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National Campus Leadership Council Appoints New Executive Director

The National Campus Leadership Council (NCLC), which works to strengthen student leadership in higher education, appointed Sarah Schultz as its executive director, citing her as a “talented leader in the higher education nonprofit space.” Most recently, Schultz served as deputy executive director of Young Invincibles, a national research and advocacy organization that works to broaden […]

January 30, 2020

Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions Offers New Internship Program

The Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) has created a new internship program for master’s students in all disciplines who are seeking research and administrative experience. The John Smartt Summer Scholars Program, named in honor of the philanthropist John Smartt, will provide the opportunity for interns to work on-site in New Brunswick, New Jersey […]

January 30, 2020

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Wake Forest Commemorates 50th Anniversary of Integrating Residence Halls

Wake Forest University will commemorate the 50th anniversary of integrating its women’s residence halls this weekend. To memorialize the anniversary, Beth Norbrey Hopkins and Deborah Graves McFarlane, the first two African-American women to live on campus, will speak openly about their experiences of living in the residence halls. Alongside them, Awilda Neal, Linda Holiday and […]

January 30, 2020

New Study Analyzes Value of Associate Degrees and Certificates

A new study from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce found that a student’s academic discipline within certificate and associate degree programs influences future income earnings.

January 29, 2020

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How Colleges Are Making Work-Study Programs More Equitable

A lot of students work to pay for college, many through work-study programs. The problem is work-study jobs often involve little professional development to help students prepare for future careers. But what if work-study wasn’t just about paying for college? What if it was a more intentional part of a student’s education?

January 29, 2020

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Morehouse Receives One Million to Fund King Chapel and Endowed Chair

Philanthropists Ken and Kathryn Chenault have donated $1 million to Morehouse College, half of which will support the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel Restoration Project and half of which will continue funding for the Dr. Hortenius Chenault Endowed Chair in Math and Science. Named after Chenault’s father who was an alumnus of Morehouse, the […]

January 29, 2020

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Dr. Curtis D. Byrd Appointed Special Adviser to Provost at Georgia State University

Dr. Curtis D. Byrd has been named the Special Adviser to the Provost at Georgia State University. An expert on diversity, equity and inclusion in higher education, Byrd most recently served as research associate and consultant for the HBCU STEM Undergraduate Success Center at Morehouse College. He has also held other administrative posts, including Assistant […]

January 29, 2020

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2020 Emerging Scholars: Dr. Que-Lam Huynh

Studying issues of ethnic minority identity and marginalization comes naturally to Dr. Que-Lam Huynh, associate professor in the department of psychology at California State University, Northridge (CSUN). She remembers what it felt like to be an 11-year-old refugee from Vietnam thrust into a new life.

January 29, 2020

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Southern HBCUs Get $50 million from Atlanta Energy Firm

An Atlanta-based energy firm, Southern Co., has announced a $50 million scholarship and training initiative for students of several southern historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The multi-year initiative will benefit students attending HBCUs in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. The first round of allocations is expected to be awarded in time […]

January 29, 2020

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NASPA Study Analyzes Services for Students Accused of Sexual Misconduct

In partnership with the University of Kentucky College of Education, Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (NASPA) created a study to analyze current higher education services for students accused of sexual misconduct.

January 28, 2020

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Grand Valley State Suspends Coach After Hitler Comment

Grand Valley State University has suspended its new offensive coordinator, Morris Berger, as it investigates comments he made to the school newspaper. According to ESPN, after a student journalist asked him which three historical figures he would like to have dinner with, Berger listed Adolf Hitler as one of his choices, citing Hitler’s ability to […]

January 28, 2020

Study Finds GPA Stronger Than ACT in Predicting College Success

Contrary to popular belief, students’ high school grade point averages are five times stronger than ACT scores at predicting college graduation. That’s according to a new study published in Educational Researcher. Conducted by the University of Chicago’s Dr. Elaine M. Allensworth and Kallie Clark, the study examined 55,083 students who graduated from the Chicago public […]

January 28, 2020

University of North Dakota to Start Online Doctoral Program in Indigenous Health

The University of North Dakota is planning to start an online doctoral program in indigenous health. The new program, which is expected to launch this fall, will build on and be linked to two programs the university already offers: Indians Into Medicine and a Master of Public Health. Instruction for the program will be delivered […]

January 28, 2020

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GWU Board Task Force to Reflect on ‘Colonial’ Moniker

A group of student leaders at George Washington University (GWU) has succeeded in persuading the institution’s board of trustees to reflect on the term “colonial,” a nickname for the D.C.-based institution, and one which is used in its merchandise, programs and other literature. Some students have argued that the “colonial” moniker is a poor reflection […]

January 28, 2020

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Maybe UC Needs an Adjunct President?

The University of California is looking for a new president. UC is hosting town halls around the state looking for input. As a public service, here is my input: I hope the search committee realizes that someone with an adjunct’s qualities would be worthy of being on any list to lead the world’s finest public institution of higher learning.

January 28, 2020

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2020 Emerging Scholars: Dr. Nicholas D. Hartlep

Dr. Nicholas D. Hartlep’s long list of publications tells the remarkable story of a productive scholar. With 22 books under his belt, including his latest — Racial Battle Fatigue in Faculty: Perspectives and Lessons in Higher Education, co-edited with Dr. Daisy Ball — Hartlep is intent on lending his voice to the national discourse surrounding the plight of education in America.

January 28, 2020

2020 Emerging Scholars: Dr. Yomaira Figueroa

Raised in Hoboken, New Jersey, Dr. Yomaira Figueroa is a first-generation high school and college graduate. Now an assistant professor of global diaspora studies at Michigan State University, she finds the cultural shift in academia encouraging as more first-generation students continue their education and become professors.

January 28, 2020

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George Soros Donates $1B for Global University Initiative

Billionaire financier and philanthropist George Soros has announced that he is donating $1 billion for a new global university network that will support and train students, especially underrepresented populations, worldwide, to build more open societies where “free expression” and a “diversity of beliefs” become the norm.

January 27, 2020