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Disparities
Despite Efforts to Boost Their Numbers, Blacks Account For Just 6% of Doctors in SC
Kelsey Williams is one of 103 students in the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville’s Class of 2020. But she’s one of just five who is Black. Nationally, African Americans make up 13.4 percent of the population, according to the U.S. Census. In South Carolina, they are 27.3 percent. Yet they only make up about […]
May 13, 2019
Nursing
College Receives $7 Million Gift For Global Health Equity Program
The John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding and the Geisel School of Medicine recently received a $7 million gift from a combination of four anonymous families. This donation, part of the College’s ongoing Call to Lead capital campaign, will support faculty development and expand student global health equity programs domestically and internationally in partner […]
May 13, 2019
Home
Former Brown University Orchestra Director Alleges Racial Discrimination in 2017 Firing
Brandon Keith Brown, a former Brown University Orchestra director, has filed a discrimination complaint against the institution with the Rhode Island Commission for Human Rights, alleging that he was terminated in 2017 on the basis of his race.
May 13, 2019
Latest News
Money, Travel and Deleted Emails Line Path to President’s Departure
Less than two years after taking office, seven months after trustees expressed dissatisfaction with his job performance and three months after a deleted-emails scandal, Dr. Rahmat Shoureshi is out as president of Portland State University.
May 13, 2019
News Roundup
Leland to Step Down as UC Merced Chancellor
Dr. Dorothy Leland, who led a remarkable expansion of the University of California, Merced and was a champion for DACA students, will step down Aug. 15, ending an eight-year stint as chancellor. “I am grateful for all that we have accomplished together,” Leland said in an announcement Monday. “UC Merced’s distinction, both now and into […]
May 13, 2019
News Roundup
DePauw President Mark McCoy Stepping Down
GREENCASTLE, Ind. — The president of DePauw University in western Indiana says he plans to step down at the end of the 2019-20 academic year. The announcement came Monday from Dr. Mark McCoy, who has served as president of the Greencastle liberal arts school since 2016. He says in a statement administrators have focused on […]
May 13, 2019
Recruitment & Retention
Dartmouth College Gets $10 Million Donation
Dartmouth College has received a $10 million donation that will go toward a range of projects including the development of an arts district and faculty recruitment. The college on Friday announced it had received the donation from Dartmouth alumni Molly and Gregg Engles. A Dartmouth trustee, Gregg Engles is a founding partner of Capitol Peak […]
May 13, 2019
Students
Let’s Make the Admissions Process More Equitable
Since the “Operation Varsity Blues” scandal first made headlines, celebrity court proceedings have continued to dominate news coverage. Just this week, myriad media reports from across the country focused on actress Felicity Huffman’s guilty plea for her role in the cheating scam. But the larger issues of access to higher education and the ongoing and substantial efforts by colleges and universities to address systemic inequity have scarcely been covered in the wake of the scandal. Nor has the effect of those efforts.
May 13, 2019
Funding
Pell Grant Limits Increase While Student Loan Interest Rates Decrease This July
There is good news for college students using federal financial aid this year: Pell Grant maximums will increase as, for the first time in three years, student loan interest rates will decrease. Pell Grants The maximum amount for Federal Pell Grants issued between July 1, 2019, and June 1, 2020, will rise to $6,195, an increase of […]
May 12, 2019
Policy
KU Lands Grant to Develop Eating Disorder Screening Tool For Military, VA
LAWRENCE — When one thinks of the military, images of elite, highly fit soldiers often come to mind. Conversely, talk of eating disorders generally steers toward undernourished individuals, often young women. However, data has shown that the prevalence of eating disorders in the military is roughly the same as in general society, and two University […]
May 12, 2019
Policy
Congressman Seeks Gender Diversity Reports From Coast Guard
Following the release of a study looking at the retention of women in the Coast Guard, Democratic U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas of New Hampshire has introduced legislation that would require the Coast Guard to provide regular reports to Congress on its efforts to increase gender diversity. The Coast Guard hired the RAND Corp. last year to […]
May 12, 2019
Veterans
A Cultural Shift is Helping Keep Talented Mothers in The Navy
Lt. Cmdr. Karen Sankes-Ritland never imagined life outside the military. Her father was a Marine. Her husband is an explosive ordnance disposal officer. She’s a Naval Academy graduate. But more than a decade into her career, the strains of family life and a dual-military household were taking a toll. Her father had recently died, her third child […]
May 12, 2019
Students
Report: More Can Be Done to Assist Undocumented Community College Students in California
A new report by the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s office reveal that more needs to be done to assist undocumented students in the areas of financial aid, legal services and mental health.
May 12, 2019
HBCUs
When Blackness is on Full Display
It’s graduation season for the nation’s colleges and universities, including the little more than 100 institutions that bear the federal designation as historically Black colleges and Universities (HBCUs).And we feel good. I mean, we are Black excellence and Black joy unparalleled—for ourselves, our institutions, and for our people.
May 12, 2019
News Roundup
Harvard Won’t Renew Weinstein Lawyer as Student House Dean
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — A Harvard faculty member who decided to represent Harvey Weinstein at his rape trial is losing his position as head of a student house at the college. Harvard College Dean Rakesh Khurana said in a written statement Saturday he would not renew the appointments of Ronald Sullivan and his wife, Stephanie Robinson, […]
May 12, 2019
News Roundup
Dr. Lonnie Burnett Named Interim President of University of Mobile
MOBILE, Ala.— The University of Mobile has a new president. Trustees at the private, Baptist-affiliated school selected executive dean and history professor Dr. Lonnie Burnett as interim president on Friday. A statement from the school says the appointment takes effect May 28 and last for 16 months. Burnett replaces former board chairman Fred Wilson, who […]
May 12, 2019
News Roundup
Pennsylvania College to No Longer Allow Frats, Sororities
SWARTHMORE, Pa. — Fraternities and sororities will no longer be allowed at Swarthmore College following outrage over years-old documents allegedly written by one fraternity there that contains derogatory comments about women and the LGBTQ community and jokes about sexual assault. School President Valerie Smith made the announcement Friday in a letter posted on the college’s […]
May 12, 2019
News Roundup
Michael Jackson’s Eldest Child Prince is a College Graduate
LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson’s eldest child Prince is a college graduate. Twenty-two-year-old Prince Jackson — whose real name is Michael Joseph Jackson Jr. — went through commencement ceremonies Saturday at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. Prince Jackson graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. The day was celebrated in social media […]
May 12, 2019
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