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Sports
Michigan State Deal with Feds Will Protect Patients
To resolve a federal civil-rights investigation into Dr. Larry Nassar’s abuse of young gymnasts and other athletes under the guise of medical treatment, Michigan State University has agreed to better protect patients from sexual assaults. The three-year agreement, announced Monday, includes a chaperone requirement for sensitive medical exams and covers not only students under Title […]
August 14, 2019
Women
Nonprofit to Implement Global Education Program for Girls
Plan International USA, a non-profit organization focused on ending poverty, recently received a $12-million donation to fund a new program to help young girls around the world pursue an education and feel safe within their communities.
August 14, 2019
News Roundup
CSU Chancellor Defends Reserves
California State University (CSU) chancellor Dr. Timothy White said a state audit that revealed the school withheld $1.5 billion in reserves was “profoundly misleading” but not untrue, the Associated Press reported. The audit was conducted by state auditor Elaine Howle, who found that the legislature was unaware of the money. White claimed that the reserve […]
August 14, 2019
Students
Teen Artist Wins $30K Google College Scholarship
Arantza Peña Popo, a Georgia high school graduate from Columbia, won a $30,000 college scholarship in a “Doodle for Google” contest. Her high school, Arabia Mountain, will also receive $50,000 for a computer lab or technology program, according to an Associated Press article. For the competition, K-12 students crafted designs for Google’s logo that reflected […]
August 14, 2019
Latinx
Pew Study: Faculty-Student Diversity Divide Persists
Faculty are slowly becoming more racially and ethnically diverse – but not nearly as diverse as their students, a Pew Research Center study found.
August 14, 2019
Opinion
Is Your School a True Sanctuary?
When I drive through a campus district, or even a whole town or city where the university is a major institution, I always get that special feeling, that sense of comfort. They are sanctuaries, to some degree, at least to me. And if they aren’t for everyone, maybe you should ask your college administration.
August 14, 2019
Opinion
The Impact of Whiteness on Higher Education Hiring
Many African-Americans grow up knowing that you must be “twice as good to get half as far.” I think that this structure and forced frame of thought is embedded with racism. Why aren’t there opportunities available for everyone based on your own merit and your qualifications for the role? The system of higher education is wired to promote those with a closer proximity to Whiteness while at the same time creating a barrier for men and women alike who look like me.
August 14, 2019
Leadership & Policy
Two New Studies Probe College Students’ Mental Health
A report issued this week by Barnes & Noble College noted that mental health and stress issues have become increasingly prevalent among students on college campuses, but only a portion of those impacted utilize the counseling and support services offered. At the same time, the American Council on Education (ACE) issued a report indicating concern among college presidents about the mental health and well-being of students.
August 13, 2019
HBCUs
Morgan State Leads HBCUs in Fulbright Scholars, Adds Three
With three more graduates awarded Fulbright Scholarships, Morgan State University is noting that it tops all historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) as the highest recipient producer. In total, there have been 149 Fulbright awardees from Morgan State who have gone to study, teach or research in 44 countries, they reported. Newly awarded Morgan State […]
August 13, 2019
Latest News
Experts Share Tips For the College Transition
Transitioning to college can be scary. Students often leave behind their familiar surroundings for new peers and places. They confront a whole new set of academic challenges and they don’t always know what to expect, especially underrepresented students. But there are things students, parents and universities can do to make the transition more smooth.
August 13, 2019
LGBTQ+
College Removes Transgender Student from Campus Housing After Surgery
A 21-year-old transgender man says Welch College, a private religious school in Tennessee, kicked him out after he got breast-reduction surgery, the Associated Press has reported. Yanna Awtrey says he was outed to school officials, who ordered him to conceal his gender identity and attend Christian therapy. Awtrey said he started transitioning in the spring […]
August 13, 2019
Opinion
A Tribute to Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison
For those of us who have savored Toni Morrison’s writing, teaching and speaking about language, literature, life and living for the past five decades, her death is a profound loss. From her days as an editor at Random House to the 11 novels she wrote, to her most recent collection of nonfiction essays The Source of Self-Regard, Morrison deftly and unapologetically interrogated American identity through the complex lens of the African-American experience.
August 13, 2019
News Roundup
University of Pennsylvania Launches Cybersecurity Boot Camp For Adults
The University of Pennsylvania is launching a new cybersecurity boot camp on campus focused on adult learners. The program will run for 24 weeks starting on Nov. 12 with the goal of training people for a skill in high demand among employers. U.S. job openings that require a cybersecurity background grew by 35 percent last […]
August 13, 2019
African-American
New Partnership Funds Textbooks for 1,000 HBCU Students
The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) has partnered with Cengage, an education and technology company, to provide 1,000 students from historically Black colleges and universities with free access to digital textbooks for a semester. Students chosen by UNCF will get subscriptions to Cengage Unlimited, which comes with test preparation resources, study guides and more than […]
August 12, 2019
Latest News
Pitt Urban Education Forum Explores Disrupting School-to-Prison Pipeline
Using education and activism to disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline is an ongoing battle that is as fierce as ever, according to speakers at the 2019 Summer Educator Forum presented by the Center for Education at the University of Pittsburgh. During the three-day event in July, a record 450 students, teachers, administrators, scholars, activists and experts in education, criminal justice and restorative justice shared strategies in line with this year’s theme, “Dismantling the School-to-Prison Pipeline: Re-Imagining Policies, Practices, and Politics in Education Systems.”
August 12, 2019
Disparities
UNCP, Methodist Work to Create Diversity in Health Care
FAYETTEVILLE — Methodist University’s Physician Assistant Program has entered into an articulation agreement with The University of North Carolina at Pembroke designed to strengthen the program’s goal of encouraging diversity in the health professions programs. “This agreement that promotes American Indians to pursue a PA degree couldn’t come at a better time for UNC Pembroke […]
August 12, 2019
Sports
NCAA Amends Rules, Agents No Longer Need College Degree
The National Collegiate Athletic Association will no longer require a bachelor’s degree for those who will be allowed to represent a student-athlete, backtracking on its new agent certification standards, WPTA21 television has reported. When the certification standards were first revealed last week, the degree requirement drew criticism, including a social media blast by NBA star […]
August 12, 2019
Other News
New Director of UW CIPE Focuses on Health-Care Collaboration
As the new director of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education, Dr. Hossein Khalili is motivated by the opportunity to impact health outcomes through collaborative education and practice. He says CIPE’s focus on team-based learning and practice will provide UW–Madison health sciences students purposefully-designed interprofessional learning and socialization, both of which […]
August 12, 2019
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