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News Roundup
Out of State, District Northwest Arkansas Community College Students to See Tuition Increase
Several students at Northwest Arkansas Community College (NWACC) who don’t live in its Bentonville and Rogers school districts will experiences increases in their tuition this fall. Students who live in the college’s district pay a tax according to their assessed property value, so their in-district tuition will continue to be $75 per credit hour. Those […]
March 12, 2019
Community Colleges
WV Legislatures, Higher Ed Officials Voice Support for Community College Bill
West Virginia legislatures and post-secondary officials have expressed their support for recently passed Senate Bill 1, legislation that supporters say could open new economic opportunities and establish an industry talent pipeline in West Virgina’s community colleges. Lawmakers from both houses passed SB1 toward the end of a recent meeting, creating the West Virginia Invests Grant Program. […]
March 12, 2019
Academics
New Group Wants to be Strong Voice For Military Kids’ Education
Advocates with a special interest in the well-being of military children have launched an advisory group that pulls in a number of organizations that have long worked to help ensure military children have the best educational opportunities possible. “Military-connected students and their families deserve educational options that move them forward and shape their tomorrows with great positive […]
March 12, 2019
Veterans
Proposed VA Budget Will Not Expand Private Care Funding, Officials Say
Roughly a fifth of President Donald Trump’s proposed $87 billion fiscal 2020 budget for Department of Veterans Affairs medical care would go to its community-care programs, an allocation VA officials say is consistent with previous years and not an expansion of private care. Eager to point out that the VA is committed to providing the majority of […]
March 12, 2019
Funding
How a Military Family Can Save For a Child’s College Fund
The moment your child is born the clock starts ticking towards the thought of higher education and what the future may bring. If you are a military family, your family’s service and sacrifices may have earned you benefits to assist in your child’s education through the post 9/11 GI Bill making it seem less critical […]
March 12, 2019
Policy
The Pipeline Between the Military and The Academy, And What it Means
Last Friday the University of Texas System Board of Regents named current Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson as the sole finalist to become the next president of the University of Texas at El Paso. In other words, she probably has the job, despite protests in some quarters. In some ways, this is unsurprising. Prior to entering […]
March 12, 2019
Latest News
Race and Racism Explored at ACE Convening
At the 101st Annual Meeting of the American Council on Education, experts discussed race, racism and White privilege.
March 12, 2019
Latest News
Higginbotham, Nettles Receive Dr. John Hope Franklin Award at ACE
Drs. Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham of Harvard University and Michael T. Nettles of Educational Testing Service received the Dr. John Hope Franklin award given by Diverse at the 101st annual meeting of the American Council on Education.
March 11, 2019
Disparities
After Mumps Outbreak, Temple to Require New Students to Get Vaccinated
Temple University will begin requiring new students to be vaccinated against mumps after a recent outbreak of the viral disease. Mark Denys,Temple’s director of student health services, told WHYY that the school has reported at least 15 cases of mumps on its campus since late February. As as preventive measure against future outbreaks, he said, a new policy will […]
March 11, 2019
STEM
New Volume Adds Nuance to Research on Undergraduate Women in STEM
A new volume about the “complexity of inquiry” around undergraduate women in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) responds to what scholars and co-editors Drs. Lara Perez-Felkner and Joy Gaston Gayles say is a need for a more in-depth understanding from scholarly, policy and institutional research communities in order to address and eliminate gender disparities in STEM.
March 11, 2019
Opinion
Diversity and Rep. Ilhan Omar
To show my San Francisco State journalism class what diversity means instantly, I provide a visual: I draw a square on a white board. That’s the media. All White. Diversity is to see the white board obliterated with dots representing a multitude of voices.
March 11, 2019
Disparities
Opioid Crisis Shows Partnering With Industry Can be Bad for Public Health
“Show me the bodies!” someone demanded at the end of my lecture a few years ago. As a scholar of public health ethics, law and policy, I had just warned an audience of professors and university administrators about the perils of partnering with, or taking money from, corporations – a common practice in public health research and […]
March 11, 2019
Policies
2018 Was Super Hot year for New Commercial Projects in Dayton
New buildings for health care companies and colleges were among the top Dayton projects — valued at more than $280 million — started in 2018. Builders, developers and others took out commercial permits valued at more than $284 million, a 31 percent increase from 2017 and more than double the value of projects the city […]
March 11, 2019
Disparities
New Concern on College Campuses: ‘Drunkorexia,’ a Combination Drinking and Eating Disorder
My college experience included this life-skills lesson: Drink alcohol on a full stomach, so you don’t get inebriated too quickly. Of course, most college students shouldn’t be drinking at all, but we know from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism that close to 60 percent of college students ages 18 to 22 do consume alcohol, […]
March 11, 2019
Nursing
IU, Two Other Colleges Win $10M Grant to Study Bone-Muscle Health
Researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine and two other institutions have won a $10.4 million grant to study new therapies to improve musculoskeletal conditions. The National Institutes of Health awarded the five-year grant to IU, the University of Missouri-Kansas City and the University of Texas at Arlington. IU announced the grant on Monday. […]
March 11, 2019
Disparities
School Programs Help Students With Life Issues
Columbia County high schools have set up student life centers to provide services on issues including mental health and suicide prevention. The former textbook room in the Grovetown High School library no longer contains books to educate students, but it is still helping to transform them. Read More
March 11, 2019
Policies
Bill Filing Ends With a 10-Year Record High
As of Friday, the deadline for bill filing, 7,067 bills have been introduced for the 2019 Texas legislative session. This is the highest number of bills filed during a regular session since 2009. We’ve compiled a list of priority items in the Senate — legislation filed with bill numbers under 30 — that students should […]
March 11, 2019
Students
Three CSU Institutions are Ranked Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs
Intentional diversity, a culture of constant improvement and a staff committed to meeting the needs of students and helping them succeed propelled three California State University campuses into the top rankings of the Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs in 2019.
March 11, 2019
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