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What Are The Benefits Of Going To College While In The Military?

In the past, military personnel would waste a lot of their spare time doing stuff like reading magazines and playing card games in the barracks. Nowadays, this has changed. Currently, there are more uniformed men and women using their free time to educate themselves than ever before. There has been a lot of praise when […]

July 7, 2019

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Dr. Thomas Freeman Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award

The National Speech & Debate Association honored Dr. Thomas Freeman recently with a Lifetime Achievement Award at its 2019 National Speech & Debate Tournament in Dallas, Texas. Freeman was the debate coach at historically Black Texas Southern University for more than 60 years before retiring in 2013. He celebrated his 100th birthday on June 27.

July 7, 2019

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Culturally Responsive Graduation Ceremonies: Opportunities and Considerations for University Leaders

Many minoritized students participate in graduation ceremonies that are not reflective of their cultural heritage or social experience. Though many institutions provide culturally responsive graduation ceremonies (CRGCs), their legitimacy and relevance have been challenged in recent years.

July 5, 2019

Marquette Nursing Scholar New Head of International Sickle Cell Association

Sickle cell disease may not be a hot topic of discussion in health and medical circles, but it still affects many African-Americans – and Dr. Dora Clayton-Jones intends to raise awareness and put a spotlight on patient care and advocacy as the new president of the International Association of Sickle Cell Nurses and Professional Associates.

July 5, 2019

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Terrell Wins NASPA Regional Award for Diversity, Equity

Dr. Melvin C. Terrell, emeritus vice-president of student affairs at Northeastern Illinois University, has been selected a recipient of the 2019 Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Award for region III of the Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (NASPA). The award honors a senior student affairs professional or faculty member who has demonstrated a deep commitment […]

July 5, 2019

Alcorn State to Launch First Doctoral Program

Alcorn State University’s first doctoral program will launch in the fall. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) has accredited a doctoral program in nursing practice at the Mississippi HBCU. The new program will be offered as a full-time progression option to graduates of Alcorn State’s family nurse practitioner master’s program. […]

July 4, 2019

Woman Named First Black Chief Editor of Texas Law Journal

Kenesha Starling is the first African-American to be named editor-in-chief of the South Texas Law Review. In a written statement, Starling said she hopes her appointment will blaze a trail for other Black students to follow. “Our school has a rich and impressive history,” she said. “Our alumni are Texas Supreme Court justices, judges, U.S. […]

July 4, 2019

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UNCF Convening Helps HBCUs Prepare Students for Changing Workforce

A three-day convening by the United Negro College Fund has brought together HBCU presidents, faculty and students to explore the changing needs of a 21st century workplace in a broader context of systemic cultural and societal barriers.

July 3, 2019

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Shay Tatum Makes History At University of Houston-Downtown

Shay Tatum has been elected the first African-American female president of the University of Houston-Downtown Student Government Association. Tatum is a non-traditional student and is the youngest of seven daughters. She was motivated by those who told her that she could not do it or it would take too much time. “People don’t understand how […]

July 2, 2019

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Experts: More Strategy, Less Flailing Can Close Faculty Diversity Gaps

Cue the trombone for the “womp, womp, woooomp” findings of another study that indicates continuing underrepresentation of women, Blacks and Hispanics on college and university faculties across the nation.

July 2, 2019

Sale of Westminster Choir College to Chinese Company Canceled

The controversial sale of Westminster Choir College to Kaiwen Education, a Beijing-based for-profit company partly owned by the Chinese government, will not go forward. According to National Public Radio, Kaiwen Education, and Rider University, which has Princeton, N.J.-based WCC among its holdings, announced that they had “mutually agreed” to not go ahead with the sale. […]

July 2, 2019

A Summer Teaching Reflection: Can Black Faculty Afford to Curry Favor with our Students?

During the summer months, I spend time rethinking both my teaching methods and the learning goals I seek for my students. Usually my mind will rest upon occurrences from the classroom or discussions with students in my office. This summer, though, is different. My mind continues to be drawn back to a conversation I had with several White male professors.

July 2, 2019

Doctor Gives $8.8M to University of Arizona’s Tucson Medical College

The estate of Dr. Ronald K. Baker, an alumnus of the University of Arizona, has given $8.8 million to the school’s College of Medicine–Tucson, its largest endowed scholarship gift ever, according to the Arizona Daily Star. With $5.9 million of the gift, the college will establish the Ronald K. Baker, M.D., Scholarship Endowment to support […]

July 2, 2019

Claflin Latest HBCU to Use Tech Provider to Aid Online Students

Claflin University is the 11th and most recent historically Black college or university to partner with Texas-based education tech start-up Upswing to help their online students connect to support resources on campus. The collaboration will involve Upswing creating an engagement platform customized to fit the particular needs of students attending the New Orleans institution online. […]

July 2, 2019

Critical Questions about the Relationships among Viewpoint Diversity and Other Aspects of Diversity

Dr. Jamal Watson, executive editor of Diverse: Issues In Higher Education moderates a panel discussion on Viewpoint Diversity at the Heterodox Academy conference in New York City.

July 2, 2019

UAB Health System Responds To Possibility Of UnitedHealthcare Cutting Ties

The University of Alabama Birmingham Health System is responding to the possibility of UnitedHealthcare not renewing contracts with the system. According to UAB, following months of negotiations, the current contracts are set to expire on July 30 between UnitedHealthcare and several UAB Health System entities including: UAB Hospital The Kirklin Clinic of UAB Hospital UAB Medicine […]

July 1, 2019

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Savannah Technical College’s Surgical Technology Program Awarded 10-Year Accreditation

Savannah Technical College’s Surgical Technology program has been awarded continuing accreditation for 10 years by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, according to Savannah Technical College. STC’s Surgical Technology associate degree program offers the introduction, development and reinforcement of academic and technical knowledge, skills, and attitudes required to successfully work in the […]

July 1, 2019

Hahnemann Closes Trauma Center, Nurses Say Supplies In Short Supply At Hospital

Nurses organization requests state to appoint a temporary manager at hospital to ‘ensure patient safety.’ Read More

July 1, 2019

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