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TSU is First HBCU to Open Student-Run Physical, Occupational Therapy Clinic

This week marks a historic first for Tennessee State University as it becomes the first historically Black college or university to open a student-run physical and occupational therapy clinic. The clinic, part of the College of Health Sciences, opens Aug. 30 in the basement of Clement Hall on the main campus.

August 28, 2019

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Virginia Tech’s DePauw Oversees Multifaceted Approach to Grad School Diversity

Eschewing one-size-fits-all, Dr. Karen P. DePauw, dean of Virginia Tech Graduate School, has developed an inclusion and diversity requirement that will enable programming to fit departmental needs.

August 28, 2019

Liberty University Faculty Member Arrested for Filming Girls

A Liberty University faculty member has been indicted on charges he filmed and photographed underage girls in a state of undress, according to an Associated Press story in the Roanoke Times. The newspaper reported Tuesday that a Botetourt County grand jury indicted David DeHaven this month. The 49-year-old taught business classes online for the prominent […]

August 28, 2019

Museum Creates Youth Holocaust Education Program to Increase Awareness

In the United States, public awareness of the Holocaust has continued to decrease. According to a survey conducted by the Claims Conference in 2018, 22 percent of polled millennials nationwide said they had not heard of the Holocaust or weren’t sure if they heard of it. Additionally, 66 percent were unaware that Auschwitz was a […]

August 28, 2019

Lawsuit Claims Sexual Abuse by Yeshiva University Rabbis

Thirty-eight former students of an Orthodox Jewish school in New York City operated by Yeshiva University have sued over claims they were molested by two prominent rabbis in the 1960s, 70s and 80s, according to an Associated Press report. The suit, filed last Thursday in New York state Supreme Court in Manhattan, alleges that the […]

August 27, 2019

New Website Tracks School Police Violence Against Students of Color

Two civil rights groups – the Advancement Project and the Alliance for Educational Justice – hosted an event called “We Came to Learn: Defining Safety for Black + Brown Students,” featuring a panel discussion on school safety and unveiling a new website that tracks police violence against students of color.

August 27, 2019

College Board Replaces Controversial ‘Adversity Score’ on SAT

The College Board has retracted its Environmental Context Dashboard, which attempted to factor a students’ backgrounds into their Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) results. The dashboard, also called an ‘adversity score,’ was created in response to research that indicated that standardized test scores don’t reflect unequal access to high-quality education and test tutoring, or a student’s […]

August 27, 2019

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Goodwill Helping Adults Pursue an Education

The number of adult learners is growing within the United States. However, for many adults, pursuing an education, whether it is their high school diploma or high school degree, still remains a daunting task.The nonprofit thrift store, Goodwill, wanted to change that.

August 27, 2019

150 Years Later, No Marker at Site of First College Football Game

Fans who visit the spot where basketball was invented can pose for a photo with a statue in Springfield, Mass., and those interested in the purported site of the first baseball game will find a tidy, thigh-high stone monument and plaque in Hoboken, N.J. Meanwhile the birthplace of American football is marked by a sign […]

August 27, 2019

Community College Gets Grant for Campus River Protection

Alamance Community College (ACC) in North Carolina received a $97,500 grant from Duke Energy that will go toward maintaining and cleaning the Haw River, which is local to campus. Nearby parking lots have caused gas and oil to leak into the river, Fox 8 News reported. Some of the donation will go toward creating an […]

August 27, 2019

What I Remember About Orientation as a Low-Income, First-Generation Student

You are poor. You are lucky. You are going to struggle. Among all the important, relevant information I needed about life in college, those were the three lasting impressions I got from orientation. All the exciting and fun activities do not come to mind.

August 27, 2019

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Save the Climate and Yourself — Ban the Burger on Campus

If your campus is green energy-wise but you’re still buying all-beef hamburgers and the like in the school cafeteria, your school isn’t green enough.In the 60’s, they burned bras and draft cards. American schools should start burning burgers leading to an outright ban of beef on campus like they’re doing at Goldsmiths college of the University of London.

August 26, 2019

Vandalism Spurs Investigation at the Department of Education

An investigation is underway at the Department of Education after an employee’s office was vandalized last week. U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos called on Federal Protective Services “for a comprehensive investigation” of “an incident involving an employee’s personal belongings on the third floor,” according to a statement from Department of Education spokesperson Angela Morabito. […]

August 26, 2019

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Texas Inmates Graduate from Austin Community College

Friends and family gathered at Lockhart Correctional Facility in Texas to watch 14 women – 13 inmates and one former inmate – graduate from Austin Community College’s certified production technician program. The class was the first for incarcerated women funded by Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area, a Texas organization for recruitment and employment services. The […]

August 26, 2019

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Temple Promoting Healthy Attitude Toward Grad Student Success

Embracing its role as an urban institution, Temple University provides opportunities for graduate students of diverse backgrounds and interests. Temple has a legacy of diversity initiatives dating back to the Future Faculty Program for underrepresented students, which was founded in 1988.

August 26, 2019

OSU Graduate School Dean Discusses ‘Great Strides’ in Diversity

A host of programs and initiatives at the Ohio State University Graduate School are contributing not only to higher numbers for African-Americans, but to increases among Hispanics and other underrepresented groups, as well.

August 26, 2019

Howard’s President Appointed Member of NCAA Presidential Forum

Howard University’s president, Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick, will serve a three-year term as a newly appointed member of the NCAA Division I Presidential Forum beginning Sep. 1. As part of Frederick’s new role, he will focus on maintaining NCAA’s values of involving presidential leadership within intercollegiate athletics at the campus, conference and national levels, […]

August 26, 2019

Dr. John Michael Lee, Jr. to Join SREB

Dr. John Michael Lee, Jr. has joined the Southern Regional Education Board as vice president for development, policy analysis. Lee most recently served as vice chancellor for university advancement and executive director of the foundation at Elizabeth City State University. He has also held leadership positions at Florida A&M University, the Association of Public and […]

August 26, 2019

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