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Webinar Analyzes Prior-Learning Assessments’ Impact on Adult Student Outcomes
Using firsthand accounts of student experiences and input from higher education leaders, Lumina Foundation’s webinar on Thursday noted the impact of prior-learning assessments (PLA) on adult student outcomes. Read More
December 14, 2020
Other News
How Two-Year Colleges Can Mitigate Student Enrollment Declines
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect the higher education sector, concerns arise around enrollment rates. More specifically, at community colleges. Read More
December 14, 2020
News Roundup
Utah State University Board Independent Investigator to Review President’s Statements
Utah State University’s Board of Trustees will have an independent investigator review student-athlete concerns alleging discriminatory statements made by USU President Dr. Noelle Cockett, Deseret News reported. “The players’ statement did not provide details about what was said. As a result, we will be working with an independent investigator to understand what was said during […]
December 14, 2020
COVID-19
Survey Seeks to Compile Noncredit Training Options
A survey on workforce development is compiling a list of noncredit occupational training options in the U.S., Public News Service reported. The survey is being conducted through a partnership between Opportunity America, Lumina Foundation and Wilder Research. The survey results will be crucial to economic recovery, given that most people want to return to work […]
December 14, 2020
Other News
Virtual Panel Urges Student Debt Cancellation, Calling it a Racial Justice Issue Too
Cancelling student debt isn’t just an economic issue but a racial justice one too, argued higher education leaders and policy makers in a Thursday virtual panel hosted by the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) and the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People). Read More
December 14, 2020
Students
Winston-Salem State University Raises Almost $3.4 Million for Need-Based Scholarships
Winston-Salem State University has raised nearly $3.4 million for student scholarships, surpassing the $2 million goal of its Million Dollar Match funding campaign, according to university officials. Winston-Salem couple Anna Reilly and Matt Cullinan agreed to match donations for need-based student scholarships between February 2019 and April 2020. They ultimately matched $1.7 million. “We were […]
December 14, 2020
African-American
Senate Passes Bill Bolstering HBCU Participation in Federal Programs
The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that requiring agencies to submit plans on bolstering the capacity of historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to participate in federal programs and initiatives, sending the proposal to the President’s desk. The president is expected to sign the bill. The bill, the HBCU Propelling Agency Relationships Towards a […]
December 14, 2020
LGBTQ+
Deb Price, Pioneer Gay Life Columnist, Dead at 62
Deborah Jane Price – the U.S.’s first mainstream lesbian columnist who wrote about gay life – died at 62 on Nov. 20, the New York Times reported. Price wrote about high-profile LGBTQ+ issues but also the nuances of everyday gay life. Price – born Feb. 27, 1958, in Lubbock, Texas – died from interstitial pneumonitis. […]
December 11, 2020
Other News
Decision to Relocate Gen. “Stonewall” Jackson Statue to Civil War Museum Prompts Mixed Reaction
The Virginia Military Institute (VMI) is relocating a statue of Confederate Gen. “Stonewall” Jackson from its campus to another VMI property, the Virginia Museum of the Civil War. The statue and pedestal were recently removed from the front of campus student barracks and will be placed in the Civil War museum in the coming months […]
December 11, 2020
Veterans
Webster Alumnus Nominated to Become First Black Secretary of Defense
Webster University lauded the selection of one its most high profile alumni, who was nominated this week by President-elect Joseph Biden to be the next Secretary of Defense. If approved, Retired Gen. Lloyd Austin III, a Webster University alumnus, would be the first Black man to serve as Secretary of Defense in the United States. […]
December 11, 2020
Sports
Former HBCU Athletes Sue NCAA for Disproportionate Discrimination
A group of former HBCU athletes is suing the NCAA, “claiming academic standards and subsequent penalties for not meeting them disproportionately discriminates against black athletes and universities,” HBCU Sports reported. The 58-page Thursday lawsuit demanded that the Academic Progress Rate (APR) – a metric to indicate student athletes’ and team’s academic success – be abolished, […]
December 11, 2020
STEM
Dominion Energy Commits $25 Million in Grants for STEM at HBCUs
Dominion Energy is committing $25 million in grants to support science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), Power Engineering reported. Using a $6 million Dominion grant, Virginia Union University will endow a STEM studies program. The school will establish a Dominion Energy Scholars scholarship program, finish its Huntley […]
December 11, 2020
Latest News
Decision to Relocate Gen. “Stonewall” Jackson Statue to Civil War Museum Prompts Mixed Reaction
The Virginia Military Institute (VMI) is relocating a statue of Confederate Gen. “Stonewall” Jackson from its campus to another VMI property, the Virginia Museum of the Civil War.
December 11, 2020
Latest News
Report: Universities With More Racial Segregation by Major Graduate Fewer Black Students Into High-Paying Fields
While campuses are growing more diverse, minorities tend to be concentrated within certain majors rather than integrated across fields of study, according to a report by the Urban Institute, a public policy think tank.
December 11, 2020
COVID-19
U of Minnesota Might Borrow $82M to Cover COVID-19 Budget Deficit
Projecting a $166 million budget deficit brought on by COVID-19, The University of Minnesota might borrow as much as $82 million to cover lost athletic and housing revenue, reports the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. University administrators pitched the proposal to the Board of Regents on Thursday, and the regents plan to vote on the proposal […]
December 11, 2020
Other News
Job Preferences to be Given to Veterans in South Carolina
As part of a new regulation in South Carolina, United States Armed Forces veterans who were “honorably discharged” will take priority in certain job applications across the state, according to WAVY-TV. During the hiring process for higher education institutions and government agencies, one eligible veteran must be interviewed for every available full-time position posted. Beginning in 2021, to […]
December 11, 2020
Academics
Webinar Analyzes Prior-Learning Assessments’ Impact on Adult Student Outcomes
Using firsthand accounts of student experiences and input from higher education leaders, Lumina Foundation’s webinar on Thursday noted the impact of prior-learning assessments (PLA) on adult student outcomes. The event, which brought together over 300 people virtually, also used data from Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) and the Council for Adult and Experiential […]
December 11, 2020
News Roundup
Jerry Falwell, Jr. Drops Defamation Lawsuit Against Liberty University
Jerry Falwell, Jr. has dropped a defamation lawsuit against his former employer, Liberty University — the Virginia-based evangelical school his late father founded — reported The Associated Press. Falwell resigned from his post as president and chancellor of the university in August following a sex scandal and other controversies. Falwell then sued the university in October, […]
December 11, 2020
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