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Leadership & Policy
Who Is An Effective Community College Leader?
There are few books that I looked forward to reading as much as Cheryl L. Hyman’s Reinvention: The Promise and Challenge of Transforming a Community College System.
May 8, 2018
Women
Professor Explores Dark Side of the Anti-Trafficking Movement
A rising young academic, Dr. Elena Shih — assistant professor of American Studies and Ethnic Studies at Brown University and faculty affiliate in sociology at the Watson Institute for International Studies — examines complex issues surrounding women’s lives and survival. By this summer’s end, Shih will complete writing her book Manufacturing Freedom: Trafficking Rescue, Rehabilitation, […]
May 8, 2018
Asian American Pacific Islander
Billionaire Chen Yidan Uses His Resources to Focus on Education
HONG KONG — He is sometimes called the Mark Zuckerberg or Bill Gates of China. And like Zuckerberg and Gates, Chen Yidan — also known as Charles Chen — has used his financial empire to make education a top priority.
May 8, 2018
Blogs/Opinion
Pitching Service
As many of you know I served in the armed forces for nearly a decade of my life. As a veteran, I often find myself “pitching” military service to friends, family and new people I meet throughout the course of random discussion. Read More
May 8, 2018
Academics
Class Prepares Students to Work With Military Families
We are often quick to thank military personnel for their service, but do we really offer the necessary support for them and their families? What unique challenges do they face and how can we prepare students to serve those issues? How can Arizona State University as a whole better support the military community? These questions […]
May 8, 2018
Academics
Breaking Ground in Her Family: Accepted at 4 Academies
When she was in middle school, Brooke Bailey wanted to be like the cool girls. She would go to Virginia Tech and join a sorority, she would tell her parents. “Are you sure you don’t want to look at the Naval Academy?” her father, U.S. Navy Capt. William J. Bailey Jr., would ask her. Read […]
May 8, 2018
Veterans
62-Year-Old Retired Marine Graduates from Radford
RADFORD — Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va, spoke from the podium on Moffett Lawn to nearly 1,900 Radford University graduates and their family and friends at the school’s commencement ceremony Saturday. “The youngest graduate is 19 and the oldest graduate receiving a degree today is 62 years old,” Kaine said. “A round of applause for that […]
May 8, 2018
Academics
Massachusetts Senate Approves “Brave Act” Benefits for Active Military, Veterans
(Boston, Mass.) – The Massachusetts State Senate on Thursday unanimously passed “The Brave Act” – new legislation that will expand benefits and increase access to a range of services for veterans, active-duty military and their families, Senator Mike Rush (D-West Roxbury) announced. Read More
May 8, 2018
Academics
El Paso Campus Increases Resources for Military Students
The University of Texas at El Paso says its counseling program is in high demand due to an increase in military students. Priscilla Tremenheere is the assistant director for the Military Student Success Center. She says the number of UTEP military students doubled from around 1,500 in 2015 to around 3,000 in 2018. Read More
May 8, 2018
Academics
Colorado Acts to Award Credits for Military Training
DENVER – The Colorado Commission on Higher Education (CCHE) took action on Friday, May 4, to significantly expand the commission policy on prior learning assessment, which allows students to earn college credit for expertise outside the classroom. With the changes, military and veteran students can now be awarded credit for military courses, occupations and assessments […]
May 8, 2018
Academics
College Gives Posthumous Degree to Black Vet Denied Admission
HATTIESBURG, Miss. — The University of Southern Mississippi will award a posthumous honorary degree to a black U.S. Army veteran who was rejected when he tried to integrate the school decades ago. Clyde Kennard applied several times between 1955 and 1959 to what was then called Mississippi Southern College. His applications were blocked by state, […]
May 8, 2018
African-American
Academics Remember Renowned Literary Scholar Marcellus Blount
Former students and professional colleagues are mourning the death of Dr. Marcellus Blount, a well-known scholar of African-American literary and cultural studies who taught at Columbia University since 1985.
May 7, 2018
Latest News
Shooting Threat Closes Houston Community College Campus
HOUSTON—For the second day in a row, the Houston Community College Central Campus will be closed due to a shooting threat made on social media over the weekend. The anonymous threat didn’t name an individual, nor was it specific to any department of the college. A media briefing has been scheduled for noon on Tuesday. […]
May 7, 2018
Asian American Pacific Islander
Shedding Light on Asian American and Asian Students’ Mental Health Needs
The “Let’s Talk!” conference at the Harvard Graduate School of Education convened Pan-Asian college students, supporters and other educational leaders for a day-long forum addressing the success and well-being of Asian and Asian American college students across the country.
May 7, 2018
News Roundup
University Pulls Convicted Sex Offender’s Artwork from Show
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — A Maine university has removed artwork from a campus gallery upon learning the artist of the three works is a convicted sex offender. The University of Southern Maine removed the works by Bruce Habowski when a relative of one of his victim’s called to complain. The Portland Press Herald reports a […]
May 7, 2018
News Roundup
University of Florida Apologizes for Pushy Graduation Usher
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida is apologizing to students who complained that an usher was aggressively pushing and grabbing them as they entered the stage during a graduation ceremony. University of Florida President W. Kent Fuchs said on Twitter on Sunday the usher was “inappropriately aggressive in rushing students across the stage.” The […]
May 7, 2018
News Roundup
University Fined After Weapons-Grade Plutonium Goes Missing
BOISE, Idaho — A small amount of radioactive, weapons-grade plutonium about the size of a U.S. quarter is missing from an Idaho university that was using it for research, leading federal officials on Friday to propose an $8,500 fine. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Idaho State University can’t account for about a 30th of […]
May 7, 2018
Blogs/Opinion
Stigma in Mental Health
“La ropa sucia se lava en casa.” “Dirty laundry is washed at home.” There are few challenges more vexing in health care marketing than the therapeutic areas of behavioral and mental health. Some would argue that chief among them is the social stigma associated with mental health — the cultural imperative to keep a patient […]
May 7, 2018
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