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Army Reassures Nervous Teenagers After Draft Scam
Scammers frequently say they’re with the IRS or local police agencies, but they took a new fake identity as tensions rose with Iran this month: the Selective Service Administration. Hundreds of young people across America got the bogus text message sent to their phones telling them they’d been drafted for military service, the Army said […]
January 10, 2020
Other News
Augusta University Incentivizes Troops to Become Teachers
AUGUSTA, GA (WRDW/WAGT) — A program at Augusta University is teaching military service members to serve in a new way. It’s called Troops to Teachers and it benefits more than just the students. Amanda Woods says she went to boot camp right after she finished high school. But after making the transition to teaching sixth […]
January 10, 2020
Other News
A More Inclusive Military
Crowned Ms. Veteran Delmarva 2020 in September, Master Sgt. Jewell Robinson has set her eyes on a goal that goes beyond sparkles and a sash.
January 10, 2020
Students
Guardian Ninjas of Integrity (And How We Got There)
We teach at Western Governors University (WGU) which has over 110,000 students from every state in the country. Recently, we were part of a student conduct board hearing with a student who allegedly plagiarized four papers. Ava (we’ll call her to protect her identity), was an English Language Learner who was born outside of the U.S.
January 9, 2020
Community Colleges
Scholars Discuss Pedagogy and Community College Jobs at MLA Convention
The first day of the 2020 Modern Language Association Convention was a smorgasbord of hands-on professional development workshops, deep-dive literary lectures, small group discussions and panels on the academy. But it also showed the association dipping its toe into relatively new waters, with an emerging emphasis on pedagogy and the humanities at community colleges.
January 9, 2020
African-American
Study: Black and Latino Students Often Left out of Advanced Coursework
Whether it’s lack of resources or lack of opportunity, a study from The Education Trust finds that Black and Latino students across the country are being denied valuable educational opportunities.
January 9, 2020
Students
American Association of State Colleges and Universities Receives $2.5M Grant
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation awarded the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) a $2.5 million grant in order to increase student success. AASCU has around 400 public colleges and university members and is one of 12 organizations to receive the foundation’s Intermediaries for Scale grant. Through the grant, AASCU aims to […]
January 9, 2020
Students
APLU Receives $2.5M Grant to Aid Student Success
The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) received a $2.5 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to help break down higher education barriers for students. Under the foundation’s Intermediaries for Scale two-year grant, only 12 organizations were awarded the funding out of 200 applicants. APLU will launch the Powered by Publics: […]
January 9, 2020
HBCUs
Morgan State Considering Osteopathic Medical School
Morgan State University President Dr. David A. Wilson will consider adding a College of Osteopathic Medicine through a partnership with Salud Education, LLC, a company which has experience working with seven medical colleges in the U.S. and internationally. If the Board of Regents and Wilson approve of the agreement and other details of the partnership, […]
January 9, 2020
Faculty & Staff
New Chair of Theater at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee Aims to Increase Opportunities for Women in the Industry
Patsy Collins Bandes was named chair of theater at Boston Conservatory at Berklee. She now has plans to make diversity a central part of her work.
January 8, 2020
STEM
How Can STEM Fellowships Evaluate Applicants More Equitably?
How can STEM fellowships make their evaluation processes more equitable. Dr. Joyce Yen, director of the University of Washington’s ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change, has some ideas.
January 8, 2020
Community Colleges
Stepping Away from the Brink: Part VI: Community Colleges and their Important Role in a More Equitable World
As the holiday season has quickly come and gone, we resume our “Stepping Away from the Brink” series and have shifted our emphasis to the important role Community Colleges play in the upward mobility for low-income families and communities of color.
January 8, 2020
News Roundup
Tuskegee University President Takes Temporary Medical Leave
Tuskegee University President Dr. Lily D. McNair is taking a medical leave of absence for an undisclosed health issue, according to a statement released by the university’s board of trustees. McNair will step away from the presidency on Jan. 15 and will be away for most of the Spring 2020 semester. “Life sometimes presents us […]
January 8, 2020
Community Colleges
Walsh College Becomes First Institution to Partner with Detroit Promise
Walsh College announced a partnership with Detroit Promise to offer an opportunity for community college students to complete a four-year degree tuition-free. This is the first institution to collaborate with Detroit Promise, which covers tuition after financial aid at either a community college or four-year university. In order to qualify for the promise program, students […]
January 8, 2020
Students
African Methodist Episcopal Church Forgives Morris Brown College’s $4M Debt
Over $4 million in debt owed by Morris Brown College was forgiven by the Executive Committee of the General Board of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. However, Morris Brown College agreed to create a $1.5 million scholarship for AME members. Morris Brown College lost its accreditation in 2002 but has continued […]
January 8, 2020
Students
University of New Haven Partners With New Haven Promise to Offer More Scholarships
The University of New Haven recently partnered with New Haven Promise to provide students an extended opportunity to attend college at a lower cost.
January 7, 2020
Students
One Small Liberal Arts College is Showing The World How Higher Education Should Evolve
It is hard to recall a time in my life filled with more cynicism than the one we are in today. If you want to believe that as a country, we can’t do better, stop reading now. Because I want to tell you a pretty cool story that reminds us that individuals and institutions can do good.
January 7, 2020
News Roundup
College Freshman Elected as Local Council Member
Chris Kalcich, a first-year studio art and painting student at Susquehanna University, became the youngest person to be elected as Selinsgrove borough council member at the age of 18. He first joined the Snyder County Democratic Committee while he was a senior at Selinsgrove High School in Pennsylvania. Throughout his high school career, Kalcich was […]
January 7, 2020
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