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Tiktok Is Giving 10 Colleges $10 Million To Boost Minorities in Health Care
If nothing else, 2020 has shown just how important health care workers and public health experts are. So, in an effort to show their support, TikTok is donating $10 million to 10 colleges serving underrepresented students. The video social network website made the announcement Wednesday, saying that each school would receive $1 million to support both undergraduate […]
December 21, 2020
News Roundup
Lubbock Christian U Receives $810,000 Gift For Scholarships, Faculty Development
Lubbock Christian University has received a $810,000 gift to fund student scholarships and faculty development from the estates of Bill and Mildred Crozier and Lewis Wayne Crozier, a family from the nearby city of Midland, Texas, reports KCBD 11 news. “The Crozier family’s significant investment into the students and faculty at Lubbock Christian University is […]
December 21, 2020
HBCUs
Omnibus Spending Deal Includes $1.3 Billion in Debt Relief for HBCUs
Several of Congresswoman Alma Adams’ (NC-12) equity-oriented higher education priorities are included in the FY21 Omnibus spending deal, including her bill, The HBCU Capital Finance Debt Relief Act, which cancels over $1.3 billion in debt held by historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). According to Adams’ office, the bill also includes “the largest expansion of […]
December 21, 2020
HBCUs
Missouri’s Lincoln University to Become First HBCU With Police Academy
Lincoln University will become the first historically Black college and university (HBCU) to house its own police academy next year, upon receiving Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s signature last week granting the university’s basic training center license, reports The Missouri Times. “At a time when law enforcement agencies are working to attract more diverse officers and […]
December 21, 2020
Community Colleges
Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Carbon Community College Receives $1M From Late Professor Emeritus
A beloved Lehigh Carbon Community College (LCCC) professor who died this year has left nearly $1 million for the college to use as scholarships for students in technology. Clifford F. Miller, who joined LCCC to teach mechanical technology in 1968, was among the first professors at the Pennsylvania college founded just two years prior. Miller […]
December 21, 2020
Opinion
When We Understand Microaggressions in the Broader Context of Systemic Racism, We’ll Make Some Progress
Many people have heard the word “microaggression,” but how many understand what it really means, or looks like?
December 21, 2020
Latinx
Stakeholders Call for Increased Support for HSIs Given Impact of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has continued to impact businesses, schools and daily life in a number of ways. It has also further exposed inequities that existed in society, given that a disproportionately high percentage of deaths related to COVID-19 in the U.S. have occurred among minority populations.
December 21, 2020
Faculty & Staff
UNC Greensboro’s Faculty Diversity Jumped in Five Years. How Did It Do It?
In the past five years alone, the University of North Carolina Greensboro (UNCG) has experienced a notable jump in faculty diversity for each ethnicity category, excluding White. How did it do it?
December 18, 2020
Native Americans
Institute of American Indian Arts Creates “Virtual Reservation” Exhibit
The Institute of American Indian Arts is now running the second of two virtual exhibits featuring seniors’ artwork, called “Virtual Reservation.” It’s a collaboration between faculty, IT staff and students using software from Ortelia Interactive, an Australian company.
December 18, 2020
Academics
Six Senior Military Colleges Receive $1.475 Million Each to Create Cybersecurity Institutes
The University of North Georgia (UNG) and the U.S.’s five other senior military colleges (SMCs) have each received approximately $1.475 million in federal funds to create cybersecurity institutes as pilot programs in fall 2020, according to a UNG press release. The funds come from a $10 million Department of Defense (DOD) appropriation to the National […]
December 18, 2020
Other News
$1 Million Initiative Seeks to Improve Service Experiences for Military Families of Color
The $1 million Blue Star Families’ Racial Equity Initiative seeks to improve the service experiences of military families of color, Military Times reported. The initiative will include aspects such as research and “a leadership training program to create a pipeline for the next generation of diverse leaders who want to work with private organizations supporting […]
December 18, 2020
Policy
Legislation Protecting Funding for Tribal Nations and Military School-Aged Children Made Into Law
The “Impact Aid Coronavirus Relief” Act, which secures education funding for tribal nations and military school-aged children throughout COVID-19, was signed into a law by President Donald Trump this month, Journal Inquirer reported. U.S. Rep. Joseph D. Courtney (D-CT) introduced the legislation in August, which was then passed by the House in October and Senate […]
December 18, 2020
Policy
Legislation Brings Update to Federal Diversity Training Programs
New legislation will require employees at the United States Department of Defense to participate in revamped diversity training programs, Vox reported. The introduction of the “Realizing Efforts for Military Equity, Diversity and Inclusion” (REMEDI) Act by Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) comes after President Donald Trump attempted to eliminate some diversity training programs within the federal government. Under the […]
December 18, 2020
News Roundup
Several North Carolina Fraternity Chapters Tied to Federal Drug Bust
Twenty-one people have been charged with dealing drugs on and around college campuses after a multi-year federal investigation uncovered a drug ring involving students at three North Carolina universities, CNN reported. U.S. Attorney Matthew Martin said that those arrested were accused of dealing drugs in and around the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Duke University […]
December 18, 2020
News Roundup
Joe Biden Nominates Rep. Deb Haaland as Secretary of the Interior
President-elect Joe Biden has nominated Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico to be United States Secretary of the Interior, NPR reported. As a member of the Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico, Haaland would become the first Native American to have a cabinet secretary role amid a Senate confirmation. Biden’s transition team described her as a […]
December 18, 2020
News Roundup
Former NSU Associate VP for Human Resources Sues School for Age and Sex-Based Discrimination
The city of Richmond’s interim director of human resources is suing Norfolk State University for age and sex-based discrimination and demanding a jury trial, The Virginian-Pilot reported. The Nov. 12 district court lawsuit was filed on behalf of Mona Adkins-Easley, 65, former NSU associate vice president for human resources, who became Richmond’s interim director in […]
December 18, 2020
News Roundup
University of Evansville Faculty Senate Votes “No Confidence” to Controversial Academic Plan
The University of Evansville’s Faculty Senate voted “no confidence” to a controversial draft plan that would remove 17 majors and a quarter of faculty, Courier & Press reported. The resolution passed 14-1 with one abstention. It now goes to a full faculty vote. The draft academic realignment plan, introduced by UE President Christopher Pietruszkiewicz, will […]
December 18, 2020
News Roundup
North Carolina Environmental Chief Michael S. Regan Tapped to Lead EPA
President-elect Joe Biden has picked North Carolina environmental chief Michael S. Regan as his Environmental Protection Agency head, News & Record reported. Regan – who has led North Carolina’s Department of Environmental Quality since 2017 – is known for “pursuing cleanups of industrial toxins and helping low-income and minority communities hit hardest by pollution,” News […]
December 18, 2020
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