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South Carolina State University Faculty Senate Votes No Confidence in President James E. Clark
The South Carolina State University Faculty Senate passed a resolution 18-2 stating it has no confidence in South Carolina State President Dr. James E. Clark, The Times and Democrat reported. The resolution states both Clark and Provost Dr. Learie B. Luke “have failed the university, lost credibility and proven to be unfit to hold their […]
March 23, 2021
News Roundup
Dr. Lee Vernon Stiff, Veteran Educator, Passes Away
Dr. Lee Vernon Stiff, former leader of North Carolina State’s College of Education for 37 years, has died on March 19. “Dr. Stiff was one of the most equity-minded and fair-minded people I had ever met, and he saw the best in us all,” said College of Education Dean Mary Ann Danowitz. “He also had […]
March 23, 2021
African-American
Ochsner Health and Xavier University of Louisiana Announce Genetic Counseling and Health Informatics Graduate Programs
Ochsner Health and Xavier University of Louisiana have announced two new graduate degree programs, genetic counseling and health informatics. Xavier will be both the first Louisiana university to offer a genetic counseling training program and the only such program at a historically Black college and university (HBCU). Both programs are currently in development. Xavier will offer classroom instruction […]
March 23, 2021
News Roundup
AASCU Names 32 Higher Ed Leaders for Leadership Development Program
The American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) has named 32 higher ed leaders to participate in its leadership development program, 2021 Millennium Leadership Initiative (MLI), according to AASCU officials. The program will give those “traditionally underrepresented in the highest ranks of postsecondary education” skill development and network building opportunities. The 2021 program will feature […]
March 23, 2021
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2021 Diverse Rising Graduate Scholars: Meet Danielle Baker
Danielle Baker has long been concerned with human trafficking — the process whereby individuals are forced to endure inhumane abuses such as being forced into sexual slavery or subjected to organ removal and selling. But her mission to promote awareness about the growing multibillion-dollar industry has grown even stronger in the wake of recently losing someone close to her who was trafficked.
March 23, 2021
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American Council on Education Kicks Off Its 2021 Conference
On Monday, U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona kicked off the American Council on Education’s 2021 annual meeting.
March 22, 2021
African-American
Dr. Patricia Ramsey Appointed First Woman to be President of Medgar Evers College
Dr. Patricia Ramsey – biologist, educator, strategist, leader and fundraiser – has been appointed president of Medgar Evers College. She will be the first woman to serve in the role. Ramsey will bring her experience as an HBCU leader to the position, taking charge of the predominantly Black and emerging Hispanic-serving institution. In the past, […]
March 22, 2021
Sports
A Q&A with Jessica Gray, Assistant Athletics Director at Texas Tech University
Jessica Gray, assistant athletics director at Texas Tech University, discusses student-athlete activism, COVID-19-related challenges and the little things that have helped her get through the pandemic.
March 22, 2021
Other News
N.J. Colleges Are Canceling Spring Break, Hope It Will Prevent COVID Spread
A year ago, as the coronavirus pandemic was ramping up in the U.S., news reports showed crowds of spring breakers hitting Florida beaches and nightclubs, even as public health experts warned they were risking everyone’s health for a good time. Now, it feels a bit like déjà vu. Earlier this week, photos showed college students […]
March 22, 2021
Other News
Many N.C. College Students Qualify for COVID-19 Shot April 7
A large share of North Carolina college students will be able to get a COVID-19 vaccine starting April 7. State health officials say those living in fraternity or sorority houses, dorms or apartments will qualify for a shot because they live in a congregate setting. The state Department of Health and Human Services earlier this […]
March 22, 2021
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Alabama Expanding Vaccine Eligibility Monday
Starting Monday, March 22, more of us in Alabama will be eligible to get vaccinated for COVID-19. Alabama is now going to include all people in phase 1-C which includes people who are 55 years old and up. State health officials say the move to 1-C will allow between half and two-thirds of all the […]
March 22, 2021
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Life Expectancy Down for Those Without a College Degree
Between 1990 and 2018, the U.S. adult life expectancy gap widened between those with and without a college degree but narrowed based on race, according to a study published in the March 16 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Anne Case, Ph.D., and Angus Deaton, Ph.D., both from Princeton University in New […]
March 22, 2021
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Bakersfield College Launches Mass Vaccination Drive-Thru, 1,000 People Vaccinated
One thousand people got their COVID vaccines at Bakersfield College today. Bakersfield College has made large strides in making the vaccine more accessible to residents on the Eastside. Today, the campus hosted Kern County’s first ever drive-thru mass vaccination clinic. “I’m glad for it to be done, I’ve been in my backyard for a year, […]
March 22, 2021
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Earlham Students Tackling Indiana’s Maternal Health Crisis With Simulation Project
Indiana’s infant mortality rate is declining but remains higher than the national average. Students at Earlham College in Richmond are working on a simulation program aimed at helping health care providers and women improve those numbers. Indiana’s infant mortality rate of 6.5 per 1,000 births in 2019 was down from 6.8 the year prior. However, […]
March 22, 2021
Other News
‘What’s Going to Happen to Me?’ Reflecting on a Pandemic College Year, Through the Words of Student Newspapers
Last year, University of Washington junior Jake Goldstein-Street wrote and published an article for his school newspaper about three students who had been tested for the coronavirus, just a week after the first known case was reported in the state. Nine paragraphs down, he wrote that an assistant professor in the department of laboratory medicine told The Daily that “the risk for transmission […]
March 22, 2021
News Roundup
University of Montana’s College of Humanities and Sciences Faculty Criticize Proposed $2.6 Million Budget Cuts
University of Montana’s College of Humanities and Sciences faculty are criticizing a $2.6 million budget cut proposal, noting that the cuts would cause “deep and irreversible damage” to the college and the university, Missoulian reported. The proposed cuts would remove $2.6 million from the College of Humanities and Sciences budget by 2023’s fiscal year. and […]
March 22, 2021
News Roundup
Oregon Institute of Technology’s Faculty Senate Calls for President to Resign
The Oregon Institute of Technology’s faculty senate has called on its president, Nagi Naganathan to resign. But school officials say he has no plans to do so, The Lewiston Tribune reported. Medical imaging technology professor Don McDonnell will present the approved resolution to Naganathan, asking him to step down. And if Naganathan declines, all full-time […]
March 22, 2021
African-American
NYU and Howard University Nursing Colleges Form Health Equity Partnership
NYU’s Rory Meyers College of Nursing has partnered with Howard University’s College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences to advance health equity. “One of the many kinds of tactics and thoughts we have had to address those issues has been partnerships with historic Black colleges and universities,” said Rory Meyers Dean Dr. Eileen Sullivan-Marx. People […]
March 22, 2021
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