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The Minority Coach Roundup Week 6

This weekend was a tough one for minority head coaches in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). Out of the 14 coaches that had games only two won. In the game of the week (week 6) Derek Mason and Vanderbilt lost to the 2nd ranked University of Georgia. The game of week this week (week 7) […]

October 13, 2018

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Excelencia in Education Institute Brings Together Communities of Action for Latino Student Success

Being intentional about recruiting and serving Latino students, cultivating a familial community on campus and using data to implement and tailor student support initiatives were some of the strategies discussed during Excelencia in Education’s Accelerating Latino Student Success (ALASS) Institute on Friday.

October 12, 2018

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Prioritizing Diversity in Graduate Education

Issues in diversity and inclusion have swept the nation with many high-profile cases publicly playing out in colleges and universities across the country. While all agree that something must be done to enhance the diversity and equality of our nation’s schools, barriers persist when it comes to deciding on effective tactics and taking concrete actions — talk dominates while action stagnates.

October 12, 2018

Jack and Jill of America, Inc. Elects New President

Jack and Jill of America, Inc. has elected Danielle Brown as its 26th national president, according to a press release issued by the organization. As a child, she Brown was a member of Jack and Jill. As a mother, Brown joined the organization’s Alexandria Mount Vernon chapter in Virginia in 1998 and later moved to the Loudoun […]

October 12, 2018

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Analysis: ACICS-Accredited College Students Have Negative Outcomes

Students who attend schools approved by the Accrediting Council of Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) are twice as likely as their counterparts at other schools to end up with unmanageable debt, according to a Veterans Education Success analysis released Friday. About 70 percent will work jobs that pay no more than those worked by high […]

October 12, 2018

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Fraudulent For-Profits

Hundreds of thousands of veterans attend institutions of higher education with help from the GI Bill. These are benefits that veterans rightfully earn by virtue of service to our country. But their benefits are in danger from conniving, unaccredited for-profit colleges. Last year’s GI Bill update restored the benefits to veterans defrauded by two for-profit […]

October 12, 2018

More Retirees Study, Live on Campuses

When Barbara Lane and her husband relocated to the Berkshires from New York City, they didn’t envision a traditional retirement. “Ed and I have never seen ourselves as they kind of people who will move down to the warm weather and play bridge and tennis for the rest of our lives,” Lane said. “That was […]

October 12, 2018

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Oregon Vice Provost Heralds Online Advances

Ask Carol Gering about her greatest successes as executive director of e-learning and distance education at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and she’ll rattle off a half-dozen stories about students in seconds. Among them, a woman from Jordan who wants to open a fashion business in the Middle East and is taking UAF online classes […]

October 12, 2018

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A Jail Offers Help to Reintegrate Veterans

The McLennan County Jail has started a new program for our former troops. Creating Opportunity for Veterans through Education and Reintegration, or C.O.V.E.R as it’s called, is a program that seeks to help veteran inmates move toward the right path back into society. Inmates are selected for the program through an application process which includes […]

October 12, 2018

New Checklist Aims to Help Universities Improved Digital Offerings

Online learning is picking up speed in higher education as a college experience offering more flexibility and convenience for students and teachers alike, as well as opening doors to students who may not be able to attend classes on campus. However, not every online program may be up to par with traditional higher education offerings, […]

October 12, 2018

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5 Ways MOOC-Based Degrees Are Different

Online degrees are nothing new. Since the late 1990’s, a steady stream of online degree programs have entered the market, including many reputable options from top-tier schools. But in recent years a new type of online degree has emerged, born of partnerships between elite universities and the platforms that support MOOCs, such as Coursera, FutureLearn, […]

October 12, 2018

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Dartmouth Removes Murals Considered Racist, Sexist

Murals at Dartmouth College that negatively depict Native Americans will be removed from the school and placed in storage at the nearby Hood Museum, according to the New Hampshire Union Leader. The Hovey Murals are four painted scenes from the 1930’s depicting the college’s founding. They include scenes now considered racist and sexist. According to reports, the murals show undressed […]

October 12, 2018

New Dean of Simmons University Gwen Ifill College Stirs Controversy

The recent appointment of Dr. Brian Norman, a White man, as the dean of the Gwen Ifill College of Media, Arts, and the Humanities at Simmons University has created mixed opinions about whether he is the right person for the position. Ifill, a 1977 graduate of Simmons, was an African-American journalist and host of the […]

October 12, 2018

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Feminism, Womanism and Election 2018

As we stand a month away from the midterm elections, we do so as a record number of women of color are running for office. Congressional candidates like Rashida Tliab of Michigan, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, and Jahana Hayes of Connecticut. New Mexico’s Deb Haaland and Sharice Davids of Kansas are poised to become the first American Indian women ever elected to Congress. Their entry would come over 190 years after Hiram Revels of the Lumbee tribe was elected as the first African -American and first American Indian to enter the legislature.

October 12, 2018

Colin Kaepernick, Dave Chappelle and Others Receive Du Bois Medals at Harvard

Instead of taking a knee, Colin Kaepernick took home a prestigious award Thursday bestowed by Harvard University on those who’ve contributed greatly to African-American and African culture.

October 11, 2018

Report Highlights Why Minority Adults in California Leave College Before Earning Degree

Four million, or five percent of adults living in California aged 25-64 have left the state’s colleges and universities due to financial barriers, personal obligations and institutional roadblocks according to a new report.

October 11, 2018

NYU Program Preps Ph.D. Students for Tenure-Track Faculty Job Search

Maurice Shirley wanted the inside scoop on how to get a tenure-track teaching post in higher education, and the Faculty First Look program at New York University is giving him a big dose this week.

October 11, 2018

Understanding Transition

As business owners, we look for key talent to grow our organizations and stay competitive. Today, employers are faced with greater challenges in hiring and retaining talent and may be overlooking a unique and experienced workforce — the military veteran. Veterans bring tremendous skills, talents and experience to their civilian careers. While some of their […]

October 11, 2018

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