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Disparities
Hundreds of Students And Staff From Two L.A. Universities Remain Quarantined Amid Measles Scare
Hundreds of students, staff and faculty at two Los Angeles universities have been quarantined because they may have been exposed to measles, according to Los Angeles County health officials, the latest development in a resurgence of the highly contagious disease that was declared eliminated in 2000. Officials at California State University at Los Angeles alerted […]
April 29, 2019
Disparities
Clinic Run by Nurses Opens at Augusta University
Augusta University President Brooks Keel walked past the ribbon and up to College of Nursing Dean Lucy Marion. “You’ve been looking forward to this for a few days?” he said jokingly. “A few decades?” Try 15 years. But on Friday, Keel, Marion and others cut the ribbon on the school’s Nurse-Managed Health Center, a dream […]
April 29, 2019
Disparities
A Rush For Nurses Strains Colleges And Hospitals as Health Care Booms in Pittsburgh
After 19 hours on a plane, Sandra Ajao fought off jet lag as she faced flashing neon lights, booming music and the crash of bowling pins on a recent weekday afternoon in Harmar. Inside a mostly vacant Zone 28 family fun center, dozens of people congregated around several lanes and a counter stacked with pizzas and […]
April 29, 2019
Nursing
Amber Hughes Named VSU College of Nursing And Health Sciences Top Graduate
Amber Mariah Hughes of Macon, Georgia, is the recipient of the Spring 2019 President’s Award for Academic Excellence for the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Valdosta State University. The President’s Award for Academic Excellence is presented to the graduating student with the highest grade point average in each of VSU’s six colleges — […]
April 29, 2019
Policies
State Senate Bill Revives Possibility For Abortion Medication at Public Universities
The Ashe Center may offer students medical abortions starting January 2023 if a California senate bill passes. Senate Bill 24 was introduced in December 2018 by Democratic State Sen. Connie Leyva, who represents District 20. It would require all University of California and California State University schools to provide students access to medical abortions at […]
April 29, 2019
News Roundup
California’s Online Community College Still Preparing as Fall Launch Approaches
Last year, California lawmakers approved the creation of a publicly-funded, online community college to equip adult learners with the job training and skills they need to improve their employment outcomes. Although state leaders are working to open the online college by an October 1 deadline, they have yet to fill several executive positions to support […]
April 29, 2019
Leadership & Policy
After a Storied Career, Dr. Les Wong is Readying Himself for Retirement
Dr. Leslie (Les) E. Wong’s career in postsecondary education has allowed him to meet more people than he could possibly try to count, but a poignant encounter with one particular high school student in Michigan has never strayed from his mind.
April 29, 2019
Asian American Pacific Islander
Weaving Scientific Breakthroughs
When spider silk biologist/geneticist Dr. Cheryl Hayashi was the recipient of the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship in 2007, she saw it as an affirmation that it’s okay to work on something that might seem offbeat.
April 29, 2019
Latest News
Coastal Bend College President Ousted by Trustees
The Coastal College Board of Trustees voted to fire the college’s president of nearly seven years during a recent closed-door meeting.
April 29, 2019
News Roundup
Dr. Jonathan Walton Named Dean at Wake Forest
Dr. Jonathan L. Walton has been named dean of the School of Divinity at Wake Forest University. Walton comes to Wake Forest from Harvard University where he served as the Plummer Professor of Christian Morals, Pusey Minister in the university’s Memorial Church and Professor of Religion and Society at the Harvard Divinity School. In addition […]
April 29, 2019
Home
Moving On
After a successful career in academia, San Francisco State University President Dr. Leslie E. Wong and his wife Phyllis prepare for retirement.
April 29, 2019
News Roundup
Damon Keith, Noted Federal Judge in Michigan, Dead at 96
Venerable federal judge Damon Jerome Keith, a grandson of slaves and champion of civil rights and civil liberties, died Sunday at the age of 96, according to a report in the Detroit News. Keith’s career as a jurist spanned 10 presidents and five decades. From his bench in Michigan, the Detroit native ruled on cases […]
April 29, 2019
Veterans
Combat Veteran Turned Paralympian to Address SUU’s Graduating Class of 2019
Patriot and American war hero, three-time world champion paratriathlete and Paralympic medalist Melissa Stockwell will be the keynote speaker at Southern Utah University’s 120th annual commencement ceremony Friday. “We’re honored at the opportunity to have a military veteran and paratriathlete share her story at this year’s graduation,” Mindy Benson, vice president of alumni and community relations, said […]
April 28, 2019
Policy
DoD Officials Make Case for Keeping the Draft, Women Included
The Selective Service System is an “inexpensive insurance policy” against a national emergency and should be modified to include women, a senior Defense Department official implied Wednesday during a hearing on the future of draft registration in the U.S. Asked whether requiring women to register for a potential draft would “result in a more lethal […]
April 28, 2019
Academics
Camden Military Academy Celebrates 60 Years
Camden Military Academy (CMA), the official military academy of South Carolina, will celebrate a huge milestone this spring: 60 years of operation. Last fall marked the 60th school-year registration at CMA, and 2019 seniors will march across the stage in May for the 60th presentation of diplomas. While CMA’s roots extend back to 1892, the […]
April 28, 2019
Academics
Former West Point Superintendent Won’t Be USC’s Next President
After a seven-month search, a week of interviews with four finalists and a day of protests, the University of South Carolina board of trustees voted Friday to continue searching for a president to succeed Harris Pastides. The board named Brendan Kelly, the chancellor at USC Upstate, as interim president. He will take on the new […]
April 28, 2019
HBCUs
The Boulé Focuses its Attention on HBCUs
The leadership of Sigma Pi Phi fraternity — also known as the Boulé — has made good on its promise to focus its attention on the current state of the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities.
April 28, 2019
Home
NCAA Inclusion Forum Urge Participants to Transform Passion to Action
More than 600 student-athletes, faculty and college administrators gathered over the weekend to discuss ways that they can transform their institutions into places that embrace diversity, equity and inclusion.
April 28, 2019
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