full semester as vice president of diversity and inclusion at the University of Maryland (UM), she has experienced tension with Black UM students who feel neglected by the school’s administration. According to The Diamondback, a student-run newspaper, for the second time in four days, Dodge discussed […]
December 10, 2019
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