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Professors Sue Tufts University Over Required Fundraising

Eight professors at Tufts Medical School – who research cancer, addiction, autism and other topics – are suing the university, claiming the school is violating their tenure contracts, The Boston Globe reported. They’re alleging that since 2017, the school has required them to bring in large outside grants, making up at least 40 percent of […]

December 12, 2019

Faculty Members Urge Syracuse University to Create Campus-Wide Diversity Courses

Nearly 150 faculty members at Syracuse University have signed a petition calling for a university-wide, liberal arts core curriculum that would foster critical thinking on issues surrounding diversity, reported The Daily Orange. The letter comes in response to a series of at least 17 hate crimes and bias-related incidents on or near SU’s campus since Nov. […]

December 12, 2019

N.C. Attorney General, Civil Rights Group Criticize UNC’s “Silent Sam” Settlement

North Carolina’s Attorney General Josh Stein “lashed out” in response to the University of North Carolina’s (UNC) gift of $2.5 million to a Confederate heritage group for the preservation of a Civil War memorial, according to The Washington Post. Stein criticized the school, saying the money would be better spent helping students. As part of […]

December 12, 2019

Group of UCSC Graduate Student Workers On Strike

A group of graduate student workers at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) are on strike and withholding students’ semester grades until given a 70% pay increase, which would equal an additional $1,412 a month. According to the students, the raise would account for the higher cost of living in Santa Cruz, which they […]

December 12, 2019

Democrats in Congress Question DeVos on Relief For Defrauded Students

Tensions ran high at a House Education and Labor Committee hearing on Thursday, where Democrats questioned U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos about her implementation of the borrower’s defense rule, the provision that allows loan forgiveness for defrauded students.

December 12, 2019

Intercollegiate Athletics Forum Addresses Prospect of Major Policy Changes

The consensus at this year’s Intercollegiate Athletics Forum is that changes are coming to the NCAA and overall governance of college sports, but questions remain about when and how.

December 12, 2019

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Kentucky’s Law Schools Unite for Diversity

Kentucky’s three law schools, which typically compete for prospective students, recently joined ranks in a new effort to increase diversity at all of their institutions.

December 12, 2019

APLU and AAU Receive $191,000 National Science Foundation Grant

The Association of American Universities (AAU) and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) received a $191,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). NSF’s funding would go towards developing guidelines for universities to establish policies and procedures to ensure the public has access to federally funded data, according to a press release. Last […]

December 11, 2019

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Tuskegee Receives $50,000 Grant to Preserve Civil Rights History

The National Park Service (NPS) recently awarded a $50,000 grant to Tuskegee University to help preserve its civil rights history. The two-year NPS African American Civil Rights grant was specifically given to the Tuskegee Institute Summer Education Program (TISEP) and the Tuskegee Institute Community Education Program (TICEP) — both volunteer networks created in the 1960s […]

December 11, 2019

University of Phoenix Agrees to $191 Million Settlement Over Deceptive Ads

The University of Phoenix – and its parent company Apollo Education Group – will forgive $141 million in student loan debt and pay $50 million, settling federal charges that it used false advertising to attract students, according to a Federal Trade Commission announcement this week. The school’s marketing falsely implied that it had job contacts […]

December 11, 2019

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Howard University Receives $4 Million Gift to Invest in Minority STEM Scholarship

Howard University received $4 million from the Hopper-Dean Foundation to fund the Bison STEM Scholars Program, a scholarship program designed to increase the number of minority students earning a Ph.D. or M.D.-Ph.D. in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) by alleviating their financial burden. The gift, which is the largest amount Howard has received from […]

December 11, 2019

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Yale University Renews Faculty Excellence and Diversity Initiative Program

Dr. Peter Salovey, president of Yale University, announced that the institution will renew its Faculty Excellence and Diversity Initiative (FEDI) for another five years. The program, which aims to diversify and develop more faculty members, was in its last year of an initial five-year period. The university will increase the program’s budget from $50 million […]

December 11, 2019

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Trump to Sign Executive Order Targeting Anti-Semitism on Campus

Donald Trump will sign an executive order targeting anti-Semitism on college and university campuses, according to the Associated Press. The order will broaden the federal government’s definition of anti-Semitism, thus allowing schools more opportunities to enforce laws against discrimination while also allowing the government to withhold money from campuses deemed biased. According to the AP, […]

December 11, 2019

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Report Details Bullying, Harassment at Coast Guard Academy

A report released by two Congressional committees – the House Homeland Security Committee and the House Government Oversight and Reform Committee – accuses the Coast Guard Academy of overlooking bullying and harassment and retaliating against those who made complaints. In a joint hearing on Wednesday, committee members will share their findings, the product of an […]

December 11, 2019

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Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare Announces Partnership with University of Memphis

Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare recently announced a partnership with the University of Memphis to help its employees earn certifications or college degrees in an affordable and flexible manner.

December 11, 2019

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Diversity at Public Health Schools Improves at a Crawl, Report Finds

A 20-year update on a 1999 study found that public health schools are diversifying – but not nearly at the rate that they should be. In particular, minority faculty remain concentrated in junior positions.

December 11, 2019

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Some College Students Facing Homelessness, Hunger Around the Holidays

This month, home for the holidays will be a much-anticipated destination for many college students as they wrap up finals, look forward to family celebrations and their long winter break. But as the semester grinds to a close and the holiday break nears, for some students, their only concern is finding a place to stay and making sure that they have food to eat.

December 11, 2019

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Women Now the Majority of U.S. Medical Students, AAMC Data Reveals

For the first time in history, women comprise the majority of enrolled medical students in the U.S. at 50.5%, according to 2019 data released today by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). With an increase of 2.6% between 2015 and 2018, the number of female medical students has been continually rising in recent years. […]

December 10, 2019