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What About Cheyney University? We Rose First!

Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world, Nelson Mandela said in his 2003 speech, “Lighting Your Way to a Better Future.” Enslaved people who sought freedom through education and abolitionists who used education as a catalyst to end slavery understood this idea. So did Quaker philanthropist Richard Humphreys, who […]

March 13, 2018

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Columbia Law Students Ready for Public Service Fellowships

Two Columbia Law School students focusing on distinct tracts of public service will soon embark on law careers serving their local and international communities.

March 13, 2018

ACPA Meeting Affected By Failed Texas ‘Bathroom Bill’

HOUSTON — ACPA is formally protesting bathroom-access legislation introduced in the state last year, citing potentially negative impact on college students and effects on attendance at the annual convention that began last week.

March 13, 2018

College Basketball + More Scandals = More Task Forces

As the scandals in major-college basketball grow, so does the scrutiny. The Congressional Black Caucus became the latest entity to take an interest in the comings and goings of men’s college basketball players, coaches and sports agents.

March 13, 2018

Michigan College Cancels Classes After Racist Graffiti Found

FLINT, Mich. – Classes have been canceled for the day at Kettering University in Michigan as authorities investigate racist graffiti found at a residence hall. The Flint Journal reports that letters sent to staff, faculty and students note at least two recent cases of racist and profane graffiti at Thompson Hall on the school’s campus […]

March 13, 2018

University Recovers Stolen Black Rhino Horn

The University of Vermont has recovered a black rhinoceros horn with a potential street value of more than $100,000 that was stolen from a locked storage room on campus last year, the school announced Tuesday. Police received a local tip that eventually led them to Ridgefield, Conn., where someone turned over the artifact in exchange for immunity, […]

March 13, 2018

University CFO Resigns Rather Than Leave Board of Gun Maker

MIAMI — The chief financial officer of a private Florida university has resigned rather than leave her post on the board of a company that makes guns. The Miami Herald reports Anita Britt offered her resignation Tuesday from St. Thomas University. Britt joined the Miami-area Catholic school on Jan. 5. She joined the board for […]

March 13, 2018

Converting to Nonprofit

Participants at an upcoming invitation-only conference in the Washington DC area, entitled “Innovation and Public Private Partnership in Higher Education” (P3•EDU for short), will include Purdue University president Mitch Daniels and Graham Holdings chairman Donald Graham — fresh off the finalization of their troubling deal merging public Purdue and Graham’s for-profit Kaplan University. Also scheduled […]

March 13, 2018

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Military Officers Take Priorities to Capitol Hill

Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) will take veteran health care and benefit priorities to Capitol Hill this week. Retired Navy Cmdr. René A. Campos, MOAA’s senior director of government relations for veterans-wounded warrior care, will highlight veteran-facing priorities before the Senate and House Veterans’ Affairs committees on March 14, 2018. “MOAA is committed to […]

March 13, 2018

Jobless Rates Fall for Veterans

WASHINGTON — The unemployment rates for black Americans, recent veterans and people in their early 20s fell sharply in February, even as the national jobless rate held steady at 4.1 percent. The rate for African-Americans fell to 6.9 percent, near a record low of 6.8 percent reached in December. Still, the unemployment rate for African-Americans […]

March 13, 2018

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5 Midshipmen Face Discipline Over Drug Use

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Authorities at the U.S. Naval Academy have started a disciplinary process against five midshipmen for drug use and failure to report others’ illegal conduct. Academy spokesman Cmdr. David McKinney says the illicit drugs in question are cocaine, ecstasy, ketamine and hallucinogenic mushrooms. McKinney said in a Monday statement that administrative discipline could […]

March 13, 2018

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Vets’ Nursing B.S. Program Gets $100,000 Grant

The University of Michigan-Flint’s (UM-Flint) Veterans Bachelor of Science in Nursing (VBSN) program was recently awarded a $100,000 grant from Newman’s Own Foundation as part of its commitment to improve the lives of US military personnel, veterans, and their families. The grant will be used to develop and implement a Vet2Vet Support Specialist Program dedicated […]

March 13, 2018

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Fort’s Program Links Service Members to Jobs

In her time as a navigator for the Military Corps Career Connect program, Denise Bourdeaux has linked more than 100 service members and military spouses with training for the civilian workforce. Now, she’s bringing her work to Fort Detrick with the help of program director Shauna Donahue and members of the Fort Detrick Alliance. Read […]

March 13, 2018

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Armed Guard at VA Head’s Door Highlights Tentions

Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin has posted an armed guard outside his office as the department falls into a power struggle that is “killing the agency,” The Washington Post reports. VA appointees described the work environment as “toxic” and there have been reports of a coup within the agency, according to The Post, which […]

March 13, 2018

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Bill Would Allow Aid for Noncollege Options

WASHINGTON — Service members could use their military tuition assistance for training programs outside of traditional colleges and universities under legislation being introduced Monday in the House and Senate. The plan, offered by a bipartisan group of lawmakers in each chamber, would allow eligible troops to use the money for licensing, credentialing and certification programs […]

March 13, 2018

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Technology, Ties to Slavery Among ACE Meeting Topics

WASHINGTON — Higher education leaders and stakeholders gathered for the 100th annual meeting of the American Council on Education (ACE) to share ideas and best practices revolving around the most pressing issues institutions face today.

March 12, 2018

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ACPA Targets Race and Social Justice in Higher Education

HOUSTON – Members of ACPA-College Student Educators International are examining their roles in social justice work and race equality within the ranks of higher education as they gather for their annual convention this week.

March 12, 2018

Diverse Honors 2018 Dr. John Hope Franklin Awardees

WASHINGTON — Diverse hosted its 14th annual presentation of the Dr. John Hope Franklin Award Monday evening at the national meeting of the American Council of Education.

March 12, 2018

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