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Community Colleges
Community Colleges Must Move Beyond Opportunity, Focus on Success
While we know that hard work and persistence are essential to success, we also know that opportunity and access are the true keys to student persistence and achievement. The modern community college was established in all states following passage of the GI Bill, which resulted in hundreds of thousands of vets entering American higher education […]
December 16, 2020
African-American
Thomas Stith Named President of North Carolina Community College System
Thomas Stith will be the next president of the North Carolina community college system, effective Jan. 11, The News & Observer reported. Stith previously worked as the U.S. Small Business Administration’s North Carolina district office director. He is also the co-founder of a business development consulting firm and was a senior adviser on investment, development […]
December 15, 2020
News Roundup
Tuskegee University Receives $5 Million for Need-Based Scholarships
Tuskegee University has received $5 million from the charity established by philanthropist Stephen Feinberg, co‐founder and co‐chief executive officer of global private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management, according to a Tuskegee press release. The gift – one of the largest single gifts from one person in the school’s history – will fund the creation of […]
December 15, 2020
African-American
Hampton University President Dr. William Harvey Announces Retirement, Effective June 2022
Hampton University President Dr. William R. Harvey has announced his retirement after 43 years, effective June 30, 2022, according to university officials. Harvey – a businessman as well – began as president in 1978. He runs Hampton like “a business for educational purposes,” according to a university press release. “The formula for any success that […]
December 15, 2020
Students
Doubling the Pell Grant to Promote Access to Opportunity, Higher Ed
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ victory signals a crucial moment for enhanced access to higher education that could, given their commitment to “Doubling the Pell Grant,” promote a success model as well. One of the points to be emphasized is that the goal of college access has force and plausibility as an aim of social policy only insofar as colleges and universities function as effective means for delivering what they promise to deliver. And, while education has a number of legitimate goals, among the most central are promoting cognitive and socio-emotional development, allowing students to attain general knowledge and skills, and helping students become desirable from the perspective of employers. For the latter, they must graduate. What follows from these considerations, then, is that whatever form access strategies assume, college campuses need to adopt corresponding strategies that meet the needs of the students they choose to enroll.
December 15, 2020
African-American
Anthropologist and Race Scholar Dr. Leith Mullings Dead at 75
Anthropologist Dr. Leith Patricia Mullings, whose work was on the Sojourner Syndrome, establishing the fundamental understanding of negative effects that amplified stresses of race, class and inequality have on African Americans – especially African American women – has died at the age of 75, Social Science Space reported. Mullings – former president of the American […]
December 15, 2020
Latest News
Meet Kristi Mejias, Associate Director of Student-Athlete Engagement at Texas A&M
A Q&A with Kristi Mejias, associate director of student-athlete engagement at Texas A&M.
December 15, 2020
Asian American Pacific Islander
Diversity’s Day of Infamy
The recent revelation that Johns Hopkins, once thought to be a “good guy”, owned four slaves himself is one of those backward looks in time that brings about a major shame. However awkward, exposing the truth is always important.
December 15, 2020
Home
Will the Election of Joe Biden Put Higher Education Back at Center Stage?
The 2020 election season has brought higher education — and, in particular, historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) — back to the forefront of the conversation. Recognizing how critically important these institutions and their students and alumni are to the Democratic base, President-elect Joe Biden unveiled a $70 billion plan to support HBCUs. The plan focuses primarily on investing in infrastructure and research capacity for the institutions, but it also promises expansion to the federal Pell Grant program and broad student debt relief.
December 15, 2020
LGBTQ+
Report Examines How HBCUs Can Create Inclusive Environment for LGBTQ+ Students
The Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) and the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation released a report analyzing ways historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have fostered an inclusive environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) students on their campuses.
December 14, 2020
Community Colleges
Op-ed Urging Jill Biden to Drop ‘Dr.’ Honorific Sparks Heated Critiques of Sexism and Elitism
A Friday Wall Street Journal op-ed asking soon-to-be First Lady Dr. Jill Biden to drop the honorific denoting her Ed.D. has inspired heated criticism from many academics who are calling it sexist, classist and elitist.
December 14, 2020
COVID-19
Senators Scrutinize Virtual Proctoring Companies After Students Report Equity Concerns
As COVID-19 popularized virtual proctoring, students have increasingly reported incidents where the technology failed to register their faces, locked them out of their tests or overzealously flagged them for cheating, particularly students of color and students with disabilities. Six U.S. senators sent letters to three exam proctoring companies – ExamSoft, ProctorU and Proctorio – calling on them for accountability.
December 14, 2020
News Roundup
Cal State LA Provost Resigns, Second Provost Lost in Two Years for School
Cal State LA provost and vice president of academic affairs Dr. José Luis Alvarado has resigned after five months at the job. He is the second provost the school has lost in two years, University Times reported. Cal State LA President Dr. William Covino announced Alvarado’s resignation in a university email, wherein he also said […]
December 14, 2020
Latest News
NSSE Survey Addresses Crucial Elements of Undergraduate Advising
Advisors who actively listen, respect identity and culture, and care about students’ wellbeing are essential for first-year and fourth-year undergraduates.
December 14, 2020
Other News
Hampton University to Give Pay Raises and End-of-Year Bonuses
Hampton University will be giving all faculty and staff a 2% pay raise – effective Jan. 1 – and a $200 end-of-year bonus as a show of gratitude, WAVY reported. Read More
December 14, 2020
Other News
University of Arizona to Require Recent Negative COVID-19 Test to Be on Campus in Spring
Due to the increasing surge of state COVID-19 infections, the University of Arizona will require those on campus in the spring to have a negative COVID-19 test within the previous week, AZ Central reported. Read More
December 14, 2020
Other News
U of Minnesota Might Borrow $82M to Cover COVID-19 Budget Deficit
Projecting a $166 million budget deficit brought on by COVID-19, The University of Minnesota might borrow as much as $82 million to cover lost athletic and housing revenue, reports the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. Read More
December 14, 2020
Other News
Panel Discussion Focuses on Small Businesses and Education Amid COVID-19
The Hill hosted a virtual panel Thursday focused on the ways in which small business owners and educators have been affected and have had to adapt amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More
December 14, 2020
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