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News Roundup
Historically Black Lincoln University Declares ‘Financial Exigency’
Lincoln University, a historically Black institution in Missouri, has declared ‘financial exigency,’ reported the News Tribune. According to a Forbes article from March, “declaring financial exigency is a doomsday scenario to be used only by institutions facing such imminent and severe financial circumstances that the survival of the institution as a whole is threatened.” Lincoln […]
May 8, 2020
Other News
Veteran Unemployment Up to Nearly 12 Percent Amid Coronavirus Crisis
Veterans unemployment jumped to nearly 12 percent in April as the country’s total jobless rate rose to its highest levels since the Great Depression because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. More than 1 million veterans filed for jobless benefits last month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. At 11.7 percent, the unemployment rate for veterans was two […]
May 8, 2020
Other News
People Hospitalized for Coronavirus May Not Be Able to Join the Military
If you’ve been hospitalized for coronavirus at some point and want to join the military, you may have to jump through some extra hoops to get there or you might not be able to join at all. The Defense Department released interim guidance yesterday putting people who have had severe COVID-19 on a list of those who […]
May 8, 2020
Other News
Pentagon Lifts Onerous Proof Requirements for Student Military Survivor Benefits
For college students who are the beneficiaries of a parent’s military survivor benefits, the twice-yearly requirement that they verify their enrollment status at a school just got a whole lot easier. The Defense Department announced Wednesday that it will now allow students to “self-certify,” meaning they will not have to order a transcript or get […]
May 8, 2020
Other News
The Marines Wanted a University to Study Co-ed Boot Camp. No One Applied
A planned independent, in-depth assessment of the Marine Corps‘ historically gender-segregated boot camp training model hasn’t started yet — because no one has volunteered to conduct it. The service didn’t receive any applications following its November request for public universities to study the way it trains recruits at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island in South Carolina, Capt. […]
May 8, 2020
HBCUs
Maryland Gov. Vetoes Bill Allotting $577 Million to Four State HBCUs
Maryland’s Republican Gov. Larry Hogan on Thursday vetoed a bill that would have allotted $577 million to the state’s four historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) over the course of 10 years, reported The Washington Post. The passage of the bill would likely have settled a 2006 federal lawsuit. Hogan cited the economic uncertainty created […]
May 7, 2020
COVID-19
U of Tennessee System Plans for In-Person Fall Classes on All Campuses
The University of Tennessee system is planning for in-person classes on all campuses this coming fall amid the coronavirus pandemic, reported WATE. “If the outside conditions change, if local or state governments change directions, then we will have to reevaluate, but we are planning on classes in the fall,” said university president Randy Boyd. He […]
May 7, 2020
COVID-19
Dr. Alyce Gullattee, Oldest Professor at Howard U, Dies After COVID-19 Diagnosis
Dr. Alyce Gullattee, a professor of psychiatry at Howard University’s College of Medicine and the institution’s oldest faculty member, died last week after testing positive for COVID-19, reported The Washington Post. She was 91. Dr. Gullattee, who was a faculty member at Howard for more than 50 years, was a pioneering psychiatrist and civil rights […]
May 7, 2020
Students
California Higher Ed Leaders Call for Emergency Aid for DACA Students
Higher education advocates in California wrote to Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday calling for the utilization of state and federal relief funds to provide emergency financial aid during the COVID-19 pandemic for more than 82,000 low-income California college students, including nearly 12,000 undocumented students supported by the California Dream Act. They also called for a […]
May 7, 2020
COVID-19
Advocates Push for COVID-19 Benefits for Working College Students
Duquesne University graduate student Terrell Nelson works part-time as a leasing agent at an apartment complex, and due to the COVID-19 pandemic, his hours have been reduced by more than two-thirds causing his income to plummet. What’s more, under the latest pandemic-related legislation passed by Congress, Nelson and numerous other working college students have been […]
May 7, 2020
African-American
You Matter: Essential Home Daycare Professionals During the COVID-19 Pandemic
As a former early childhood teacher and current associate professor of early childhood education, I am concerned, to put it mildly, about essential education professionals being overlooked or discounted in discussions and policies for P-12 teachers and brick and mortar schools. There are thousands of families depending on home daycare providers to teach and care for their children. I suspect the need has increased since this health pandemic, and those in dire need are families who live in poverty and the working poor, a disproportionate percentage of whom are Black and Latinx.
May 7, 2020
African-American
Student Parents Face Severe Housing and Food Insecurity, a New Report Finds
Student parents face severe housing and food insecurity, according to a new report from the Hope Center For College, Community, and Justice, a research center focused on college completion.
May 7, 2020
Home
New Department of Education Sexual Assault Investigation Rules Spark Controversy
The Department of Education on Wednesday issued much-awaited final regulations on how campuses must investigate sexual assault allegations, a development that generated criticism for its timing and content.
May 6, 2020
COVID-19
After COVID-19, Sharp Drop in Lowest-Income FAFSA Renewals for 2020-2021
New data shows there has been a sharp drop in FAFSA renewals from lowest-income students as well as overall for the 2020-2021 cycle compared with the year-ago period, suggesting the coronavirus pandemic might impact fall enrollments, said the National College Attainment Network, in a statement Wednesday. The network analyzed federal data showing FAFSA completions from […]
May 6, 2020
HBCUs
Several HBCUs Say They Need Additional Funding to Upgrade Technology for Online Shift
Several historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) this week said they need additional federal funding during the pandemic to bridge the digital divide their institutions’ students face and to shore up technology to conduct online classes, reported BroadbandBreakfast and the Montgomery Advertiser. At a discussion Monday, hosted by the Federal Communications Commission, many HBCU college […]
May 6, 2020
HBCUs
Saint Augustine’s to Form First HBCU Cycling Team
Saint Augustine’s University in Raleigh, North Carolina will become the first historically Black college or university (HBCU) to have its own competitive cycling team, reported the Atlanta Black Star. The coed team – coached by Augustine’s Umar Muhammad and Dr. Mark Janas – will compete at the club level in the Atlantic Conference, which is […]
May 6, 2020
COVID-19
U System of Georgia Denies Students Pass-Fail Option for Spring Semester
College students and parents have been asking the University System of Georgia Board of Regents to adopt an optional pass-fail grading system this spring semester in consideration of the disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The system’s answer, however, has been and remains a resolute “no,” according to USA Today. While many U.S. colleges and […]
May 6, 2020
Opinion
Three Considerations Concerning Art in Troubled Times
Art is therapy for our hurting souls. Art appeals to all that is real, ideal and sublime, the worst, best and wildest things in our imagination.
May 6, 2020
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