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News Roundup
AAC&U 2019 Annual Meeting Gains Momentum With 1,800 Registrations
With just two weeks left until the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)’s 2019 Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, the gathering has gained a lot of attention as 1,800 participants have registered to attend. The event titled “Raising Our Voices: Reclaiming the Narrative on the Value of Higher Education” will take place from Jan. […]
January 7, 2019
Disparities
Rural Health Clinics in Tennessee Holds Payments
Several recently opened rural health clinics in Tennessee are struggling to stay open after a state program didn’t give them all promised funds. Servolution Health Services began offering services in March to citizens living in the small town of Speedwell where one-fifth of the population lives below the poverty line and experiences high rates of […]
January 7, 2019
Policies
Guest Opinion: Arming teachers isn’t viable response to public health crisis
I had the opportunity to read a recent Dec. 14 guest opinion written by Craig T. Edwards and feel compelled to respond. I emphatically believe that legislative solutions involving the safety of our children must be the byproduct of a thoughtful, informed and bipartisan discourse, and I am here to offer an antithetical perspective to the solution […]
January 7, 2019
Other News
Florida State Alumna Named Director of University Health Services
Florida State University (FSU) has named Dr. Amy B. Magnuson, a three-time alumna of the institution, as its next director of University Health Sciences (UHS), effective immediately. Prior to this appointment, Magnuson has served as interim director of the UHS since May 2017 and has been a part of the FSU faculty for 20 years. […]
January 7, 2019
Other News
Study Finds Fathers Who Experience Post-Natal Depression Links to Future Depression Among Daughters
A new study of more than 3,000 families in the Bristol, England area found that fathers and mothers can experience post-natal depression, which could negatively affect their daughter’s future mental health. The study also found that sons were not affected by this risk. The study titled, “Association of Maternal and Paternal Depression in the Post-natal […]
January 7, 2019
Other News
Report Evaluates Mental Health Leave of Absence Policies at all Ivy League Schools
A new report from the Ruderman Family Foundation has analyzed mental health leave of absence policies for students at all eight Ivy League institution, giving each one a failing grade. Each Ivy League was graded on 15 indicators that include the details of the leave of absence and the process of returning back to school […]
January 7, 2019
Funding
Cleveland State Community College Launches new Campus Veterans Resource Center
Cleveland State Community College has announced the establishment of a Veterans Resource Center in the campus’s George L. Mathis Student Center. The creation of the center was made possible because of a Tennessee Board of Regents Student Engagement, Retention and Success (SERS) grant. The new center, located on the college’s main campus, will act as […]
January 6, 2019
Veterans
Veterans, Community Members Help Habitat for Humanity Build House for Veteran
Community volunteers and Veterans in the Naples, Florida area came together this past weekend through Habitat for Humanity of Collier County to build a home for a veteran. The 30 to 40 volunteers represented local organizations including the Ave Maria School of Law, Trinity by-the-Cove Episcopal Church and the Veterans Council of Collier County to […]
January 6, 2019
Funding
Number of Service Members, Veterans Using Military Education Benefits Decreases
The number of active-duty service members and veterans utilizing the benefits of attending college on the government’s dime has decreased, according to recent federal fiscal-year data. Tuition assistance benefits, which is typically a hard-selling military recruitment and retention tool, has not been used by members from all service branches as much as it has in […]
January 6, 2019
Academics
Nisei Veterans Memorial Center Appoints Former Hawaii Senator as Executive Director
Jill N. Tokuda, a former senator from Hawaii, was recently appointed executive director of the Nisei Veterans Memorial Center. The term Nisei refers to second-generation Japanese-Americans. Several Nisei who lived in Maui fought during World War II in Europe and the Pacific, according to Maui News. The memorial center is a “living” memorial that was […]
January 6, 2019
MSIs
Florida High Schooler Receives Support After Accused of Cheating on SAT Test
The NAACP has offered support for Kalimah Campbell, a Florida high school student who is fighting to have her SAT test scores released after test officials claim that she cheated. Campbell’s latest score is 300 points higher than her previous score, an improvement that Campbell said is a result of hard work. “I know from […]
January 6, 2019
News Roundup
Former President of Community College Sued, Accused of Violating Constitutional Rights
Several current and former Garden City Community College employees filed a lawsuit against the college and its former president, Herbert Swender, alleging that he violated Constitutional rights. The lawsuit focused on a series of actions that Swender allegedly took regarding several all-staff attendance meetings in 2017 and 2018, stating that he “infringed and chilled Plaintiffs’ […]
January 6, 2019
Community Colleges
CUNY Researchers to Study Community College to 4-Year Institution Transfer
Researchers from the City University of New York (CUNY) have received a $550,000 award from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to study what factors help or deter community college students who are interested in the humanities, transfer to four-year institutions.
January 6, 2019
Women
Support Grows for Imperiled Bennett College
By postal service and online, in amounts small and large, a steady stream of donations is flowing into Bennett College every day as the private, all-women HBCU seeks to raise $5 million in unrestricted funds by February. The North Carolina school is fighting to avoid a loss of accreditation that could force its closure.
January 5, 2019
Community Colleges
Achieving the Dream Celebrates 15 Years with DREAM Conference in February
Since 2004, Achieving the Dream (ATD) – a national, nonprofit leading organization that has helped more than 4 million community college students achieve academic success and close opportunity gaps – will hold its 15th annual DREAM convening in Long Beach, CA from Feb. 19-22.
January 5, 2019
News Roundup
Court Orders Settlement Discussion Regarding Maryland, HBCU Case
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit ordered settlement discussions be had regarding a more than decade-long suit filed by graduates from Morgan State University, Coppin State University, Bowie State University and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. The graduates filed the suit in 2005 claiming that the state of Maryland has underfunded […]
January 4, 2019
Policy
Georgia Legislators Suggest Using Lottery Tickets to Support Veterans
A Georgia Senate study committee has suggested creating new scratch-off lottery tickets in which the proceeds would directly support military veteran services and programs. To date, six states offer lottery games that help support veterans’ services for things like mental health counseling, job training, housing assistance and meal programs for disabled veterans, according to Gainesville […]
January 3, 2019
Veterans
AP Poll Highlights Performance Support for Trump from Veterans
According to a nationwide survey by AP VoteCast, almost 6 in 10 military veterans voted for Republican candidates in the November 2018 midterm elections. A similar percentage were supportive of President Donald Trump’s leadership. The survey was conducted for The Associated Press by NORC at the University of Chicago and received responses from more than […]
January 3, 2019
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