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Health
21-Year-Old Helps Raise $1.3M for University of Iowa’s Children’s Hospital
February 28, 2022
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Nursing
What School Nurses Are Facing
When schools shut down for COVID, nurses kept going in. And when schools reopened, school nurses kept taking care of all the kids in the building.
February 28, 2022
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Health
U of Virginia Receives $2.14M Grant to Decrease Burnout in Healthcare and First Responders
The University of Virginia has received a $2.14 million federal grant to support exhausted healthcare workers and first responders in the greater Charlottesville area through the American Rescue Plan and the Lorna Breen Act.
February 28, 2022
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From the Magazine
Celebrating Leading Women in Higher Education
Diverse presents 25 innovative and dynamic women leaders who are paving the way for others in higher ed.
February 28, 2022
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Latest News
Dr. LaTonia Collins Smith Named President of Harris-Stowe State University
Collins Smith will be the first Black woman to lead the university.
February 28, 2022
Dr. LaTonia Collins Smith, current interim president and next appointed president of Harris-Stowe State University.
Latest News
Delta Airlines Partners with Hampton University to Diversify Pilots
Delta Airlines has announced a partnership with Hampton University, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in order to diversify their pilot workforce and train more pilots of color.
February 28, 2022
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Latest News
The Black Press Archives to be Preserved and Digitized at Howard University
A $2 million grant from the Jonathan Logan Family Foundation will fund the preservation and digitization of the Black Press Archives at the Howard University Moorland-Spingarn Research Center (MSRC).
February 28, 2022
Nikole Hannah-Jones, journalist and Knight Chair in Race and Journalism at the Cathy Hughes School of Communications at Howard University.
Opinion
The Important History of Community Colleges
Current educational issues and how we respond to them will shape our future, just as the issues of the past have shaped our institutions.
February 28, 2022
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News Roundup
Dr. Tyrone Howard Voted AERA President-Elect
Dr. Tyrone Howard, a professor of education in the School of Education and Information Studies (SEIS) at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), has been voted as president-elect of the American Educational Research Association (AERA).
February 25, 2022
Dr. Tyrone Howard, professor of education at UCLA and president-elect of the American Educational Research Association (AERA)
Leadership & Policy
What Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's Nomination Means for Higher Ed
If confirmed, Jackson would become the first Black woman to be a U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
February 25, 2022
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden's U.S. Supreme Court nominee
On the Move
MONIQUE L. AKASSI
Monique L. Akassi has been appointed interim diversity, equity, and inclusion leader at West Liberty University, where she will be a member of the president’s cabinet.
February 25, 2022
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Campus
Georgia Military Prof Sues School, Saying He Was Fired for Refusing to Teach in Person
A former associate professor at Georgia Military College is suing the school for wrongful termination, saying he was fired for refusing to return to in-person teaching despite being immunocompromised, reports The Telegraph.
February 25, 2022
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On the Move
VERONICA HIPOLITO
Veronica Hipolito has been named interim president of Scottsdale Community College. She was previously vice president of student affairs for Chandler-Gilbert Community College, another college in the Maricopa County Community College District in Arizona.
February 25, 2022
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Opinion
DEI Alliance Equality and Inclusion Campaign Takes Off Across College Basketball
The Rising Coaches Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Alliance called for men’s and women’s college basketball programs across the country to host “Equality and Inclusion Nights” during February. Over 130 colleges and universities answered.
February 25, 2022
Dr. Marcus Bright
Other News
DoD to Emphasize Joint Military Efforts in Professional Military Education
The Department of Defense is looking to emphasize joint military efforts within its professional military education, announced the DoD as part of its latest vision called "Developing Enlisted Leaders for Tomorrow's Wars."
February 25, 2022
Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman Ramón 'CZ' Colón-López briefs the department’s senior noncommissioned officers on the new publication 'Developing Enlisted Leaders for Tomorrow's Wars” during a meeting in the Pentagon.
Latest News
UMBC Receives Largest Donation for Education Programming
University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) has received the largest gift in the history of the institution from the Sherman Family Foundation: $21 million to expand the university’s K-12 and early childhood education outreach.
February 25, 2022
Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, president of UMBC.
LGBTQ+
Transgender Athletes Face Greater Scrutiny in Gender Divided Sports
Renewed attention on trans athlete Lia Thomas comes as part of a bigger wave of transphobic laws and policies being enacted across the U.S.
February 25, 2022
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Military
Proposed Bill Would Help Veterans With Illnesses Stemming From Toxic Exposure During Service
The U.S. House of Representatives will vote next week on legislation that would make it easier for post-9/11 veterans exposed to toxic battlefield pollutants to receive health care and disability payments, reports military.com.
February 25, 2022
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