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COVID Takes Challenge of Tracking Infectious College Students to New Level
As the return of college students to campuses has fueled as many as 3,000 COVID-19 cases a day, keeping track of them is a logistical nightmare for local health departments and colleges. Some students are putting down their home addresses instead of their college ones on their COVID testing forms — slowing the transfer of case […]
October 12, 2020
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GILLIAN MCKNIGHT-TUTEIN
GILLIAN MCKNIGHT-TUTEIN has been appointed vice president for enrollment administration and student success at the Community College of Denver. Previously vice president of academic and student affairs and senior academic officer for Front Range Community College, McKnightTutein holds a bachelor’s from Florida International University, as well as a master’s and a doctorate from Nova Southeastern University.
October 12, 2020
COVID-19
Ithaca College Announces 130 Faculty Layoffs Due to Low Enrollment
Ithaca College recently announced that it will have to cut approximately 130 faculty jobs due to low enrollment, according to The Ithaca Voice. The school’s provost, Dr. La Jerne Cornish made the announcement, including an estimation that the college would only need 415 of its current 547 faculty members and that the school has to […]
October 12, 2020
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to Donate $15 Million to HBCUs
In partnership with The Just Project, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will make a $15 million investment to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) as part of its COVID-19 response. Among the more than 100 HBCUs in The Just Project, 29 schools are collaborating to increase access to COVID-19 diagnostic testing for campuses and […]
October 12, 2020
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Youngstown State University Faculty Strike Over Contract Dispute
Faculty members at Youngstown State University have gone on strike to potentially reach a new three-year contract with the school reported cleveland.com The three-year deal did not offer any pay increases in the first year. However, there were increases of 1% in the second year and 2% in the third year, according to university officials. […]
October 12, 2020
COVID-19
University of Missouri-Columbia Students Reported Cheating Online
More than 150 University of Missouri-Columbia students have been caught using group chats to cheat on exams since the coronavirus pandemic forced schools to retreat to remote learning, reported The Associated Press. According to university spokeswoman Liz McCune, the school identified three cheating incidents that each involved more than 50 students — which occurred once […]
October 12, 2020
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TISHA D. ARNOLD
TISHA D. ARNOLD has been named director of communications at Grambling State University in Louisiana. She is a graduate of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) and previously served as a public information officer for UAPB.
October 12, 2020
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ROBERT T. MUHAMMAD
ROBERT T. MUHAMMAD has been named director of financial aid at Howard University. Most recently director of the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid at Winston-Salem State University, Muhammad holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and a master’s degree in business administration from Winston-Salem State University.
October 12, 2020
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Higher Ed Institutions Step Up to Support Veteran, ROTC Students
Amid the changes necessary to adapt to a new normal of all-virtual or hybrid instruction given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, higher ed institutions are stepping up to meet the unique needs of student veterans. Christopher Rhone, coordinator of veteran affairs at Howard University, says Howard is providing increased online assistance for veterans via platforms like […]
October 11, 2020
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Higher Ed Institutions Step Up to Support Veteran, ROTC Students
Amid the changes necessary to adapt to a new normal of all-virtual or hybrid instruction given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, higher ed institutions are stepping up to meet the unique needs of student veterans.
October 11, 2020
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Harvard Business School Launches Action Plan for Racial Equity
Harvard Business School – long critiqued for its lack of minority representation – launched an action plan for racial equity on Sept. 23, as universities across the country engage in an ongoing national reckoning with racism.
October 9, 2020
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George Military College Partners With Salvation Army to Offer Local Community Internet Access
In partnership with the Salvation Army, Georgia Military College plans to address the lack of technological resources available within the Milledgeville community, according to WMGT. Five computers were installed in the local Salvation Army store for both students in the center’s after school program and adults to access internet. “We envision the use of computers […]
October 9, 2020
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JERMAINE ROLLE
JERMAINE ROLLE has been appointed deputy director of athletics at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Most recently associate director of athletics for compliance and student life at Minot State University in North Dakota, Rolle holds a bachelor’sin psychology from the University of South Florida and a master’s in sports psychology from Barry University in Miami.
October 9, 2020
Academics
University of Toledo Receives $3 Million from U.S. Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense donated $3 million to the University of Toledo (UT), according to the Blade. The grant will go towards the Networking Urban Resources with Teachers and University to enrich Early Childhood Science (NURTURES) program, which focuses on improving young children’s education within the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) field. […]
October 9, 2020
COVID-19
University of Delaware Employees Taking a 5% Pay Cut
Non-union employees at the University of Delaware will have to take a 5% pay cut for the remainder of the fiscal year, due to the school’s projected $250 million financial deficit brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, reported The Delaware News Journal. To compensate for the financial deficit projection, the pay cut will come in […]
October 9, 2020
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University of North Carolina Ashville Placed on Lockdown After Threats
The University of North Carolina Asheville was placed on lockdown Friday, after direct threats were made to several university offices, according to Asheville Citizen Times. On Friday, several offices at the university received a direct from an unidentified individual demanding to paint over an on-campus Black Lives Matter mural, according to university officials. State and […]
October 9, 2020
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Houston Rapper Travis Scott Offers to Pay Tuition for 5 HBCU Students
Houston Rapper Travis Scott offered to pay the tuition of five students that currently attend historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), reported Click2Houston.com. Scott said he plans to cover tuition for the students’ first semesters. His announcement on Twitter said, “Why not?” The tweet went viral on social media. He also revealed that his mother […]
October 9, 2020
African-American
Mellody Hobson to Establish New Residence College at Alma Mater, Princeton University
Mellody Hobson and the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation have made the lead gift to establish a new residential college at Princeton University in 2023, according to officials at Princeton University. The Hobson College will be the first residential college at Princeton named for a Black woman and will be constructed on the site of First College, […]
October 9, 2020
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