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Academics
For-Profit Virginia College Closing 2 Louisiana Campuses
Virginia College is closing both of its Louisiana locations next year, part of a plan by the parent company of the for-profit college to shut down 26 campuses across the nation. Along with the previously reported Cortana Mall location, which is set to shut down on July 1, the Shreveport-Bossier City campus will close a […]
September 14, 2018
HBCUs
A Little Advice With a Big Impact for College Students and Graduates
It’s never too early to start making plans to acquire a job after graduation. For college grads to have success in today’s job market, they must do more than just earn a degree; they must prepare —over their entire college years.
September 14, 2018
Military
ASALH Conference Explores Role of African-Americans in Times of War
Thousands of historians, public school teachers and others committed to learning about the role of African Americans in times of war will gather at the 103rd Annual Meeting and Conference of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) in Indianapolis next month.
September 14, 2018
News Roundup
Report: Alabama Colleges are Successfully Preparing Future Teachers
The Alabama State Department of Education distributed report cards for the state’s colleges and universities that train future teachers and officials are impressed with how well-prepared public school teachers are. These are the first report cards issued by the state since 2009. Colleges and universities didn’t receive letter grades on the report cards, but received […]
September 14, 2018
Students
APLU, USU Provides Grants to Eight Schools to Promote Community-University Partnerships
The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and Coalition of Urban Serving Universities (USU) have announced grants to eight public universities supporting the piloting and scaling of university-community partnerships focused on advancing student success. The Collaborative Opportunity Grants are part of an effort by public universities to develop new strategies to improve student success. […]
September 14, 2018
News Roundup
Court Rules Against DeVos in Loan Forgiveness Case
U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ move to delay Obama-era protections for students defrauded by for-profit colleges has been dealt a setback by a federal judge who called her actions “arbitrary and capricious,” according to a CBS News report. In a lawsuit filed by Democratic attorneys general from 19 states and the District of Columbia and […]
September 14, 2018
Latest News
Panelists at CBCF Slam White House Education Policies
WASHINGTON – Trump administration education policies are hostile to civil rights and are intentionally dismantling protections intended to help students, and the efforts must be countered by voting and other civic involvement.
September 13, 2018
Latest News
Conversations Continue on the State of Free College
As conversations continue about the benefits and challenges surrounding free college programs throughout the nation, institutions, states and the federal government have an opportunity to improve college affordability and move towards equitable free college programs, according to education policy experts and college completion leaders featured on “The State of Free College” panel hosted by the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP).
September 13, 2018
Opinion
Research Design Flaws Identified in Study Suggesting That Chief Diversity Officers “Hurt” Diversity
Last week, numerous media outlets highlighted a working paper submitted to the National Bureau of Economic Research contending that Chief Diversity Officers have no influence on faculty diversification and that their presence inversely influences the diversity of tenured faculty. The articles were widely shared in social media and received a visceral response from diversity experts who questioned the motivation for the study, analytic approach, its theoretical underpinnings, and interpretation of the results.
September 13, 2018
African-American
Scholars Believe Supreme Court Likely to End Affirmative Action with Kavanaugh
Scholars from coast to coast expect the Senate Judiciary Committee to confirm Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh – and they expect him to help end affirmative action by ruling against it in cases that reach the high court.
September 13, 2018
Sports
Family of Late UMD Football Player File Possible Lawsuit Notice
Parents of the late University of Maryland (UMD) football athlete Jordan McNair, who collapsed during a May preseason practice and died of heatstroke two weeks later, have sent a notice to Maryland officials, saying they might sue. After McNair collapsed, Maryland’s athletic training staff didn’t monitor his temperature or overall health through a popular cold-water […]
September 13, 2018
African-American
Black Smith College Student Says Trauma is Ongoing After Police Were Contacted Because She Reportedly Looked Out of Place on Campus
Oumou Kanoute, a Smith College student, spoke to Refinery29 about her ongoing emotional trauma stemming from a July incident involving campus police. An employee of the Massachusetts-based college reportedly called police on Kanoute, because she looked out of place as she was eating and using her iPad in a campus dining hall. As a result Kanoute, […]
September 13, 2018
News Roundup
$50 Million Commitment Fuels Detroit Cradle-Career Partnership
A $50 million commitment from the Kresge Foundation is propelling an all new cradle-to-career education collaborative that will benefit some 1,000 students in a Detroit neighborhood. Beginning in 2019, the P-20 Partnership will benefit children in Livernoise-McNichols, a Detroit district undergoing revitalization. The foundation collaborated with the University of Michigan, Detroit Public Schools Community District, Starfish […]
September 13, 2018
Blogs/Opinion
A 9/11 Reflection
9/11 is a tragedy. Many have served and responded in diverse ways since the unspeakable event on 9/11/01. There have been many lives lost on Ground Zero and other places around the world as a result of 9/11. I served the tragedy by leaving the monastery as a Dominican Friar Monk and returned to the […]
September 13, 2018
Academics
U.S. Air Force Reservist Becomes First Female F35A Lightning II Pilot
Colonel Regina Sabric, callsign “Torch”, of Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania has become the first female Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force Reserve. Col. Sabric is also commander of the 419th Fighter Wing at Hill AFB in Utah, a unit she assumed command of in April of 2018. Col. Sabric […]
September 13, 2018
Veterans
Wounded Warrior Reenlists at 30-feet Underwater
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama – A Redstone Arsenal Soldier, combat veteran and Wounded Warrior with U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command, reenlisted 30 feet underwater at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville, Alabama, Aug. 31. U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael Brown, currently serving as the aide to USASMDC/ARSTRAT command sergeant major, was […]
September 13, 2018
Academics
‘Social Mobility’ Factor Added to College Ranking Process
US News and World Report has made a change to its annual rankings of America’s colleges and universities. The 2019 college ranking will include two measures of “social mobility” based on graduation rates for the recipients of Pell Grants. Pell Grants are funded by the Department of Education and are intended to make college more […]
September 13, 2018
Policy
New Maine Law Eases Vets Path to Become LPNs
In a rare example of bipartisanship, a Democratic lawmaker teamed up with Gov. Paul LePage to pass a bill that allows returning military veterans with nursing experience to bypass state education requirements and immediately take the state exam to become licensed practical nurses. Rep. Jared Golden, D-Lewiston, a former Marine, said he’s been working to […]
September 13, 2018
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