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African-American
NAACP President to Leave Office as Group Undertakes Changes
WASHINGTON — NAACP President Cornell William Brooks will not be returning as the leader of the nation’s oldest civil rights organization after his contract expires this summer, officials said Friday. Brooks has been the NAACP’s leader since 2014 but will not be kept on past June 30, the end of his current term. NAACP Board […]
May 21, 2017
Leadership & Policy
3 African Americans Selected to Lead Community Colleges in N.Y.
Three African Americans were recently appointed to lead three community colleges in the state of New York. The State University of New York (SUNY) Board of Trustees, along with the boards of Jefferson, Rockland, and Tompkins Cortland community colleges boards named Drs. Ty A. Stone, Michael A. Baston and Orinthia T. Montague to these top […]
May 21, 2017
Academics
Florida Will Credit Military Training in Licensing Guards
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam H. Putnam announced today that Florida veterans will now receive credit for relevant military training or education when applying for private investigator and security guard licenses with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. “The men and women who have served and sacrificed for our country […]
May 19, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
New Reality: Where College Is Free
Three states and one city have enacted measures in the past two years. And lawmakers in several other places across the country are considering similar programs. More than 30,000 Tennesseans and 7,000 Oregonians have gone to community college tuition free already. Students in New York and San Francisco are set to start on the same […]
May 19, 2017
Other News
Study: What Students Prefer in Digital Learning
According to the “Speak Up 2016 Research Project for Digital Learning” report from Project Tomorrow, 56% of students report using technology to learn outside of school more often than at school. The report, which details student digital learning habits and preferences, also shows rising student demand for a wider variety of online course and subject […]
May 19, 2017
Academics
Vanderbilt’s Peabody College to Start Online Studies
NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 12, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of education and human development is now accepting applications for Peabody Online, the first online graduate and doctoral degree offerings from top-ranked Peabody College. The university is offering a Master of Education (M.Ed.) in human development counseling with a specialization in school counseling, and […]
May 19, 2017
Other News
Why Donald Graham Sold Kaplan for $1
There are many unanswered questions about the unprecedented sale of Kaplan University, a for-profit institution with several online programs but falling enrollments, to Purdue University, one of the top public universities in the nation. To try to get some answers, EdSurge recently sat down with Donald Graham, chairman of Graham Holdings Company, the group that […]
May 19, 2017
Other News
Navy: Tuition Aid Available
MAY 18, 2017, PENSACOLA, Fla. (NNS) – For service members interested in pursuing or continuing their education while on active duty, Navy tuition assistance (TA) is designed to help. “Two of the questions we get asked most often are ‘How do I get started with my education?’ and ‘How do I pay for it?’,” said […]
May 19, 2017
Other News
Minority-Serving Institutions Ask Congress to Bolster Pell Grant
The presidents and chancellors of 10 minority-serving institutions called on members of Congress to strengthen federal investment in the Pell Grant program, in a letter released on Wednesday afternoon. “The Federal Pell Grant program is the foundation of student aid for higher education, and it is a critical part of ensuring the American Dream is […]
May 19, 2017
Other News
Chan Zuckerberg, College Board Partner for College Access
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), the charity created by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, to give away their billions, is about to cut loose with an undisclosed amount of cash to get millions more students into college. On Tuesday it announces a two-year partnership with The College Board to expand access […]
May 19, 2017
Students
LGBTQ Group at Fordham Says No to Chick-fil-A
Fordham University — one of America’s oldest Jesuit institutions — has rejected a proposal to build a Chick-fil-A on its campus in protest of comments made by Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy about same-sex marriage.
May 18, 2017
African-American
Experts See Early STEM Exposure as Key to Fortifying Cybersecurity
If students were exposed to STEM earlier in life, the nation’s cybersecurity could be improved, a U.S. Congresswoman said Thursday at a forum called “Defending The Web.”
May 18, 2017
Students
Hartle: Trump Education Budget an ‘Assault on College Affordability’
If a news report on a preliminary draft of the Trump administration’s proposed education budget is accurate, the budget represents a “historic assault on college affordability,” says a senior executive for the American Council on Education.
May 18, 2017
Students
Advocates: Utah Sexual Assault Bill Could Harm Victims
SALT LAKE CITY — A Republican state representative is proposing legislation to require that Utah colleges give immunity to sexual assault victims for conduct code violations related to alcohol and drugs and allow school officials to report serious assaults to police. But a sexual assault survivor and an advocacy group are pushing back against […]
May 18, 2017
Asian American Pacific Islander
Yale Dean Placed on Leave Over Offensive Yelp Reviews
HARTFORD, Conn. — A Yale University dean has been placed on leave over offensive reviews she made on Yelp, including one in which she refers to customers of a local restaurant as “white trash.” Pierson College Dean June Chu issued a public apology Saturday after reviews from her personal Yelp account began circulating at […]
May 18, 2017
Students
Some Notre Dame Students Plan to Walk Out During Pence Speech
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — A University of Notre Dame student says he and some others plan to protest Vice President Mike Pence’s Sunday commencement address at the school by walking out on the speech. Protest organizer Bryan Ricketts tells the South Bend Tribune he expects 50 to 100 fellow graduating students to silently leave just […]
May 18, 2017
Students
Israeli University Department Criticized for Nixing Anthem
JERUSALEM — An Israeli university department’s decision not to play the national anthem at a graduation ceremony on Thursday has sparked outrage from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. A Hebrew University of Jerusalem spokesman confirmed an Army Radio report that the Humanities Faculty will not play the anthem at the event “out of consideration” for […]
May 18, 2017
Leadership & Policy
UC Regents Commit to Audit Recommendations, Praise Napolitano
SAN FRANCISCO — The University of California Board of Regents vowed to implement audit recommendations to improve the budgeting practices of the president’s office following a stinging state audit, but took pains to praise President Janet Napolitano and even question the report’s findings. State Auditor Elaine Howle briefed the UC Board of Regents Thursday on […]
May 18, 2017
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